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Two portraits of history's most evil serial killers are on display here. Robert Howard died old and decrepit in a jail cell...but he remains one of the sickest individuals to ever set foot in the United Kingdom as he raped and tortured young girls, all the while bragging to anyone that he was a real life wolfman. On a cold, winter night in November of 1981, Cassie Hansen was abducted from a family service at the Jehovah Lutheran Church in St. Paul. Authorities were baffled as the young girl seemed to have disappeared in thin air.

When this killer was on the loose, citizens were vigilant, yet scared. Children were not allowed outside to play without adult supervision. But then he was captured, tried, convicted, and put away for life in prison. The community could finally breathe again. They were out of danger. Until the day the convicted killer escaped prison and reigned terror upon anyone and everyone in his way. The manhunt pursued, the killer killed, and earned the title of a serial killer. This is the story of Allan Legere - a monster.

> Obeying Evil presents the shocking true story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the most disturbing family killing spree in the United States. Over the course of a week in 1987, he murdered 14 members of his own family, a former co-worker, and a stranger.

From the old days of mobsters in smoky barrooms plotting to gun down their rivals, to the new age of ordinary people hiring contract killers through the Dark Web, this book depicts the history of assassins and how they work. While movies portray assassins as glamorous, wealthy, and full of mystery, the sober truth is often quite different.

These seven murderers are perhaps the most sadistic serial killers to ever live. Albert Fish was a rapist, a child killer, and a cannibal who, not satisfied with the torture and murders of his young victims, would write to the parents to detail all of the vile things he did to the children. One such letter in this book. Albert Fish may have been the sickest serial killer to ever live. He would keep his young victims alive for days and beat them constantly to tenderize their flesh for cooking.

Ottilie "Tillie" Klimek - born Ottilie Gburek - was a Polish American serial killer who was active in Chicago during the early 1900s. She allegedly murdered between six and 20 individuals by poisoning them with arsenic. Additional victims included her other husbands, a boyfriend, relatives, and various neighbors with the help of her cousin Nellie Koulik.

Nikki White was a 34-year-old African-American mother of 16-year-old identical twins named Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah. But on the afternoon of January 13, 2010, she was found murdered in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home. Her twin daughters would be arrested for her murder in a crime that shocked their small Georgia town. But what really prompted the girls to murder their own mother?

Timothy Wilson Spencer has the distinction of being the first American serial killer to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence - evidence that also exonerated a man who had been in prison after being wrongly convicted of committing one of Spencer's murders. A troubled adolescent from Arlington, Virginia, with a deep hatred of women, Spencer utilized his cat-burglar skills, strength, and agility to gain entry into his victims' homes, lay wait, and then bind, rape, torture, and murder them.

In 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather went on a murder spree that paralyzed Nebraska, shocked the nation, and left 11 people dead. With him when he was captured was his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose: Was Caril a kidnapped victim or a heartless accomplice? Up against incredible odds, and with a strong conviction of her innocence, John McArthur remained with Caril and fought for her freedom for 18 years. For this service, he took no pay, accepting the case pro bono.

It's still difficult for people today to conceive of someone being born bad, even as more and more studies are coming out each year that point to the significant effects of DNA on human behavior. But of course, it is also rare that a child born to parents carrying the genes for mental illness or antisocial behavior grows up in a happy, stable home where the parents are equipped to provide a living, nurturing life.

Audrey Marie Hilley was an escaped murderer who killed her husband and tried to kill her daughter with arsenic. She was a cunning woman who craved the good life and slipped arsenic to loved ones for money. Audrey eluded police for four years with a clever use of lies and an ability to blend into the background. She even convinced her second husband that she was her own twin sister. They looked like a normal, everyday American family. Until one day Audrey decided she had to kill everyone.

Real Life Evil is the first book in a compelling series of true-crime short stories for listeners who don't have time for a full-length novel.

James Marlow and Cynthia Coffman were a troubled couple who were convicted of murdering five people during a deadly rampage that spanned multiple states. The last two victims, 20-year old Corrina Novis and 19-year old Lynell Murray were kidnapped and found strangled and sodomized, and the murderous pair were found guilty of the crimes.

On September 13, 2016, a call came through Ashland, Ohio's 911 system from a distressed woman who claimed to be held captive in a home.

"I've been abducted," she whispered to the dispatcher. "Please hurry."

The police who arrived at the scene not only rescued the woman who had placed the call, but also discovered two dead bodies - left there by Shawn Michael Grate, a 40-year-old man who had a reputation for being a "cold-blooded charmer."

April is a gorgeous time be in Washington, DC. Temperatures across America's capital city steadily rise as Spring arrives and the streets become lined with blooming Cherry Blossom trees. But in 1999, April brought news of a tragedy to Washington, DC, and to the family of Joyce Chiang. Joyce was an American attorney who worked for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. She had been missing for three months, and now, her badly decomposed body was being dragged from the Potomac River.

She drank furniture polish. She was obsessed with the military. Then she shot up a shopping mall. Sylvia Seegrist is unique among female serial killers in that she is the only one to shoot random strangers in a public place. While other killers of her gender seemed to have a certain motivation in mind, Seegrist was a paranoid schizophrenic that adopted more of a "masculine" attitude toward killing. She was a woman on a mission as she entered Springfield Mall in Pennsylvania and attempted to kill as many people as possible.

Belle Sorenson Gunness was Norwegian-American serial killer who stood six feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds. She ended up killing most of her boyfriends and suitors. Horrifically, she also murdered two of her daughters. This is the biography of a ruthless woman whose abominable deeds earned her nicknames such as Lady Bluebeard, Hell's Belle, and the Mistress of Murder Farm. She has gone down in history as one of the most prolific serial killers of America.

A look back at a trio of teenage girls who belied their innocent looks to become serial killers. Sisters Regina and Margaret DeFrancisco were two teenage girls who made national headlines for murdering Oscar Velazquez, a suitor of Regina. Marlene Olive was the teenage girl who became notorious for the "BBQ murders" in which she murdered her adopted parents and tried to dispose of their bodies in a barbecue pit. Marlene was 16 at the time, and would go on to serve only four years for the crime.

Three harrowing tales of three teenage girls who left behind a trail of murder and mayhem.

When James "Reggie" and Carol Sumner moved to Jacksonville, Florida for their retirement, they had visions of good health and happiness. They never thought that their overnight invitation to longtime South Carolina neighbor, Tiffany Cole, would end up the way it did - with the Sumner couple being buried alive.