Some crimes are so heinous that no punishment seems fair. Even the death penalty, itself the ultimate retribution, is seen by some as an easy way out – after all, in death there is peace. In this brand-new title from the makers of Real Crime magazine, we reveal the killers on Death Row, from the infamous Ted Bundy – as well as an interview with one lucky victim who escaped his clutches – and Lisa-Marie Montgomery, whose 2021 execution divided the globe, to those incarcerated under the most draconian criminal justice systems and those who’ve been wrongly convicted. We also speak to Nick Yarris, whose innocence was only revealed after 22 years on Death Row.
DEATH ROW • THEY PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THEIR CRIMES
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ON PAIN OF DEATH • ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENTS HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES DURING THE LAST CENTURY, BUT THERE’S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THE DEATH PENALTY FINALLY GETS THE CHOP
THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE • ABOLITION CONTINUES ITS SLOW SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE
TED BUNDY ON TRIAL DEFENDING THE DEVIL • THE USA’S MOST FEARED SERIAL KILLER FOUGHT THE SYSTEM HARD TO MAINTAIN HIS INNOCENCE, BUT ON TRIAL, HIS CHARM WAS TRANSPARENT. HIS LAWYER TOLD REAL CRIME WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO DEFEND THE ‘DEVIL’, AND TO SEE HIS TRUE COLOURS LAID BARE
GONE IN A FLASH • PHOTOJOURNALIST BILL FRAKES SNAPPED THIS ICONIC PICTURE OF THE KILLER IN COURT WHILE WORKING FOR THE MIAMI HERALD. HE RECALLS THE DAY BUNDY’S DEATH SENTENCE WAS DELIVERED
INTERVIEW I SURVIVED TED BUNDY • IN 1974, THE USA WAS WAKING UP TO A FRIGHTENING INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF ITS MISSING AND MURDERED DAUGHTERS. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE COUNTRY’S MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLER WENT ON TRIAL, COLLEGE GIRL RHONDA STAPLEY ALREADY KNEW WHO HE WAS, AS SHE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE FEW TO ESCAPE HIM
BABY-SNATCHING “DEVIL IN DISGUISE” • LISA MARIE MONTGOMERY MURDERED BOBBIE JO STINNETT AND RIPPED HER UNBORN CHILD FROM HER WOMB. A HORRIFIC CRIME, BUT DID SHE DESERVE TO BE PUT ON DEATH ROW?
THE SLEEPING MONSTER • HIS APPARENT HIATUS FROM MURDER GAINED HIM THE MONIKER ‘GRIM SLEEPER’ BUT NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THIS SERIAL KILLER CONTINUED WORKING IN THE SHADOWS AND WAS FAR FROM DORMANT
FACING THE FIRING SQUAD THE BALI NINE • WHEN INDONESIAN POLICE BUSTED NINE AUSTRALIANS WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HEROIN, THE ‘BALI NINE’ FOUND THEMSELVES UP AGAINST ONE OF THE MOST DRACONIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD
THE BROWNOUT STRANGLER • IN THE MIDST OF WORLD WAR II AUSTRALIA EMERGED A SERIAL KILLER WHO PREYED ON THOSE HE WAS ENLISTED TO PROTECT. COULD THE US SERVICEMAN HAVE BEEN STOPPED?
UNDER PRESSURE • IT’S DEADLY, BUT HOW DOES STRANGULATION WORK EXACTLY?
GLATMAN, GLAMOUR & DEATH • HARVEY GLATMAN LURED MODELS INTO PULP FICTION BONDAGE SHOOTS THAT WOULD TURN INTO A REAL NIGHTMARE. HOW DID HE GET AWAY WITH THESE DEPRAVED MURDERS – AND HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS COULD THERE BE?
HOME-GROWN HORROR THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING • ON 19 APRIL 1995, TIMOTHY MCVEIGH MADE HIMSELF THE USA’S ENEMY NUMBER ONE – BUT SHOULD THE BOOK HAVE BEEN CLOSED ON THIS SUPERVILLAIN STORY?
COLLATERAL DAMAGE • OKLAHOMA CITY OFFICE WORKERS BEGAN AN ORDINARY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS JUST ANOTHER RYDER RENTAL TRUCK PASSED ON ITS WAY TO THE CITY CENTRE
MAN HUNTER THE RIGHTEOUS RAGE OF AILEEN WUORNOS • AFTER SIX CONVICTIONS OF KILLING INNOCENT MEN IN COLD BLOOD, DID THE USA’S MOST INFAMOUS FEMALE SERIAL KILLER REALLY DESERVE TO DIE?
HIDDEN AGENDAS • FROM THE MOMENT OF HER CAPTURE, THE MEN AND WOMEN AROUND WUORNOS SHAPED THE SERIAL KILLER’S IMAGE
AILEEN’S MANY CONFESSIONS • WUORNOS WASN’T SHY OF DROPPING CONVENIENT SOUND BITES TO THE DELIGHT OF THE PRESS AND THE PROSECUTION, WITH EVERY PARTY BRINGING THEIR OWN LAYERS OF TRUTH AND FICTION
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