Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
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Psychiana Man: A Mail-Order Prophet, His Followers, and the Power of Belief in Hard Times
$24.95 Read moreSix weeks after the 1929 stock market crash, Frank Bruce Robinson created a self-help religion he called Psychiana. An ingenious mass-marketing pioneer, he sold a correspondence course promising healt
- Author: Schrand, Brandon R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0874224047
- Language: English
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Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
$16.99 Read moreA thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history’s notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams–by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers.
From Eliza
- Author: Telfer, Tori
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0062956035
- Language: English
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
$28.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written–Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom–landed at the heart of one of th… [more below]
- Author: Warner, Joel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593135687
- Language: English
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Unmask Alice: Lsd, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries
$19.95 Read more“Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy.” —Portland Book Review
“An absorbing and- Author: Emerson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1637745184
- Language: English
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McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How an Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersized Fraud in Fast Food Hi
$30.00 Add to cartIn this stranger than fiction story of the massive crime network that rigged the McDonald’s monopoly game for decades, unlock new, exclusive interviews and stories that couldn’t make it into the HBO d… [more below]
- Author: Hernandez, James Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1538720116
- Language: English
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The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit
$32.00 Add to cartAn astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .
Thought to be halluci- Author: Rail, Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1685891543
- Language: English
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The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece
$18.99 Read more“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to o
- Author: Weinman, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0062661930
- Language: English
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American Cults: Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders
$64.95 Add to cartAmerica has spawned hundreds of cults. Charismatic leaders periodically burst into the news for the most awful of reasons. We are awash with stories of brainwashed members’ struggles to leave. Meet th… [more below]
- Series: Dark Minds True Crimes
- Author: Willis, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1578598257
- Language: English
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Grifters, Frauds, and Crooks: True Stories of American Corruption
$22.95 Add to cartPower, Money, Sex: The Corrupt Trifecta! This captivating book uncovers the insidious web of deceit that infiltrates every facet of our nation’s past and present. Immerse yourself in the stories of 50… [more below]
- Series: Dark Minds True Crimes
- Author: Estep, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 157859796X
- Language: English
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Scams and Cons: A True Crime Collection: Manipulative Masterminds, Serial Swindlers, and Crafty Con Artists (Including Anna Sorokin, Elizabeth Holmes,
$15.95 Read moreTake a deep dive into the manipulative, messy world of con artists, embezzlers, fraudsters, swindlers, and grifters in this collection of true crime stories about scams and cons.
From mystifying cons- Author: Salters, Madison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1646044622
- Language: English
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Above the Ground
$32.99 Add to cart“It sounds like the fictional plot of a blockbuster thriller… [W]ith his lawyer’s eye and passion to expose injustice, Lawton makes this a timeless and borderless tale… [E]ssential reading for any
- Author: Lawton, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 506
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1960332260
- Language: English
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Unmask Alice: Lsd, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries
$26.95 Read more“Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy.” —Portland Book Review
“An absorbing and un… [more below]- Author: Emerson, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1637740425
- Language: English
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The Book of Criminal Minds: Forgeries, Robberies, Heists, Crimes of Passion, Murders, Money Laundering, Con Artistry, and More
$16.98 Add to cartA perfect gift for the true crime buff in your life, this book contains more than 300 absorbing stories about true crime.
- Includes stories both familiar and obscure, some macabre, some amusing, some st
- Series: Book of
- Author: Publications International Ltd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: May 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1645586340
- Language: English
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Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger
$29.00 Read moreThe world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters–exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art histor… [more below]
- Author: Tetro, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 306826488
- Language: English
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Above the Ground
$22.99 Add to cart“It sounds like the fictional plot of a blockbuster thriller… [W]ith his lawyer’s eye and passion to expose injustice, Lawton makes this a timeless and borderless tale… [E]ssential reading for any
- Author: Lawton, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 506
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1960332252
- Language: English
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Warhol After Warhol: Secrets, Lies, & Corruption in the Art World
$29.95 Read moreLong-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world and its mystifying authentication process.
Late one afternoon in the winter of 2003, art critic Richard Dorment an- Author: Dorment, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364978
- Language: English
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Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
$29.99 Read more“Catch Me if You Can meets Coming to America in this epic tale of one of the greatest scammers of all time.”-NPR
Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year- Author: Yeebo, Yepoka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1635574730
- Language: English
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The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius
$30.00 Read more“This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported with a vigorous empathy that leaves Truman Capote in the dust. Scott Johnson’s courag
- Author: Johnson, Scott C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063036932
- Language: English
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Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
$17.99 Add to cartA darkly comic foray into the world of men and women who fake their own deaths, the consultants who help them disappear, and the private investigators who’ll stop at nothing to bring them back to life
- Author: Greenwood, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 15, 2017
- ISBN10: 147673934X
- Language: English
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My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
$18.99 Add to cartONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Sex and the City meets Bad Blood and Catch Me If You Can in the astonishing true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as an heiress in New York City
- Author: Deloache Williams, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 198211410X
- Language: English
