David Pietras: 36 books

With every death of a great performer the conspiracy theorists soon come climbing out of the woodwork. Throughout my investigations for this book I have been faced with more crazy conspiracy theories than actual believable ones. I have heard everything from alien abductions to government cover ups....

When we hear the name “Godfather” we usually think of the characters in the 1972 masterpiece “The Godfather” by Francis Ford Coppola. With the role of the Godfather played by Marlon Brando and then Al Pacino in the later movies. For the younger generation they associate the role of the Godfather...

For some it is the sight of death and carnage that draws a person to crime scenes. And others prefer to visit famous crime scenes from the past. The morbid curiosity of the human race is a force that is so strong that even scientists cannot explain it. But what causes the dead to return to the scene...

When we look back at the crimes of the 20th century we see a century of pure evil. It is amazing what one human being could do to another. For some of the people in this book the victims were their very own loved ones, from husbands and wives to their own children. We may never know what makes people...

Twenty one years after the brutal murders of three eight year old Cub Scouts in West Memphis, Arkansas, there seem to still be more questions than there are answers. We have gone all the way back to the beginning and looked through years worth of evidence. What we have found may truly shock you. Sifting...

What makes a police officer disregard his oath and cross the Thin Blue Line. Some say that it may be caused by the stress of the job. While others say that they are just criminals themselves. We will take a look at four police officers, Richard Crafts, Drew Peterson, Lawrencia “Laurie” Bembenek,...

“What makes a mother kill her own children”? This question has been asked too often. And unfortunately the answers are unknown. We will look at three mothers who went from “Mommy to Maniac” and killed the very children that they should have been protecting. We will look at the stories of Andrea...

The question often posed when we are confronted with such senseless acts of violence as these, is what causes medical professionals to kill individuals for which they have a fiduciary duty to protect? Are there contributing factors shared among them which predispose them to murder? When the implicit...

Cultist groups have permeated society ever since people could chat and share ideas en masse, although modern cult experts today often clash about what, exactly, makes a group of people a cult. What's a loony or eccentric organization to one expert is often seen by others as a religion or sect, which...

Darlie Routier is on death row in Texas, convicted of the murder of one of her two sons, who were killed in the early morning of June 6, 1996. The media coverage of the investigation into the murders of Devon and Damon Routier depicted the crime as another heartless mother whose children were getting...

For years, the mainstream media and tabloids put John and Patsy Ramsey on trial in the press for the murder of their daughter. Evidence of their involvement in JonBenet's death was not really necessary, the thinking went; any parent who would promote her daughter's participation in something as politically...

The tan, dark haired young man sat and watched the made-for-TV miniseries. The miniseries, based on real life events, told the story of a group of young men from Beverly Hills who planned and carried out two murders, including the killing of the father of one of the members of the group. As the young...

Daryl Holton, Garrett Wilson, John Battaglia, Brian Stewart and John List. Five fathers who will be remembered for the unspeakable crimes that they committed against the very people that they were supposed to protect: Their own children. Ripped from the headlines and police files, we take a look at...

Deep within the city streets of New York there is an ongoing war. Some of these battles manage to make it to the front pages of our newspapers or the top news story on the 6 o'clock news. All too often these battles play out in the shadows of the back alleys and back rooms of everyday businesses. We...