Tag: Murderer

Free Download Norman E. Land, "The Artist as Murderer: An Enduring Legend from Ancient Greece to the Modern Day"
English | ISBN: 1476683956 | 2022 | 205 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The 4th century BC Greek painter Parrhasius murdered his model-an old man who was his slave-to achieve, so the story goes, a more lifelike depiction of nature. The tale has inspired similar, more elaborate stories about both well known and obscure artists-including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rubens. Elements of the tale have appeared in theater, literature and film, as well as in comments by painters, historians, critics and anatomists. Challenging the archetype of the artist as a sympathetic lover of nature, this book examines the artist as cruel and murderous in service of art and ambition, and indirectly addresses a different understanding of the relationship between art and life.

Free Download Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman, Gabra Zackman, HarperAudio
English | February 22, 2022 | ISBN: B094XG9JNZ | 9 hours and 4 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 259 Mb
From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him – including conservative thinker William F. Buckley – into helping set him free.
In the 1960s, Edgar Smith, in prison and sentenced to death for the murder of teenager Victoria Zielinski, struck up a correspondence with William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review. Buckley, who refused to believe that a man who supported the neoconservative movement could have committed such a heinous crime, began to advocate not only for Smith’s life to be spared but also for his sentence to be overturned.
So begins a bizarre and tragic tale of mid-century America. Sarah Weinman’s Scoundrel leads us through the twists of fate and fortune that brought Smith to freedom, book deals, fame, and eventually to attempting murder again. In Smith, Weinman has uncovered a psychopath who slipped his way into public acclaim and acceptance before crashing down to earth once again.

Free Download The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle, Graeme Malcolm, Hachette Audio
English | 2017 | ISBN: B077BCNGQ1 | MP3@64 kbps | ~10:43:00 + PDF | 300 Mb
From the New York Times best-selling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britain’s civil wars, and the trial for his life.
Less than 40 years after England’s golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself. Split between loyalty to the Crown or to Parliament, war raged on English soil. The English Civil War would set family against family, friend against friend, and its casualties were immense – a greater proportion of the population died than in World War I.
At the head of the disintegrating kingdom was King Charles I. In this vivid portrait – informed by previously unseen manuscripts, including royal correspondence between the king and his queen – Leanda de Lisle depicts a man who was principled and brave but fatally blinkered.

Free Download I Am a Killer: What Makes A Murderer: Their Shocking Stories in Their Own Words (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCPMQSXF | 2023 | 10 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 278 MB
Author: Danny Tipping, Ned Parker
Narrator: Joe Hempel
What goes through the mind of a killer when they commit murder? What motivates someone to take a life? How do murderers remember their lives and crimes? With unprecedented access to high-security prisons all around the country, the creators of Netflix’s I Am a Killer set out to get answers to these questions-by talking to the killers themselves. Most of the killers will die in prison, but each one speaks openly about their pasts and their crimes. Additional interviews-with the families of both perpetrators and victims and the law enforcement officials who worked the cases-reveal the constellations of factors that lead to violent crimes. Each profile features exclusive documents and commentary from the documentary producers to give a detailed and balanced account of the crime, leaving it up to listeners to decide what was right.