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During the worst winter America has ever seen, an EMP destroys the grid and leaves millions freezing in the dark. Jack gets his family to a remote cabin, hoping the forest will hide them. But the blizzard is not the threat he should fear most.

SOPHIE RAMOS has always had visions—perceptions of beings others don’t see. Even her mother doubted her as a child. Psychiatrists doubted her too. Psychics tried to recruit her to enrich and empower themselves. Now she’s thirty-two, living on her own, and sharing her secret only with her mother and a few friends. A threatening specter begins to visit her at night, and more than her sleep is at stake. She follows a friend’s recommendation to visit Detta Washington, a church lady who believes that Sophie does see angels and demons.

From the UK’s leading forensic scientist and Sunday Times bestselling author of All That Remains and Written in Bone: a gripping exploration of forensic science, told through often shocking real cases to assess its triumphs, failures, and future. For over forty years, Professor Dame Sue Black...

When Speaker Newt Gingrich greeted Dr. David Lewis in his office overlooking the National Mall, he looked at Dr. Lewis and said: "You know you’re going to be fired for this, don’t you?" "I know," Dr. Lewis replied, "I just hope to stay out of prison." Gingrich had just read Dr. Lewis' commentary in Nature, titled "EPA Science: Casualty of Election Politics".

In a city of sunshine and secrets, the shadows belong to the animals. In a solar-powered future, humans live in luxury, served by unseen Little Helpers – artificially enhanced animals who maintain their masters’ perfect green cities. The animals’ number one rule: ‘do not bother the...

Winner of Outstanding Indie Podcast True Crime Awards 2026 and Best True Crime, Mystery & Dark Stuff Podcast at The Scottish Podcast Awards 2026 Each series of Inside Forensic Science explores a crime where forensic science has played a major role. The story is told through the narrator Pennie Stuart and interviews with forensic science, law and police experts. Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. The podcast was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.

Jana Monroe was no ordinary cop: a cofounder of - and, at the time, the only female agent in - the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit at Quantico, over the course of her career she consulted on more than 850 homicide cases. But to the people who know her best, Monroe is the BSU analyst upon whom the film character of Clarice (Jodie Foster) in The Silence of the Lambs was modeled. Hearts of Darkness is Monroe's story and will have Monroe finally stepping out from the shadows to tell the range of remarkable tales from the top moments of a life chasing the monsters among us.

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets. "A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the...

It’s Blake Crouch’s Recursion meets Stephen King’s The Mist in a claustrophobic sci-fi horror novel where a failed time experiment traps scientists inside a mansion with monsters from outside time. When a reclusive relative dies, Barbara becomes the sole heir to a decaying mansion buried deep in the woods. There is only one condition: she must take possession of the property within four days, or lose everything to a man she has never heard of. It should be a strange but simple errand: a road trip with her boyfriend and best friend, a few signatures, and a quick return to college life.

Track the chilling true crime history of forensic science, watching ancient clues evolve into modern DNA breakthroughs. This gripping narrative thrusts you into the center of pivotal murder investigations that forever transformed criminal justice. Perfect for your daily commute or an intense...

Step past true crime myths and master the forensic science of behavioral analysis to decode the criminal mind. Perfect for your daily commute or an intense late-night listening session, this gripping exploration trades Hollywood dramatization for the disciplined, suspenseful reality of active...

The most remarkable weapon in the fight against crime, forensic science turns bullet trajectories, bodily fluids, and the very structure of our DNA into damning witnesses of our every act. Packed with examples from real-life cases, this Beginner Guide covers all major areas of forensic science, including drugs, trace evidence, and crime scene investigation. Pathology, anthropology, and the laws that govern this evidence all come under the scalpel as Jay Siegel tracks the journey of evidence from crime scene to courtroom

Special Agent Eric Balliet worked in the shadows of the US–Mexico border—tracking cartel bosses, chasing human traffickers, locking up drug smugglers, confiscating truckloads of drugs, and prosecuting the violent offenders who sustained billion-dollar criminal empires. His career culminated in a covert operation that brought down the world's most notorious drug kingpin: Sinaloa Cartel boss El Chapo—twice.

Sur le continent de Shendara, quelque part dans le pays des Forêts Hualien, reprenant connaissance dans une grotte non loin de son village, Li Zhang se voit enfin offrir l’opportunité qu’il a attendu toute son enfance : devenir un guerrier divin. Avec l’aide de son étrange professeur, il peut désormais rejoindre le temple dans lequel s’entraînent tous les aspirants guerriers. Cependant, Li se démarque des autres, on voit en lui un élu, un miracle vivant capable de mettre fin aux invasions perpétuelles des démons.

On Halloween night, 1828, in the West Port district of Edinburgh, Scotland, a woman sometimes known as Madgy Docherty was last seen in the company of William Burke and William Hare. Days later, police discovered her remains in the surgery of the prominent anatomist Dr. Robert Knox. Docherty was the final victim of the most atrocious murder spree of the century. Together with their accomplices, Burke and Hare would be accused of killing 16 people over the course of 12 months in order to sell the corpses as "subjects" for dissection. 

Step past the yellow tape into a gripping true crime investigation where real forensic science solves the darkest cases. Perfect for an immersive daily commute, this analytical journey separates Hollywood myth from the rigorous reality of crime scene processing. Walk the exact path of a modern...

Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's public fall from grace. The Chicago Tylenol poisonings and the copycat crimes that followed.

Eine magische TV-Show wird in Spellbound gedreht! In jeder Folge wird ein Traumhaus vorgestellt, in dem Kaufinteressenten eine Nacht verbringen. Pluspunkte gibt es, wenn es im Haus spukt. Die Filmemacher suchen sich ausgerechnet Emmas Haus aus. Mit einem Neugeborenen, ihrem Ehemann, dem Vampir-Geist-Mitbewohner, dessen Höllenkatze und der ganzen Filmcrew ist das Haus bis oben hin vollgestopft.

Als Elli Stuart einen Brief von ihrer Großmutter erhält, ist sie vor allem eines: verwirrt. Schließlich wusste sie bis vor Kurzem nicht einmal, dass es diese Großmutter überhaupt gibt. Neugierig reist sie nach Witchmore in den Catskill Mountains - und landet statt bei einem gemütlichen Kaffeekränzchen mit ihrer Oma direkt an einem Tatort: Ihre Großmutter wurde ermordet.

Es herrscht Krieg! Doch diesmal sind es nicht die Gesichtslosen, nicht die Totenbeschwörer und auch keine durchgeknallten Zauberer, die das irische Sanktuarium bedrohen. Praktisch alle anderen Sanktuarien der Welt haben sich gegen die Iren vereint. Denn Irland ist eine Quelle der Magie, und das weckt Begehrlichkeiten. Da können nur die Toten Männer helfen. Jene unerschrockene Truppe von Helden um Skulduggery Pleasant, die schon gegen Mevolent gekämpft haben. Einer von ihnen ist damals gefallen, aber es gibt bereits einen Ersatz - Walküre Unruh, Skulduggerys erwachsen gewordene Gefährtin.