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Return to the badlands : 12 chilling true crime cases of crooks, cults and crackpots / Liam Houlihan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Houlihan, Liam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Australia.
- Crime.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Victoria : Victory Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Filled with cunning crimes, cruel cults, and common crackpots, this book tells 12 fascinating, true tales from the badlands of contemporary Australia. "Is a suburban couple paying the babysitter with freshly stolen money? Can a lucky leech outsmart a brazen burglar?""Why did an Adelaide wife send her husband's privates to a fiery end?" Proving that truth is not only stranger than fiction, but also more colorful, more baffling, and more twisted, these stories delve beyond the headlines to expose the intricacies of the crimes committed by Australia's most wanted.
- Contents:
- Intro
- PREFACE
- GLOSSARY
- GOODNESS GRACIOUS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
- BLOOD WORTH BOTTLING
- WORKING FAMILIES
- THE FAMILY FROM HELL PART I
- TRIAL BY MEDIA
- THE FAMILY FROM HELL PART II
- JAILBREAK
- THE CURSE OF ROCKHAMPTON
- LOW BLOOD SUGAR
- RUN TO PARADISE
- PERSON OF INTEREST
- A CAGE IN THE WOODS
- SUCKER
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- SOURCES.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780522860443
- 0522860443
- OCLC:
- 1089008491
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