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In the heart of the Swiss Alps stand the three majestic peaks of the Bernese Oberland, Europe's most famous mountain range. The highest, at 13,638 feet, is the Jungfrau. Next is the Mönch, at 13,465 feet. But it is the smallest, the Eiger, rising 13,038 feet above sea level, that is by far the deadliest.

Jack Olsen's true account, traces the causes of the tragic night in August 1967 when two separate and unrelated campers, a distance apart, were savagely mangled and killed by enraged bears. The award-winning author of thirty-three books, Jack Olsen’s books have published in fifteen countries and eleven languages. Olsen's journalism earned the National Headliners Award, Chicago Newspaper Guild's Page One Award, commendations from Columbia and Indiana Universities, the Washington State Governor's Award, the Scripps-Howard Award and other honors.

David loved Cindy and was loved in return. Or so he thought. The troubled young man clung to his new love and dreamed of their future together. So begins the chain of events that was to evolve into a horror of terrifying proportions. Jack Olsen, best-selling author of Son, now reveals the details of a true-life romance gone hideously awry.

An account of the life and crimes of psychopath Mac Smith that describes how Seattle police, eager to make an arrest in the murders of the city's women, arrested the wrong man for Smith's crimes.

Recounts the tragic events that followed the arrest of Fred Coe, a conservative, clean-cut young man, for a series of rapes committed in the city of Spokane and led to revenge and murder.

For twenty-five years, the trusted family doctor in a small Wyoming town had been raping and molesting the women and children who most relied on him. Mostly Mormons, the naive victims sometimes realized on their wedding nights the truth about what had happened in Dr. Story's office.

Joe Gere said he died on the afternoon his 12-year-old daughter Brenda disappeared. It was left to Brenda's mother Elaine to sustain her stricken family, search for her missing child, and pressure the authorities for justice. From the first minutes of the investigation, suspicion fell on Michael Kay Green, a steroid-abusing "Mr. Universe" hopeful, but there was no proof of a crime, leaving police and prosecutors stymied. Tips and sightings poured in as lawmen and volunteers combed the Cascades forest.

In February 1990, Oregon State Police arrested John Sosnovke and Laverne Pavlinac for the vicious rape and murder of Taunja Bennet. Pavlinac had come forth and confessed, implicating her boyfriend and producing physical evidence that linked them to the crime. Authorities closed the case. There was just one problem. They had the wrong people. And the real killer wasn't about to let anyone take credit for his kill.

The author of Predator traces the story of George Russell, Jr., a bright, young, popular black man whose thirty-year psychological unraveling led to a shocking killing spree.

An account of the crimes of Arthur Shawcross describes how the paroled child killer shot, stabbed, suffocated, and strangled 16 Rochester, New York, prostitutes and examines how the legal system failed his victims.

A classic true story.

A full account of the most heinous crime of the century in which nearly 30 young boys were sexually tortured to death.

Formerly titled Slaughter the Animals, Poison the Earth. All new foreword by New York Times Bestselling author Steve Jackson. It is the extermination of the coyote—a shrewd, wily, solitary scavenger—that serves as the central theme of Jack Olsen's ragingly indignant, beautifully written and deeply moving book, perhaps the most gripping and important work of its kind since the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

A genuine classic. Not to be missed. By one of the masters of nonfiction. Monte Sole - Mountain of the Sun - had the bad luck to lie on the main route of withdrawal of the retreating German armies in autumn 1944. As the allied advance stormed up Italy to the very shadow of Monte Sole, Axis frustration over their retreat and the harassing Italian partisans reached its peak.

In June 1994 the Oakland Tribune cracked the story of a string of bizarre deaths in the San Francisco area. The victims were elderly, well-to-do, and, in each case, had been befriended by members of an extended Gypsy family - the Tene Bimbos.

Massy was big, over 8’2”, and still growing, the biggest man in pro basketball. No one thought it possible a man that big could move – could run and jump and shoot and rebound. But, before his first year was out, he became a legend, as well as a threat to the game. No one likes a giant; no one roots for Goliath. Cursed by irate fans, elbowed and punched by competing players, he is universally despised. What drives him on? What is in his past that drives him to continue dragging himself up and down the court when he would rather be playing the piano? What about the father that won’t ...

Fourteen outspoken women describe college life in the tumultuous 1970’s. Experiencing their newfound freedom from the constraints of parents and home to a rebellious environment filled with alcohol, drugs and sex. It seems education doesn’t end in the lecture and study halls as these women come of age during the counterculture movement. Jack Olsen provides the readers with an insightful and personal perspective of campus life through the eyes of each of these young women.

The riveting story of one of World War II’s most intense and desperate missions. Mission Aphrodite was a real-life, aerial Guns of Navarone scheme that called for volunteers to guide B-17 drone planes packed with explosives into Nazi V-2 rocket bases. The secret mission was carried out with reckless courage that ultimately cost many brave men’s lives including President John F. Kennedy’s elder brother Joseph Kennedy, Jr. This is the story of the most incredible mission of World War II, born in desperation and carried out with foolhardy courage and at the cost of brave men's lives: ...

A poignant, first-hand, expose of working and surviving in the dark underworld of seedy bars and strip clubs in the early 1970’s. Jack Olsen’s gritty depiction of street life as told by hustlers, pimps, strippers, waitresses, cops, junkies, bartenders, bouncers and club owners. The dynamic mix of tough and competitive individuals performing various roles in a social environment that has its own code and hierarchy. How did they get here? How do they survive? Their stories range from startling to shocking to touching. Sweet Street is an exceptional documentary which provides the reader ...

Jack Olsen’s 1967 book about Cassius Clay, now known as Muhammad Ali, was called one of the best sports biographies of all time by the editors of Sports Illustrated. Despite being known as “the greatest” boxer of all time”, Cassius Clay became far more important as a global cultural icon and social activist than as a prize fighter. When he defeated Sonny Liston for the world's heavyweight championship in 1964, he was hailed by the press and public alike as the clean-cut kid who would restore wholesomeness to the world of boxing. Just three years later, he completely upended those ...