A COLLECTION OF TALES NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!

These gruesome stories have peppered the pages of newspapers and history books over the centuries. Some are well-known. Some aren't. They rest in that murky place between true crime and horror. All will make your blood run cold. Warning: Do not read right before bedtime!

Inside THE BLOODIED AND THE BROKEN:

- The Torturing to Death of Sylvia Likens

- The Honeymoon Killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck

- Fumiko Kimura, A Mother Who Tried to Kill Herself and Did Kill Her Children

- Torture-Murderer Elizabeth Brownrigg

- The Torment and Tragedy of Jonathan James

- The "Handcuff Man" and his Victims

- The Baffling Brutality of the Briley Brothers: Bad Seeds or Fearsome Family Secrets?

- How Violence Derailed the Life and Career of Barbara Payton

- The "Children of God" and a "Little Prince" Named Davidito

- The Brutal Burning of David Rothenberg