On Trial For Murder

by Emily G. Thompson

The stakes are never higher when the charge is murder…

Explore the riveting twists and turns of some of the most notorious and controversial murder trials in history, such as the O. J. Simpson, Phil Spector, and Oscar Pistorius cases.

Each of the trials detailed in this book—the latest in DK's highly successful series of true crime investigations—dominated the world's news media and gripped public attention. After examining the evidence, if you had been a member of the jury, what would have been your verdict? Guilty? Or Not Guilty?

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Audiobook

329 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 4, 2024

About the author

Emily G. Thompson is an author and freelance writer based in Northern Ireland.

Her first book, Unsolved Child Murders, was published by McFarland in 2017, followed by three more books published by Dorling Kindersley: Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered, in 2019, Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder, in 2020, and Mysteries Uncovered: True Stories of the Paranormal and Unexplained, in 2020.

Thompson is also the founder of the true crime website and award-winning podcast, Morbidology, which won the "Best International" podcast at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in January 2022. The weekly true crime show takes a look at cases from all across the world, and highlights systemic failures in various systems.

In addition to writing for her own website and podcast, Thompson is a freelance writer for Crime + Investigation, Law & Crime, A&E Network and other true crime podcasts.

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting look at various trials over the years with background information

[Kaity · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting dive into multiple different trials from around the world. Emily Thompson did a fantastic job covering a variety of different court systems, she hit almost every continent at least once. My only issue with the book is there was a lack of acknowledgement for the victims. I would’ve liked to see a list of the victims names at the end of the chapter, especially for the mass shooters and serial killers. Anders Brevik killed 77 people and only a few of them were mentioned in the chapter. However, if you would like to learn not only about specific trial issues that can arise in a criminal case, but about the trial process in different countries, this is a fantastic book for it.

[Georgi_Lvs_Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

The arrest and trial. The vital evidence. The final verdict.

Courtroom cases from Lizzie Borden, Peter Sutcliffe, Amanda Knox and Derek Chauvin…

If you are a fan of True Crime, I highly reccomend you read @emmyytee I have read most of her work and she is great!

“She is not Amanda the Ripper. She is a little crazy, extravagant. She does the cartwheels in the police station because reality for her is too strong to deal with.”

[Shanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was extremely informative and provided me with new information about a lot of trials that I was already familiar with. It was nice to not only get the specifics of the incident, but also to get a play-by-play of some of these trials that were not televised I would absolutely read more from this author. My only critique is that there could’ve been a more expensive selection of famous trials rather than a repeat of the same ones that everyone writes about.

[CerinaWithaSea]

The Author of this book is Emily G. Thompson
DK is the pulisher