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Bizarre True Crime Volume 19: 20 Real Crimes From The World’s Weirdest Timeline
Proof the Simulation’s Glitching Again!
'Humanity’s freak parade is back in town and I’m absolutely here for it.'
Grab your tinfoil hat and hold onto your sanity. This is true crime at its most unhinged. Real crimes. Zero chill.
The Enigma of Jack the Ripper: In the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian Whitechapel, five women were slain by an unseen hand. The crimes, unsolved to this day, exposed the dark heart of a city where poverty and fear walked side by side.
The Phantom of Heilbronn: For sixteen years, police across Europe hunted a faceless female serial killer whose DNA was found at forty crime scenes. But the truth behind the Phantom of Heilbronn would prove more bizarre than any criminal mind could invent.
The Indestructible New York Drunkard: In Depression-era New York, five desperate men hatched a plan to murder an old drunk for insurance money. But their victim, Mike the Durable, refused to die, no matter what they did to him.
The Boy Who Vanished from the Science Fair: In June 2010, a seven-year-old vanished from his Portland primary school in broad daylight. What followed was the largest investigation in Oregon’s history, in a case of missing time, fractured families, and one very odd mystery.
Valley of the Headless Men: In the remote wilds of Canada’s Northwest Territories lies Nahanni National Park, a landscape of breathtaking beauty and chilling legend. Over a century of strange deaths, vanishings and whispered curses earned it a terrifying the Valley of the Headless Men.
LAPSUS$: Between 2021 and 2023, an international hacking collective led by teenagers breached some of the world’s biggest tech firms, leaking source code, blackmailing corporations, and taunting police. Their most gifted member, a boy from Oxford, couldn’t stop, even after his computer was taken away.
The Breeze Knoll Murders: In 1971, a devout accountant in suburban New Jersey murdered his entire family and vanished without a trace. For eighteen years, John List lived as another man, until a sculpted face on television brought him back from the dead.
Last Orders at the Twisted Fisherman: On a spring night in Milwaukee, nineteen-year-old Sade Robinson went on a first date with a local bartender. Within hours, she was dead, her body dismembered and scattered across the lakeshore.
+ more unbelievable
Australia’s Secret Children of the Apocalypse
The Antifreeze Murders
The Girl Who Never Made It to the Bus
#FindSamSayers
The Murder of Kevin Bacon
The Double Life of Captain Stander
A Teen's Fatal Trust
The Fashion Killer
Doctor Cream’s Poisonous Path
The Babysitter and the Urban Legend of Terror
Commander Creeper
Mr Hands and the Enumclaw Horse Case
Bizarre 19 is packed with photographs and a must-read bitesize extras section.
This isn't just true crime. This is a passport to a reality you never knew existed.
SCROLL UP AND HIT 'BUY NOW' TO START THE INSANITY!
Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.
You don't need to have read the other Bizarre volumes to enjoy this one.
'Humanity’s freak parade is back in town and I’m absolutely here for it.'
Grab your tinfoil hat and hold onto your sanity. This is true crime at its most unhinged. Real crimes. Zero chill.
The Enigma of Jack the Ripper: In the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian Whitechapel, five women were slain by an unseen hand. The crimes, unsolved to this day, exposed the dark heart of a city where poverty and fear walked side by side.
The Phantom of Heilbronn: For sixteen years, police across Europe hunted a faceless female serial killer whose DNA was found at forty crime scenes. But the truth behind the Phantom of Heilbronn would prove more bizarre than any criminal mind could invent.
The Indestructible New York Drunkard: In Depression-era New York, five desperate men hatched a plan to murder an old drunk for insurance money. But their victim, Mike the Durable, refused to die, no matter what they did to him.
The Boy Who Vanished from the Science Fair: In June 2010, a seven-year-old vanished from his Portland primary school in broad daylight. What followed was the largest investigation in Oregon’s history, in a case of missing time, fractured families, and one very odd mystery.
Valley of the Headless Men: In the remote wilds of Canada’s Northwest Territories lies Nahanni National Park, a landscape of breathtaking beauty and chilling legend. Over a century of strange deaths, vanishings and whispered curses earned it a terrifying the Valley of the Headless Men.
LAPSUS$: Between 2021 and 2023, an international hacking collective led by teenagers breached some of the world’s biggest tech firms, leaking source code, blackmailing corporations, and taunting police. Their most gifted member, a boy from Oxford, couldn’t stop, even after his computer was taken away.
The Breeze Knoll Murders: In 1971, a devout accountant in suburban New Jersey murdered his entire family and vanished without a trace. For eighteen years, John List lived as another man, until a sculpted face on television brought him back from the dead.
Last Orders at the Twisted Fisherman: On a spring night in Milwaukee, nineteen-year-old Sade Robinson went on a first date with a local bartender. Within hours, she was dead, her body dismembered and scattered across the lakeshore.
+ more unbelievable
Australia’s Secret Children of the Apocalypse
The Antifreeze Murders
The Girl Who Never Made It to the Bus
#FindSamSayers
The Murder of Kevin Bacon
The Double Life of Captain Stander
A Teen's Fatal Trust
The Fashion Killer
Doctor Cream’s Poisonous Path
The Babysitter and the Urban Legend of Terror
Commander Creeper
Mr Hands and the Enumclaw Horse Case
Bizarre 19 is packed with photographs and a must-read bitesize extras section.
This isn't just true crime. This is a passport to a reality you never knew existed.
SCROLL UP AND HIT 'BUY NOW' TO START THE INSANITY!
Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.
You don't need to have read the other Bizarre volumes to enjoy this one.
179 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 29, 2025
About the author
Ben Oakley
121 books21 followersBen Oakley is a bestselling true crime author, researcher, publisher, blogger, and mental health advocate from Camden, England.
When not writing, he dedicates his time to the prevention of male self-harm and suicide, along with victim support and awareness.
Fitness fanatic, DVD collector, and wannabe astronaut at all other times. Usually found on Twitter or in the bars and parks of Camden.
Agathokakological is his favourite word!
When not writing, he dedicates his time to the prevention of male self-harm and suicide, along with victim support and awareness.
Fitness fanatic, DVD collector, and wannabe astronaut at all other times. Usually found on Twitter or in the bars and parks of Camden.
Agathokakological is his favourite word!
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