"True Crime Stories You Won't Believe" by Romeo Vitelli is, a collection of true crime stories from all over the different countries that has the title says who wouldn't believe.


I would give "True Crime Stories You Won't Believe" by Romeo Vitelli a 3-star review rating because, 1; I like how there was a mix between well and non well stories 2; I like how this was well researched.

I had never heard of some of these crimes before but I really shouldn’t have read them before bed time. I will definitely be buying this one.

this was actually really good!
Each true crime story ranges from 3-5 pages and it will hold your attention. In my many years of studying and researching criminals/serial killers many of these names were new to me. Love that i read this.

This was a really interesting book, i enjoyed that there were a lot of different cases that were straight to the point and not drawn out more than they had to be. I had heard about 50% of the cases before tho which was a little disappointing. I do think this is still a great book and will be perfect for those just getting into true crime.

Holy crap. This was written by a forensic psychologist and I very much appreciated that in both account and writing. I got the shocking, juicy bits, the why, and the aftermath without any purple prose getting in the way which is exactly how I like my bizarre true crime history. As a voyeur of these twisted tales I do wish images had been added of the killers to each chapter. I googled them at the end of every story.

My thanks to Books Go Social, Romeo Vitelli and Netgalley.
I enjoyed this one!
I read about many cases that I'd never heard of before...which left me scrambling to read more about what the author was writing about.
I've found that the true crime stories I like the most can send me into a computer frenzy! I'll spend as much time reading the rest of the story, as I did reading the original!

I hate dnfing arcs but not respecting pronouns is a hard no for me.

Thanks to netgalley and the author/publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This a great book with a lot of short stories that any true crime lover would appreciate. I found most of these to be new stories I hadn't heard before. Each chapter being a new story makes it easy to read even when you don't have a lot of time.

Some of these I already knew, some I didn't. This book covered stories from the 1800s to more modern times. It also included some very well known cases such as Ed Gein and the execution of 14 year old George Stinney.

Overall, I enjoyed the writing style and the short story approach. I can understand how some readers would prefer them to be much more in depth, but I felt it was just enough information to understand what happened and it made for a quick read.

A good 3.5 stars.

This book is what it says on the tin; a collection of lesser-popular true crime short stories, with the author taking a few pages to recall the quintessential facts of each case.

Whilst this book was an interesting concept and clearly put together by somebody who has a passion for the field (for learning about some of the lesser known cases was fascinating), I found it lacking in its writing style.

It read very simplistically, like a regurgitation of facts - a more detailed Wikipedia page, if you will. Whilst this is fine to educate, it did not make for the most compelling read of a true crime non fiction book I have read.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

For readers who enjoy true crime, this is a great book. There is a nice balance between well-known and less-known cases. I haven't checked them all out but it appears they are well researched. Overall, I enjoyed this read and would definitely recommend it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review.

I received a arc of this book from net galley. Interesting true stories some I have read before others I had not. Book didn’t go into a lot of details and told short stories of the events. Author kept readers attention. Reminded me of watching a investigation show

This is a disturbing read that features many brutal crimes that wouldn't be a book that everyone would love, but as I am fascinated with true crime and the dark side of humanity I loved it. There were many crimes in here that I hadn't heard off so that made it even more interesting for me.

What a fascinating book. Some of the stories were hard reading and gruesome, but credit to the author he stated that at the start of the book. I like that it details some lesser-known cases instead of focusing on cases that are well known, as I felt it added more depth to the book. For anyone interested in crime and why people commit some horrible crimes I honestly think you will enjoy this book. Can wait for more volumes of the book to be published.

A mesmerizing collection of true crimes, bizarre to brutal to unimaginable. From countries all over the world , from geishas to the murder inspiring the movie Psycho! Well worth the read.

ell written, interesting look at some true crime stories. Most are a bit obscure and less well known. A few are more common to true crime fans. I read quite a few stories here that I saw for the first time. But a couple of the more ‘rare’ ones I had already read about as well. Worth a read if the subject interests you. I received a review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is an interesting and well researched collection of true crime stories.
It is set apart from others like it because many of the stories featured are much older, and therefore there’s a good chance you haven’t heard them before!
It was great to read so many new stories, and Once this book has been properly proof-read, I believe it will be a huge success.
A 4 star rating from me - and I read a lot of true crime!

This is a perfect book for true crime readers. It has a nice mix of well known to not so well known cases. They seem well researched though I did not look all of them up.
Overall a very solid well written book!

True Crime Stories You Won’t Believe is the first book in a series of planned short story collections. This book contains a collection of 32 short true crime stories dating back to the late 1800’s. Most of the stories are pretty obscure and the only one that was familiar to me was the story of Ed Gein.

While I enjoyed most of the stories in the book, I would have preferred more stories from modern times. But it still was an interesting read, nonetheless.

Some readers may find the stories disturbing. I didn’t think they were and I actually wanted more graphic details. In comparison to other true crime novels, True Crime Stories is not at all gruesome and in my opinion, very mild in grisly elements.

Overall, True Crime Stories is a noteworthy read for true crime aficionados. Four stars.

I received a digital copy of the book from Books Go Social. The review herein is completely my own and contains my honest thoughts and opinions.

Years ago there was an app on google that everyday would give a different story about a crime, serial killer or of the sorts, and there were different narrators, some more embezzled, some more scientific etc., and the way the stories were told were the right way for me, like a talk with a friend or in late night, this book had just enough about the stories, if there was rape, only rape was mentioned, nothing of the sick details, so it was kind of easy to read through, each story was only a couple of pages short, and as the author tells us, the stories in this book are mostly old ones, the details here are the ones that survived in journals, it was like a compilation of blog news stories.

I read mostly sci-fi, but sometimes I get tired and one way of relax of it, is reading something that has nothing to do with it, and true crime kind of fits the bill, but I must confess sometimes reality is weirder than fiction, while mostly of the stories were unknown for me, I did know a couple of these, I highly recommend this book it reminded me as well of the book lady killers, but in here you have stories from women, men, children, trans people etc., a bit of everything, and the author is promising to continue in other volumes I must say I want to read more of this tales…

Thank you NetGalley for the free ARC and I am leaving this review voluntarily.