A guilty pleasure to be sure (pun intended) this morbidly entertaining book contains the mug shots and arrest records of over 500 of history’s most infamous arrestees, from “Carlos the Jackal” to Charles Barkley. Ever wondered how many violent incidents Russell Crowe has been involved in over the past decade? Or whether those two graves in Romania really do contain the executed corpses of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu? This is the book for you!

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