John Glatt Books in Order

Glatt traces concert promoter Bill Graham’s journey from childhood as a Holocaust refugee to a central role in rock music. His biography examines the development of modern concert promotion and Graham’s work with major musicians and benefit events.

Drawing on interviews with relatives, friends and film-industry colleagues, Glatt examines River Phoenix’s brief life and career. He follows the actor from a pressured childhood through artistic success, environmental activism and the private troubles preceding his fatal overdose.

Glatt traces River Phoenix's life and career through interviews with relatives, friends, colleagues, and others who knew him. The biography considers the young actor's rise and private circumstances against the shock of his death outside a Hollywood nightclub.

This authorised biography follows the Chieftains from their beginnings in Ireland to international recognition. Interviews with band members, friends and collaborators trace how their music developed and how encounters with performers across genres expanded their reach.

Glatt investigates eleven cases involving clergy implicated in killings, examining the gulf between religious authority and private violence. The accounts follow ministers, priests and a former nun through crimes and investigations that challenged the trust their positions inspired.

Glatt examines the Grimaldi family’s public glamour and private conflicts, focusing on Prince Rainier, Princess Grace and their children. Interviews with relatives, friends and courtiers trace the scandals and losses that unsettled Monaco’s carefully cultivated royal image.

These true-crime accounts examine twins involved in violence, from shared criminal behaviour to deadly conflict between siblings. Glatt follows cases that complicate popular assumptions about identical lives, exploring rivalry, deception and the consequences for victims and families.

Model Julie Scully leaves her American life to join a lover in Greece, then decides to return home to her daughter. Glatt reconstructs the controlling relationship, her murder and the investigation that exposed the truth behind her disappearance.

After successive deaths among Marie and Arthur Noe’s children were attributed to unexplained infant illness, investigators revisited the family’s history. Glatt follows the long inquiry that ended with Marie’s guilty plea, examining how suspicion remained unresolved for decades.

The death of Michelle Nyce exposes the strain beneath her family’s prosperous public image. Glatt follows forensic investigators as they challenge the apparent circumstances of her death and uncover the jealousy and conflict surrounding her husband Jonathan.

Kansas businessman John Edward Robinson presented himself as a respectable citizen while approaching vulnerable women through promises of opportunity. Glatt follows disappearances, discoveries on Robinson’s property and the investigation that revealed a long pattern of deception and murder.

Jennifer Corbin’s death initially appears to be suicide, but her young son’s account raises questions about her husband Bart. Investigators uncover an earlier woman’s death, connecting the dentist’s past with the violence concealed inside his family home.

The murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl in an Ohio hospital remains unresolved for years, despite suspicions involving its chaplain. Glatt follows the renewed investigation into Father Gerald Robinson and the evidence that brought a respected priest to trial.

When suitcases containing William McGuire’s remains are recovered from Chesapeake Bay, investigators examine the marriage he left behind. Glatt traces the case against his wife Melanie, a nurse whose affair and plans for the future became central to the prosecution.

A young woman’s hospital admission exposes the imprisonment of Elisabeth Fritzl and her children beneath an Austrian family home. Glatt reconstructs Josef Fritzl’s concealed crimes and the circumstances that allowed years of captivity to remain hidden from the outside world.

Kidnapped on her way to a school bus, Jaycee Lee Dugard disappears for eighteen years before authorities discover where she has been held. Glatt examines her captivity, eventual rescue and the failures that allowed her captors to evade detection.

A bitter divorce ends with Darren Mack killing his wife and attacking the judge handling their case. Glatt follows the international manhunt and ensuing trial, examining the resentment and violence concealed behind the wealthy businessman’s public life.

Glatt revisits Bill Graham’s Fillmore venues through the musicians and performances that shaped their brief, influential history. Interviews and backstage accounts connect the rock scenes of New York and San Francisco with the cultural changes that transformed live music.

Through interviews with relatives, neighbours and others close to the case, Glatt reconstructs the Cleveland abductions committed by Ariel Castro. He follows the captivity of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus through their long-delayed escape and rescue.

Lacey Spears portrayed herself online as a devoted mother managing her son’s serious illnesses. Glatt examines the investigation into Garnett’s death, drawing on social-media records and interviews to reveal the abuse concealed behind her public appeals for sympathy.

A teenage girl’s escape from her California home reveals the prolonged abuse and confinement of the thirteen Turpin siblings. Glatt investigates how their parents maintained an outward appearance of family happiness while isolating the children from help.

When Shanann Watts and her young daughters disappear, Chris Watts publicly pleads for their return. Glatt reconstructs the investigation that exposed his responsibility for their deaths, examining the gulf between a family’s online image and its private reality.

Raised amid Manhattan wealth and elite schooling, Thomas Gilbert Jr. appears to possess every advantage. Glatt examines his deteriorating mental health, escalating conflict and the murder of his father, drawing on access to people close to the family.

The disappearance of Lori Vallow’s children draws investigators toward her relationship with religious author Chad Daybell. Glatt follows the couple’s apocalyptic beliefs, suspicious deaths and concealed history, examining how their partnership developed into a devastating series of crimes.

The murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh expose deep problems within a powerful South Carolina legal dynasty. Glatt traces the family’s influence, financial misconduct and surrounding suspicious deaths as investigators reconsider Alex Murdaugh’s carefully protected public reputation.