“It is a sad commentary on the brutish times we live in that the use of deadly substances as a means of homicide is virtually unheard of. Instead of the quiet dignity of an effective poison, those with homicidal intent seem to impulsively reach for a gun, knife or club. All these crude instruments leave no doubt as to the cause of death… from the crude inorganic (i.e., mineral-based) poisons which get so many people a one-way ticket to the Big House, to the much more subtle and difficult-to-detect organic poisons, we will explore the methods used by artists skilled in the craft to avoid detection.”

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 122 pages
Illustrated

Just what every red-blooded American needs—a handbook for snitches—as if society doesn't have enough busybodies, stool pigeons, double-crossers, liars and traitors already. But for those who have to squeal, this is required reading. Find out what information is valuable: how to get it, and how to sell it. Learn to negotiate with the police, how cops treat their informers, and how to keep from being finked out by someone else (just about an impossibility these days.) There are chapters on who informs and their motives and compensations, sting operations, company spies, criminal, civilian and prison informers, cops and how they think, becoming an informer and protecting yourself against stoolies. What can happen to informers when they fail or are caught snitching? Learn about the IRS “Turn In A Friend Program.” This book is the ultimate in modern-day American police-state culture. Turn in a friend today before they turn you in tomorrow! MC

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 145 pages

An illustrative primer that briefly covers the basic planning, procedures, gear and execution of a typical strong-arm holdup, followed by a detailed test-case scenario based on the robbery of a nightclub owner at a night depository. Lists the most common areas of failure and how to avoid them. Self-scored test included. HJ

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 50 pages
Illustrated

Security companies often fail to supply what their clients pay for, and alarm systems can be beaten. This book shows how, covering everything from magnetic contact switches, window foiling, to ultrasonic alarms and passive infrared alarms, microwave systems, traps, monitored control panels and preamplified microphones, and the many ways they can be defeated. There is also information on guard dogs, central control systems and police and guard responses or the lack thereof. Describes residential, commercial and high- security systems. MC

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 104 pages
Illustrated

“No safe is completely safe because locksmiths must be able to rescue goods if the lock breaks. That means every safe is vulnerable—it’s just a matter of time and determination.
“Reveals every known method for breaking into safes, vaults and safety-deposit boxes. It begins with simple ways to guess (or steal) combinations. In illustrated detail, it shows how to drill, punch and peel a safe, as well as how high-tech hoods use torches and explosives to get at your goods. For the policeman, private investigator, store owner, security professional or anyone fortunate enough to have something worth protecting, this book is eye-opening reading.”

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 88 pages
Illustrated

Complete and unedited reprint of the second and third sections of the Commission Studies presented to President Ford in 1976 detailing “The State of the Art of Electronic Surveillance” and “The Authentication of Magnetic Tapes.” The paranoia that was created by the surveillance and miniaturization technology in the mid-‘50s served as the catalyst which led to these studies, which became an excellent (if unintentional) how-to on electronic eavesdropping, wiretapping, and all manner of microphonal espionage. SK

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 112 pages
Illustrated

Loompanics’ embattled how-to star (author of Selling Yourself to Science and Opium for the Masses) depicts in stark terms the perversely brutal conditions under which millions are forced to live in the “Land of the Free,” plus a few pointers on how one might attempt to stay on the outside or at least survive once in the relentless clutches of the “criminal justice machine.” You Are Going to Prison is packed with all the need-to-know info on our number one growth industry, prison construction and incarceration, which never makes it into movies like The Shawshank Redemption or The Birdman of Alcatraz— who was actually a serial prison rapist who shaved his entire body and ate only red meat. Describes everything from what to say when pulled over by a cop to “cheating the hangman” by injecting peanut butter. Includes a detailed analysis of the dreaded topic of sex behind bars and especially prison rape. SS

Publisher: Loompanics
Paperback: 181 pages