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Book Synopsis American Serial Killers by : Peter Vronsky
Download or read book American Serial Killers written by Peter Vronsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the American "Golden Age" (1950-2000). With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of serial killers. In this first definitive history of the "Golden Age" of American serial murder, when the number and body count of serial killers exploded, Vronsky tells the stories of the most unusual and prominent serial killings from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century. From Ted Bundy to the Golden State Killer, our fascination with these classic serial killers seems to grow by the day. American Serial Killers gives true crime junkies what they crave, with both perennial favorites (Ed Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer) and lesser-known cases (Melvin Rees, Harvey Glatman).
Download or read book Serial Killers written by Mark Seltzer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative cultural study, the serial killer emerges as a central figure in what Mark Seltzer calls 'America's wound culture'. From the traumas displayed by talk show guests and political candidates, to the violent entertainment of Crash or The Alienist, to the latest terrible report of mass murder, we are surrounded by the accident from which we cannot avert our eyes. Bringing depth and shadow to our collective portrait of what a serial killer must be, Mark Seltzer draws upon popular sources, scholarly analyses, and the language of psychoanalysis to explore the genesis of this uniquely modern phenomenon. Revealed is a fascination with machines and technological reproduction, with the singular and the mass, with definitions of self, other, and intimacy. What emerges is a disturbing picture of how contemporary culture is haunted by technology and the instability of identity.
Book Synopsis Survived by One by : Robert E. Hanlon
Download or read book Survived by One written by Robert E. Hanlon and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced to death and, after seventeen years on death row, expected a lethal injection to end his life. However, Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in 2000, and later commutation of all death sentences in 2003, changed Odle’s sentence to natural life. The commutation of his death sentence was an epiphany for Odle. Prior to the commutation of his death sentence, Odle lived in denial, repressing any feelings about his family and his horrible crime. Following the commutation and the removal of the weight of eventual execution associated with his death sentence, he was confronted with an unfamiliar reality. A future. As a result, he realized that he needed to understand why he murdered his family. He reached out to Dr. Robert Hanlon, a neuropsychologist who had examined him in the past. Dr. Hanlon engaged Odle in a therapeutic process of introspection and self-reflection, which became the basis of their collaboration on this book. Hanlon tells a gripping story of Odle’s life as an abused child, the life experiences that formed his personality, and his tragic homicidal escalation to mass murder, seamlessly weaving into the narrative Odle’s unadorned reflections of his childhood, finding a new family on death row, and his belief in the powers of redemption. As our nation attempts to understand the continual mass murders occurring in the U.S., Survived by One sheds some light on the psychological aspects of why and how such acts of extreme carnage may occur. However, Survived by One offers a never-been-told perspective from the mass murderer himself, as he searches for the answers concurrently being asked by the nation and the world.
Book Synopsis Natural Born Celebrities by : David Schmid
Download or read book Natural Born Celebrities written by David Schmid and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Over the past thirty years, serial killers have become iconic figures in America, the subject of made-for-TV movies and mass-market paperbacks alike. But why do we find such luridly transgressive and horrific individuals so fascinating? What compels us to look more closely at these figures when we really want to look away? Natural Born Celebrities considers how serial killers have become lionized in American culture and explores the consequences of their fame. David Schmid provides a historical account of how serial killers became famous and how that fame has been used in popular media and the corridors of the FBI alike. Ranging from H. H. Holmes, whose killing spree during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair inspired The Devil in the White City, right up to Aileen Wuornos, the lesbian prostitute whose vicious murder of seven men would serve as the basis for the hit film Monster, Schmid unveils a new understanding of serial killers by emphasizing both the social dimensions of their crimes and their susceptibility to multiple interpretations and uses. He also explores why serial killers have become endemic in popular culture, from their depiction in The Silence of the Lambs and The X-Files to their becoming the stuff of trading cards and even Web sites where you can buy their hair and nail clippings. Bringing his fascinating history right up to the present, Schmid ultimately argues that America needs the perversely familiar figure of the serial killer now more than ever to manage the fear posed by Osama bin Laden since September 11. "This is a persuasively argued, meticulously researched, and compelling examination of the media phenomenon of the 'celebrity criminal' in American culture. It is highly readable as well."—Joyce Carol Oates
Download or read book Serial Killers written by Peter Vronsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination into the frightening true crime history of serial homicide—including information on America’s most prolific serial killers such as: Jeffrey Dahmer • Ted Bundy • “Co-ed Killer” Ed Kemper • The BTK Killer • “Highway Stalker” Henry Lee Lucas • Monte Ralph Rissell • “Shoe Fetish Slayer” Jerry Brudos • “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez • “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski • Ed Gein “The Butcher of Plainfield” • “Killer Clown” John Wayne Gacy • Andrew Cunanan • And more... In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, the BTK killer, Henry Lee Lucas, Monte Ralph Rissell, Jerry Brudos, Richard Ramirez, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the emergence of what he classifies as the “serial rampage killer” such as Andrew Cunanan, who murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace. Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one—from recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky’s one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true crime phenomenon. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS
Book Synopsis The Killers Among Us by : Steven A. Egger
Download or read book The Killers Among Us written by Steven A. Egger and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- The six myths of serial murder: addressing the "black hole of misinformation" that surrounds the subject. -- Detailed case studies of John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and other serial killers. -- The state-of-the-art in law enforcement investigation of serial murder. This book brings together all of what we know, what we think we know, and what we don't know about the horrific violence of serial murder. Part I introduces the subject of serial murder and presents the "six myths" of serial murder that interfere with understanding and successful investigation. Part II presents detailed case studies of four infamous serial killers, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Kenneth Bianchi and Henry Lee Lucas. Part Ill focuses on the investigation of serial murder, showing the problems law enforcement faces -- notably "linkage blindness", the inability of unwillingness of police agencies to share information on unsolved murders. This section includes an extensive discussion of fourteen different police responses to serial murder. Finally, the author -- a noted criminologist and former homicide investigator -- discusses the future of serial murder and its investigation. Students of criminology, psychology and sociology; true crime buffs; mystery writers and readers; journalists; skeptics; and criminal justice professionals.
Download or read book The Deadly Dozen written by Robert Keller and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shocking True Crime Stories of the 12 Worst Serial Killers in American History David Berkowitz: Known as the "Son of Sam," Berkowitz was a deeply disturbed young man who prowled the streets of New York dispensing death with his .44 caliber revolver. William Bonin: One of a trio of deadly psychopaths who trawled the freeways of Southern California during the late 70's and early 80's. Bonin was a depraved child killer who abducted, raped and tortured more than 20 teenaged boys. The Boston Strangler: Albert De Salvo took the fall but most experts agree that he was not the Strangler. So who was the real killer? And how did he get away with the series of brutal murders that so terrified the citizens of Boston? Ted Bundy: Charming, intelligent and lethal, Bundy is America's most notorious serial killer, a deadly fiend who cut a swathe of destruction across the country, raping, killing and committing necrophilia on his young victims. Dean Corll: Along with two willing teenaged accomplices, Corll orchestrated what was at the time the biggest murder spree in American history, raping torturing and killing at least 25 young boys. Jeffrey Dahmer: Hideously depraved killer who preyed on young homosexual men in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, cannibalizing them and conducting bizarre experiments on their bodies. Albert Fish: He looked like a frail old man, but Albert Fish was actually a psychotic child killer and torturer, with a taste for human flesh. John Wayne Gacy: Cold-hearted killer who raped, tortured and strangled at least 33 young men, burying their bodies in the crawlspace of his Chicago house. Randy Kraft: The least well known of California's three "Freeway Killers." And yet Kraft was both the most prolific and the most depraved, responsible for the torture killings of as many as 67 young men. Dennis Rader: Known as the "BTK Killer" (after his M.O.: Bind, Torture, Kill) Radar held the citizens of Wichita, Kansas in a state of fear for over 30 years, during which time he claimed 10 known victims. Richard Ramirez: A satanic burglar who went by the terrifying sobriquet, "The Night Stalker," Ramirez raped, battered, shot and stabbed his victims during a bloody reign of terror in 1980's Los Angeles. Gary Ridgeway: As the horrific "Green River Killer," Ridgeway engaged the Washington police in a deadly game of cat and mouse, claiming more that 60 victims over two decades. Scroll up to grab a copy of The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers
Book Synopsis 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard of by : Robert Keller
Download or read book 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard of written by Robert Keller and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At any given time there are between 30 and 50 serial killers roaming the streets of America. These are their stories. 50 shocking true crime cases, including; Harry Powers: A depraved psychopath who got his kicks torturing lovelorn widows and spinsters to death. Jack Spillman III: Dubbed the "Werewolf Butcher," Spillman literally tore his victims apart. Dana Sue Gray: A unique female serial killer who battered, stabbed and choked her elderly victims to death in order to bankroll her shopping addiction. James Swann: Psychotic shooter who claimed her was ordered to kill by the evil spirit of Malcolm X. Altemio Sanchez: A brutal serial killer known as the "Bike Path Rapist," Sanchez evaded capture for over 20 years, until DNA evidence nailed him. Chester Turner: Known as "Chester the Molester," Turner raped and murdered countless women, until his deadly acts were eventually captured on video. David Parker Ray: Spent over $100 000 putting together his torture chamber, which he called the "Toy Box." Judy Buenoano: After poisoning her husband and two lovers, and drowning her son, she turned to a car bomb for her next murder. David Meirhofer: The first serial killer caught by FBI's, now famous, Behavioral Science Unit. Jake Bird: Traveling ax murderer who claimed dozens female victims across America. Plus 40 more riveting true crime cases...
Book Synopsis Doctor Know's Guide To Serial Killers: The Best Of The Worst by : Doctor Know
Download or read book Doctor Know's Guide To Serial Killers: The Best Of The Worst written by Doctor Know and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law Enforcement tells us that there could be as many as 50 serial killers operating within the continental U.S. today. Most of them kill randomly which makes them hard to discern from other murderers. Knowing more about serial killers, the crimes they have committed and how they were caught allows you to stay safe and keep others safe by being able to recognize them.I have chosen the BEST OF THE WORST of serial killers to spot light. Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam, the Green River Killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, BTK, Zodiac and some that you may not know. Over 25 profiles that will keep you reading and may keep you awake at night. I lived just a few blocks from one of the Son of Sam murder scenes during the time he was still active. I know the fear. I was a teen when the Sharon Tate Murders took place and Zodiac was active. I have taken my fear and interest in this subject and created a comfortable read for those who share my interest.
Book Synopsis Serial Killer Quarterly Vol. 1, Christmas Issue: "Body Harvest - Prolific American Killers" by : Lee Mellor
Download or read book Serial Killer Quarterly Vol. 1, Christmas Issue: "Body Harvest - Prolific American Killers" written by Lee Mellor and published by Grinning Man Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With nearly 200 victims between them, the seven compulsive killers in Serial Killer Quarterly’s special Christmas 2014 issue, “Body Harvest: Prolific American Serial Killers,” not only destroyed countless lives and families, but Thanksgivings, Christmases, and New Year’s. Author and criminologist Judith A. Yates attributes a minimum of 20 victims to America’s first serial killers, Micajah & Wiley Harpe, who rather than bringing “peace on earth and good will to all men,” sought to exterminate the entire human race. Similarly, whenever Ted Bundy went “walking in a winter wonderland” it was in the snowy mountains of Washington or Colorado – landscapes strewn with the ravaged corpses of his 30+ female victims. Kevin M. Sullivan – author, Bundy researcher, and retired preacher – looks at arguably the most infamous serial slayer in American history, and his victims – known and potential. In her true crime debut, forensic psychologist Joan Swart goes above and beyond to tell us the tale of America’s most prolific homosexual sadist. With possibly a higher body count than Bundy and the Harpes combined, Randy Kraft may have actually rung in the New Year by torturing, killing, and mutilating several of the over 60 young men whose lives he appears to have extinguished. Lee Mellor, author, criminologist, and SKQ editor-in-chief, writes of the 22 strangulation-slayings and post-mortem rapes perpetrated across the USA and in Canada by “Gorilla Murderer” Earle Leonard Nelson during the mid-1920s, as well as 10+ cold-blooded murders linked to “Coin-Shop Killer” Charles T. Sinclair throughout the Eighties. Spokane prostitute killer Robert Lee Yates – another necrophile – has admitted to shooting 16 victims and defiling their bodies, but author and journalist Karen D. Scioscia asks: were there more? Are you full of holiday cheer yet? Well, at least we know that Christmas was truly a time for family in the Bender household – even if their feasts were purchased with the money they stole from the people rotting under their floorboards. Dane Ladwig looks at the more than 20 hammer murders believed to have been committed by The Bloody Benders in the mid-nineteenth century. Cuddle up with a nice piping mug of hot chocolate, because after reading “Body Harvest” there isn’t a blanket in the world that will stop you from getting the chills. ‘Tis the Season to be Grinning.
Book Synopsis America's 14 Worst Serial Killers by : J.D. Rockefeller
Download or read book America's 14 Worst Serial Killers written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you watched horror stories with serial killers? The night is filled with fear as a serial killer could attack randomly. The extreme thirst for a horrific deed may turn into a nightmarish act. Having an encounter with a serial killer would be the scariest experience ever. A serial killer murders more than two people, not just by shooting a gun or stabbing with a knife. There are different techniques that are used by serial killers in carrying out their evil plots to their targets. There are many documented serial killers in the United States, but some of them have indeed left everyone much in fear and terror with their horrifying way of killing their victims. In this document, let's take a closer look on 14 of the most notorious serial killers in the United States.
Book Synopsis Ted Bundy: The Worst and Most Popular Serial Killer in America's History by : J.D. Rockefeller
Download or read book Ted Bundy: The Worst and Most Popular Serial Killer in America's History written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-05-14 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you hate him or just feel disgusted with him, the fact is that Ted Bundy remains one of the most discussed serial killers even twenty-seven years after his execution. Even now, anything even remotely connected to Bundy makes headlines. Bundy may have been charged for the murders of 36 women, but most people know that the count of his victims is actually higher than 100. He may have been executed in 1989 in an electric chair, but his charm, intelligence, and communication skills made him a celebrity not only during his trial, but even many years after his death. So, who was Ted Bundy? What was his childhood like? What happened that turned him into America’s worst cold-blooded killer? Did he ever get married? Did he have a family? How many people did he kill? How was he caught? What happened during the trial? Despite his crimes, why is he such a popular figure? What movies or TV shows featured him as a character? The answers to all these questions will surprise you, shock you, and maybe even enthrall you. Keep reading and get your answers to these questions.
Book Synopsis America's Worst Serial Killers by : J.D. Rockefeller
Download or read book America's Worst Serial Killers written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States has always been pictured as the strongest country in the world, and that its people are living the American dream. This is the reason why very many other races have the desire to come to the country and live the same dream. While most of the good things about the country are true, it also has its share of the “bad things”. Among these are crimes perpetuated by ordinary people as well as those who are tagged serial killers. In fact, records show that at least three (3) Americans have been named in the list with the highest victim number in the world, then 19 with more than 15 but less than 30 victims, as well as 117 with more than 5 but less than 15 victims. To help you put a face on these names and give you a better picture of what they did to be included in these dreadful lists, this book presents its own comprehensive list of America’s worst serial killers. This list will include the most important information on their committed crimes, how they were able to do all these things, and how they were captured and brought to justice.
Book Synopsis 50 American Serial Killers You?ve Probably Never Heard of by : Robert Keller
Download or read book 50 American Serial Killers You?ve Probably Never Heard of written by Robert Keller and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At any given time there are between 30 and 50 serial killers roaming the streets of America. These are their stories. 50 shocking true crime cases, including; Joseph Briggen: Farmer who believed that his prize-winning hogs had to consume human flesh in order to achieve peak conditioning. William Christenson: Serial killer who committed a series of crimes so brutal that investigators called him "an American Jack the Ripper." Alonzo Robinson: A necrophile and cannibal who killed at least 6 and turned their flesh into "jerky." Dorothy Williams: A horrendously brutal female serial killer who bludgeoned, stomped, stabbed and strangled her elderly victims to death. Eric Napoletano: Mommy's boy who murdered his wives and lovers and evaded the law with the help of his NYPD employee mother. Robert Nixon: The "Brick Moron" bludgeoned 8 women to death in Chicago and Los Angeles. Joseph Bryan: Pedophile who confessed that it excited him to see young boys "tied up and screaming." Douglas Gretzler & William Steelman: A deadly serial killer team who claimed as many as 17 victims, including 9 in one night. Andre Rand: The "Pied Piper of Staten Island" committed a string of child murders in New York. He enjoyed comparing himself to his hero, Ted Bundy. Robert Weeks: Narcissistic serial killer who had a problem dealing with rejection. Women who turned him down invariably ended up dead. Plus 40 more riveting true crime cases...
Download or read book American Evil written by Eric Cullen and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Evil deals with the ‘sordid’ world of serial killers, their calculating methods and distorted thinking, based around the author’s ground-breaking work as a prison psychologist, government advisor and consultant to three TV series including Voice of a Serial Killer. Based on clinical experience of killers. Includes a selection of USA/UK serial killer studies. Exposes police and other failings and shortcomings and the perversity of ‘defences’, ‘excuses’, etc. Strongly critical of USA gun laws and attitudes or perspectives making for an unhealthy environment, moral vacuum and lack of official/individual awareness and responsibility. The book describes how the author was ‘so profoundly moved’ by his inescapable conclusions about how serial killers are ‘made’ that he was compelled to set out his findings. Bemoaning the serial killer ‘growth industry’, ‘unhealthy interest’ and ill-informed comment he sets the record straight. Serial killers are made not born. But his central polemic is that serial killers are one of several malign human by-products of a dysfunctional modern permissive society, overwhelmingly American, brought about by modern-day culture in the USA, lax moral standards as also reflected in other countries to the extent that they pursue a comparable way of life.
Book Synopsis 50 American Serial Killers You?ve Probably Never Heard of by : Robert Keller
Download or read book 50 American Serial Killers You?ve Probably Never Heard of written by Robert Keller and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At any given time there are between 30 and 50 serial killers roaming the streets of America. These are their stories. 50 shocking true crime cases, including; Alfred Cline: A prolific "Bluebeard" serial killer who murdered at least eight of his wives on their honeymoons. Kimberly Saenz: Psychotic nurse who killed her elderly patients by injecting them with bleach. Robert S. James: An inventive serial killer who used auto accidents and rattlesnake bites as his methods of mayhem. Robert Browne: Claimed 49 victims who he killed by "every method known to man." Rudy Bladel: Bitter at being fired from his job, Bladel spent the next 20 years blowing away railroad employees. Thomas Whisenhart: A dedicated family man who enjoyed carrying out postmortem mutilations on his victims. Lorenzo Fayne: Horrendous child murderer who killed in order to have sex with his victims' corpses. Jeremy Bryan Jones: Charming ladies' man who murdered at least 4 and possibly as many as 21 women. Larme Price: Targeted "Middle Eastern" shopkeepers and claimed his killings were committed in revenge for 9/11. Ricky Lee Green: Sexually deviant serial killer who enjoyed mutilating and gutting his victims. Plus 40 more riveting cases and a BONUS ARTICLE with brief summaries of an additional 50 serial killer cases.
Download or read book Ted Bundy written by Al Cimino and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On first impressions, Ted Bundy seemed like the perfect all-American boy. He was good-looking, fun and very charming; many women found him irresistible... But deep inside he was an evil monster who terrorised large areas of America, assaulting and murdering numerous women and adolescent girls. He used his insider knowledge of law enforcement to evade detection, escaping from imprisonment twice before his eventual capture. While he confessed to 30 killings, the real figure was probably much higher and many of the bodies have never been found. Crime writer and journalist Al Cimino delves into this astonishing and tragic tale, providing a detailed account of Bundy's crimes and the twisted manipulations of his victims. This is the story of a chameleon-like psychopath and necrophile who lured innocent victims to a horrible end.
