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The Serial Killer Files

Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345472004
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Serial Killer Files written by Harold Schechter and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS! Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the much-acclaimed author of Deviant, Deranged, and Depraved, comes the ultimate resource on the serial killer phenomenon. Rigorously researched and packed with the most terrifying, up-to-date information, this innovative and highly compelling compendium covers every aspect of multiple murderers–from psychology to cinema, fetishism to fan clubs, “trophies” to trading cards. Discover: WHO THEY ARE: Those featured include Ed Gein, the homicidal mama’s boy who inspired fiction’s most famous Psycho, Norman Bates; Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, sex-crazed killer cousins better known as the Hillside Stranglers; and the Beanes, a fifteenth-century cave-dwelling clan with an insatiable appetite for human flesh HOW THEY KILL: They shoot, stab, and strangle. Butcher, bludgeon, and burn. Drown, dismember, and devour . . . and other methods of massacre too many and monstrous to mention here. WHY THEY DO IT: For pleasure and for profit. For celebrity and for “companionship.” For the devil and for dinner. For the thrill of it, for the hell of it, and because “such men are monsters, who live . . . beyond the frontiers of madness.” PLUS: in-depth case studies, classic killers’ nicknames, definitions of every kind of deviance and derangement, and much, much more. For more than one hundred profiles of lethal loners and killer couples, Bluebeards and black widows, cannibals and copycats– this is an indispensable, spine-tingling, eye-popping investigation into the dark hearts and mad minds of that twisted breed of human whose crimes are the most frightening . . . and fascinating.

The Serial Killer Files

Author : Paul Simpson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 147213673X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Serial Killer Files written by Paul Simpson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many myths about serial killers: that they are all dysfunctional loners; all white males; only motivated by sex; that they all travel and operate across a wide area; cannot stop killing; are all insane, or evil geniuses; and that they all want to get caught. Of course, there are some serial killers who fit into these categories, but the married Green River Killer was not a dysfunctional loner; there are plenty of female and non-Caucasian serial killers; Dr Harold Shipman was certainly not motivated by sex; many serial killings (such as the Ipswich prostitute murders carried out by Steve Wright) happen within a confined area; the 'BTK Killer', Dennis Rader, stopped killing in 1991, but wasn't caught until fourteen years later. Many serial killers may have a low animal cunning, or be 'street smart', but few of them are Mensa-level geniuses. Each of the thirty cases covered here is unusual in some respect, perhaps in the way in which the killer carried out their crimes, the choice of victims, the way in which they were apprehended, or the method of their execution. The cases are presented alphabetically by country - from Australia via Colombia, Great Britain, Indonesia, Iran, South Africa and elsewhere to the United States - and then chronologically. They come from across history and from all over the world. The author has gone back as far as possible to contemporary source material - newspaper accounts, trial evidence, interviews with perpetrators or survivors - rather than rely on the increasingly blurred truth to be found online and in far too many collections.

Psychopedia

Author : Blackhous
Publisher : Blackhous Applications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1223 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychopedia written by Blackhous and published by Blackhous Applications. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 1223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those looking to delve into the sick and psychotic minds of serial killers, Psychopedia is an extensive encyclopaedia of serial killers and murders. A popular Apple iTunes app from inception, this title is now available in eBook format. Psychopedia Satisfies A Strange Curiosity - App Advice An insightful and interesting read into the minds and lives of psychopaths (which can become quite addictive) - Appscovery From the Axeman of New Orleans to the Zodiac Killer, this publication presents readers with a compendium of the world's most prolific and notorious serial killers and the most captivating unsolved serial murder cases. The articles are written from an objective factual approach and make no attempt to glorify the murderers. With over 400 profiles spanning hundreds of pages it is a useful guide for students of criminology, sociology, or abnormal psychology. The content is derived from Wikipedia articles and most entries contain extensive details of the killer's early life, crimes, capture, and conviction. Genre screenwriters, novelists, fans of true crime literature and anyone with an interest in the macabre will find plenty of fascinating and grisly details of the world's most infamous and intriguing killers, and their horrendous crimes. All gruesome details can be discovered within its pages.

The Big Book of Serial Killers

Author : Jack Rosewood
Publisher : An Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
ISBN 13 : 9781648450990
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Serial Killers written by Jack Rosewood and published by An Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires and monsters, and they walk among us. These serial killers are not mythical beasts with horns and shaggy hair. They are people living in society, going about their day-to-day activities until nightfall. They are the Dennis Rader's, the fathers, husbands, church-going members of the community. This A-Z encyclopedia of 150 serial killers is the ideal reference book. Included are the most famous true crime serial killers, like Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Ramirez, and not to mention the women who kill, such as Aileen Wuornos and Martha Rendell. There are also lesser-known serial killers, covering many countries around the world, so the range is broad. Each of the serial killer files includes information on when and how they killed the victims, the background of each killer, or the suspects in some cases such as the Zodiac killer, their trials and punishments. For some, there are chilling quotes by the killers themselves. The Big Book of Serial Killers is an easy-to-follow collection of information on the world's most heinous murderers.

The Big Book of Serial Killers

Author : Jack Rosewood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Serial Killers written by Jack Rosewood and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murderers or monsters, normal people turned bad or people born with the desire to kill, it doesn't matter where they come from, serial killers strike dread into our hearts with a single mention of their names. Hunting in broad daylight or stalking from the shadows, we are their prey and their hunt is never done until they are caught or killed. With a worrying number of them living in our communities, working alongside us at our places of employment and sharing the same spaces where we spend time with our families, serial killers are typically just another neighbor that we barely think about. A worrying thought, to be honest.

Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?

Author : Dirk C. Gibson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313397597
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? written by Dirk C. Gibson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder. The majority of serial murder studies support the consensus that serial murder is essentially an American crime—a flawed assumption, as the United States has existed for less than 250 years. What is far more likely is that the perverse urge to repeatedly and intentionally kill has existed throughout human history, and that a substantial percentage of serial murders throughout ancient times, the middle ages, and the pre-modern era were attributed to imaginative surrogate explanations: dragons, demons, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime dispels the interrelated misconceptions that serial murder is an American crime and a relatively recent phenomenon, making the novel argument that serial murder is a historic reality—an unrecognized fact in ancient times. Noted serial murderers such as the Roman Locuta (The Poisoner); Gilles De Rais of France, a prolific serial killer of children; Andres Bichel of Bavaria; and Chinese aristocratic serial killer T'zu-Hsi are spotlighted. This book provides a unique perspective that integrates supernatural interpretations of serial killing with the history of true crime, reanimating mythic entities of horror stories and presenting them as real criminals.

The Big Book of Serial Killers Volume 2

Author : Jack Rosewood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781648450419
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Serial Killers Volume 2 written by Jack Rosewood and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our first volume caused such an impact that we've decided to bring you the long-awaited Volume 2 of the most comprehensive Serial Killer encyclopedia ever published!Murderers or monsters, normal people turned bad or people born with the desire to kill; it doesn't matter where they come from, serial killers strike dread into our hearts with a single mention of their names. Hunting in broad daylight or stalking from the shadows, we are their prey and their hunt is never done until they are caught or killed.With a worrying number of them living in our communities, working alongside us at our places of employment and sharing the same spaces where we spend time with our families, serial killers are typically just another neighbor that we barely think about. A worrying thought, to be honest.In The Big Book of Serial Killers Volume 2 we go through the lives of 150 serial killers who allowed themselves to fall under the influence of their darkest desires and took the lives anywhere from one to one hundred victims; we speak of their motives and how their stories ended (if they ended?), and remind you of the fear and pain that they left behind.But what can you expect from The Big Book of Serial Killers Volume 2?You will find such things as:- An excellent A-Z list of all of these deadly killers, allowing you to reference the encyclopedia whenever you need to find out more about any single murderer.- All of the uncensored details of their crimes, with much effort taking into account to describe their horrific acts.- Important information on their date and place of birth, date of arrest and number of victims, among other facts.- A list of Trivia facts for each killer, allowing you to learn more about their personalities and any films or documentaries made about them.So, with nothing more to add - it's only time now for you purchase this book and begin learning about 150 of the sickest, most dangerous serial killers in world history.

Serial Killers of Russia

Author : Wensley Clarkson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 178739610X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Serial Killers of Russia written by Wensley Clarkson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking with Serial Killers series, this chilling new book explores the dark heart of Russia. For decades, it has been assumed that the United States of America was the serial killer capital of the world. Now, criminologists believe that Russia (and previously the Soviet Union) has been, secretly, the biggest home of serial killers for almost a century. In Serial Killers of Russia, bestselling true crime author Wensley Clarkson reveals the inside stories and gruesome details behind the country's most notorious and previously unknown murderers. Using information from a vast range of new and archive sources, Clarkson tells stories of the dangerous, the devious and the truly shocking, and tackles why the nation has become a breeding ground for humanity's most evil. These are the most horrifying cases from the darkest corners of Russia.

The Big Book Of Serial Killers

Author : Scot Pontremoli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book Of Serial Killers written by Scot Pontremoli and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: serial killer Edmund Kemper, whose story is almost too gross Edmund Kemper - Mother, Murders & Facts Edmund Kemper The True Story Of The Brutal Co-Ed Butcher Real Life Mindhunter Killer: Was Edmund Kemper Born to Kill This was one reality of Kemper's life--the reality he wanted those around him to see. There was another side to the man though, a much darker side. Kemper's actions in his life shocked America, who dubbed him the Co-Ed Killer for his urge to murder and violate co-ed girls in Northern California.

Geographic Profiling

Author : D. Kim Rossmo
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420048780
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Geographic Profiling written by D. Kim Rossmo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-12-28 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As any police officer who has ever walked a beat or worked a crime scene knows, the street has its hot spots, patterns, and rhythms: drug dealers work their markets, prostitutes stroll their favorite corners, and burglars hit their favorite neighborhoods. But putting all the geographic information together in cases of serial violent crime (murder, rape, arson, bombing, and robbery) is highly challenging. Just ask the homicide detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department who hunted the Hillside Stranglers, or law enforcement officers in Louisiana who tracked the brutal South Side rapist. Geographic Profiling introduces and explains this cutting-edge investigative methodology in-depth. Used to analyze the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the most likely area of offender residence, geographic profiling allows investigators and law enforcement officers to more effectively manage information and focus their investigations. This extensive and exhaustive work explains geographic profiling theories and principles, and includes an extensive review of the literature and research in the areas of criminal profiling, forensic behavioral science, serial violent crime, environmental criminology, and the geography of crime. For investigators and police officers deployed in the field, as well as criminal analysts, Geographic Profiling is a "must have" reference.

Psycho USA

Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345524489
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Psycho USA written by Harold Schechter and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED! In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for spilling blood, there’s a bevy of all-but-forgotten homicidal fiends studding the bloody margins of U.S. history. The law gave them their just desserts, but now the hugely acclaimed author of The Serial Killer Files and The Whole Death Catalog gives them their dark due in this absolutely riveting true-crime treasury. Among America’s most cold-blooded you’ll meet • Robert Irwin, “The Mad Sculptor”: He longed to use his carving skills on the woman he loved—but had to settle for making short work of her mother and sister instead. • Peter Robinson, “The Tell-Tale Heart Killer”: It took two days and four tries for him to finish off his victim, but no time at all for keen-eyed cops to spot the fatal flaw in his floor plan. • Anton Probst, “The Monster in the Shape of a Man”: The ax-murdering immigrant’s systematic slaughter of all eight members of a Pennsylvania farm family matched the savagery of the Manson murders a century later. • Edward H. Ruloff, “The Man of Two Lives”: A genuine Jekyll and Hyde, his brilliant scholarship disguised his bloodthirsty brutality, and his oversized brain gave new meaning to “mastermind.” Spurred by profit, passion, paranoia, or perverse pleasure, these killers—the Witch of Staten Island, the Smutty Nose Butcher, the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, and many others—span three centuries and a host of harrowing murder methods. Dramatized in the pages of penny dreadfuls, sensationalized in tabloid headlines, and immortalized in “murder ballads” and classic fiction by Edgar Allan Poe and Theodore Dreiser, the demonic denizens of Psycho USA may be long gone to the gallows—but this insidiously irresistible slice of gothic Americana will ensure that they’ll no longer be forgotten.

Serial Killers True Crime

Author : Harmony Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Serial Killers True Crime written by Harmony Hill and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serial Killers have been a mystery for years, they commit the most monstrous acts known to man, yet we still know very little about what makes them do what they do.They kill with no remorse and have destroyed families and individuals lives many times over. These killers are at times ordinary folks that one wouldn't even realize were a cold blooded murderer. From the Zodiac Killer to the Night Stalker, all have kept us in fear until caught.This book goes deep into the minds of some of the worst serial killers in history, but not only this there is facts, dates, methods of the crimes, victims accounts and even testimony from the killers themselves.Beware: This book is not for the faint of heart...

Serial Killers True Crime

Author : Harmony Hill
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Serial Killers True Crime written by Harmony Hill and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serial Killers have been a mystery for years, they commit the most monstrous acts known to man, yet we still know very little about what makes them do what they do. They kill with no remorse and have destroyed families and individuals lives many times over. These killers are at times ordinary folks that one wouldn't even realize were a cold blooded murderer. From the Zodiac Killer to the Night Stalker, all have kept us in fear until caught. This book goes deep into the minds of some of the worst serial killers in history, but not only this there is facts, dates, methods of the crimes, victims accounts and even testimony from the killers themselves. Beware: This book is not for the faint of heart...

Serial Murderers and Their Victims

Author : Harmony Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Serial Murderers and Their Victims written by Harmony Hill and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serial Killers have been a mystery for years, they commit the most monstrous acts known to man, yet we still know very little about what makes them do what they do. They kill with no remorse and have destroyed families and individuals lives many times over. These killers are at times ordinary folks that one wouldn't even realize were a cold blooded murderer. From the Zodiac Killer to the Night Stalker, all have kept us in fear until caught. This book goes deep into the minds of some of the worst serial killers in history, but not only this there is facts, dates, methods of the crimes, victims accounts and even testimony from the killers themselves. Beware: This book is not for the faint of heart...

Serial Killers Case Files

Author : RJ Parker
Publisher : RJ Parker Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490443517
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Serial Killers Case Files written by RJ Parker and published by RJ Parker Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth examination of serial murderers and their victims, that include the profiles of some of the most prominent murderers of our time. The author addresses various serial killer types: Organized and unorganized, men, women, doctors, and unsolved murder cases. In this riveting book, an award-winning Canadian author delves into the gritty, gruesome details of the most notorious serial killers to strike the United States, Canada and the UK, including the unidentified killers who may still be on the loose. Close to home, Parker compiles a thorough case file on husband and wife serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. In an amazing twist, hybristiphilia Homolka pulls the wool over the Canadian Government, giving the crown yet another black eye. The horror genre is tremendously indebted to serial killers. A listing of books and movies that deal with serial killers would almost be a book in itself. Something about their twisted psychology and abhorrent acts have turned folks like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz, and Andrei Chikatilo, to name a few, into household names and media figures. In Serial Killer Case Files, true crime author RJ Parker offers several cases that deal with the names above and also shine a light on killers that are not as present in popular culture but whose bloody actions are worse than any horror movie out there.

Serial Killing for Profit

Author : Dirk C. Gibson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313378916
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Serial Killing for Profit written by Dirk C. Gibson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This the first book to focus specifically on serial killers motivated by monetary gain. Serial Killing for Profit: Multiple Murder for Money addresses a gap in the existing literature by documenting one dozen of the most notorious perpetrators of commercial serial murder—murderers who kill to secure inheritances and pensions, to sell possessions or even the body itself, or as murderers-for-hire. In these pages, readers will encounter some of the nation's most infamous and disturbing criminals, including "America's first serial killer," Herman Mudgett; Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the "Honeymoon Killers;" Los Angeles's "Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez; the "black widow" Blanche Taylor Moore; and Dana Sue Gray, who killed three women for shopping money. Author Dirk Gibson gets to the twisted heart of each case, meticulously detailing the crimes, the victims, the hunt for the killers, the distinctive variations on the motive of "killing for money," and the lessons learned by investigators in each instance. Everyone from professional investigators to true crime aficionados will be riveted by these stunning accounts.

Murdering Miss Marple

Author : Julie H. Kim
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490039
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Murdering Miss Marple written by Julie H. Kim and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the interwar “golden age” of British detective fiction, women writers like Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie reigned, but their work remains tame compared to today’s crime novels. Elements of sexuality and gender, including soft porn and sexual psychopathy, pervade contemporary detective fiction. The 10 essays in this collection explore issues of gender and sexuality in crime writing by women from 1985 to 2011, surveying works about girl sleuths, parodies, hard-boiled detective fiction, police procedurals, and recent serial killer series. They examine the relationship between genre and gender and explore how later works enter into a field of “post-feminism.” Most importantly, this volume demonstrates how popular women writers of the last three decades have reconceptualized what it means to be a female detective.