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Diversion Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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From the bestselling author of THE OUTSIDER Serial killers are the headline-grabbing criminals of the modern world. But despite extensive police investigations, court trials, and news stories, a complete map of the serial-killer mindset has proven elusive. This fascinating study by one of the world's foremost popular criminologists lays bare the roots of a terrifying modern phenomenon. The term serial killer" is still relatively new, coined by the...
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Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The veteran true crime author chronicles the terrifying murders, surprising arrest and dramatic trial of Illinois serial killer Milton Johnson. In the summer of 1983, an elusive serial killer stalked the blue-collar industrial city of Joliet, Illinois. One overnight killing spree took five victims, including members of the Will County Sheriff's Office. The following month brought a quadruple murder inside a shop known for its pottery classes. The...
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Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
By the creators of Criminology: a complete chronicle of the Golden State serial killer investigation, including photographs and documents.
In 1976, a serial rapist terrorized California's Sacramento County, breaking into homes and leaving a trail of destruction behind him. As the masked predator expanded his turf, his evil urges drove him to murder. In Northern California, he was known as the East Area Rapist. In Southern California, he was called...
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The Killer Book of Serial Killers is the ultimate resource (and gift) for any true crime fan and student of the bizarre world of serial killers. Filled with stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes, photos, and odd facts about the world's most notorious murderers, this is the perfect bathroom reader for anyone fascinated with serial killers.
The stories and trivia cover such killers as:
John Wayne Gacy
Ted Bundy
The BTK Killer
Jack the Ripper
The Green...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
WHEN JACK THE RIPPER first prowled the streets of London, an evening newspaper commented that his crimes were as ghastly as those committed by Eliza Grimwood's murderer fifty years earlier. Hers is arguably the most infamous and brutal of all nineteenth-century London killings. Eliza was a high-class prostitute, and on 26 May 1838, following an evening at the theatre, she brought a 'client' back to her home in Waterloo Road. The morning after, she...
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English
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An ambitious firefighter hunts a notorious arsonist in the Edgar Award–winning true crime story the New York Times calls "stranger than fiction." From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary story of the chase for the "Pillow Pyro," called the most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century. Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr idolized...
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English
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A decade after elderly multimillionaire Andrew Jakes is found murdered and his young wife raped and beaten, his estranged son Andres Jakes investigates, notices similar cases around the world, and finds evidence pointing to one woman, known by the police as the Angel of Death.
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"Learn why serial killers kill through their own words -- including Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, the BTK Killer, Aileen Wuornos, and more than 70 others. In this one-of-a-kind book, author Mary Brett corresponded with some of America's most evil convicted serial killers and asked just one question: WHY? Their return letters give an insightful look into the dark mind of each killer. The reader also will be able to scrutinize direct quotes, unedited,...
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English
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From 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of its very own Jack the Ripper--style killer. The story has been the subject of websites, short stories, novels, a graphic novel, and most recently the FX television series American Horror Story. But the full story of gruesome murders, sympathetic victims, accused innocents, public panic, the New Orleans Mafia, and a mysterious killer has never been written. Until now. The Axeman repeatedly broke...
Author
Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A horrific account of the murders, investigation, and trial of the serial killer doctor known as the "Creighton Killer." "A powerful and compelling story." -- The Haunted Reading Room Detective Derek Mois wasn't sure what he was dealing with when in March 2008 he walked into a home in an affluent Omaha neighborhood and was confronted with the bodies of an 11-year-old boy and the housekeeper. Both had been murdered with kitchen knives plunged into...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two riveting true crime sagas--of a mother who murdered her two sons, and a sex-crazed serial killer who terrorized Montana--together in one volume. In this terrifying collection, veteran reporter and former Wall Street Journal editor John Coston recounts the disturbing crimes of Ellen Boehm and Wayne Nance, two seemingly ordinary citizens who killed for the most twisted and selfish reasons. Sleep, My Child, Forever : Single mom Ellen Boehm appeared...
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Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The ultimate collection of intriguing details from the most infamous cold cases around the world -- and the killers who may still be out there...From England's Jack the Ripper and the Axeman of New Orleans to lesser-known cases like Detroit's Bigfoot Killer and Cleveland's Torso Murderer, this trivia book is packed with information about some of the most shocking cold cases in history. Written for the true crime junkies who just can't get enough,...
Author
Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"One man details his unusual friendship with the Genesee River Killer and examines what separates everyday people from serial killers. What happens when one of the evilest men in the history of America meets a man he trusts to share his darkest secrets with? How does it affect someone already on the edge of society when he is taken under the wing of a serial killer? Partly told through the letters of Arthur Shawcross, The Shawcross Letters is the...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John Thomas Straffen - England's longest-serving prisoner - was the first patient to escape from Broadmoor Hospital. He killed within hours. Prior to this, at his home in Bath, he was dismissed as an imbecile, a loner, a 'child trapped in an adult's body'. On the afternoon of Sunday July 15, 1951, John Straffen strangled 8-year-old Brenda Goddard as she picked flowers. Three weeks later he committed a similar murder before inadvertently confessing...
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Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
True stories from the files of an award-winning journalist and New York Times -bestselling author: "One of America's finest true-crime writers" (Vincent Bugliosi). Someone tries to pin a gruesome murder on a horse. Infamous serial killer Son of Sam shows us his true evil nature in a series of lost letters this psychopath never wanted you to see. Sesame Street's Big Bird comes home to find a dead woman on his estate. These shocking stories and several...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Between 1959 and 1965, eight murders were carried out in and around west London. The victims, all of whom were prostitutes, were asphyxiated. The murders were linked: the last six were all carried out in the space of 12 months. The press dubbed the murderer "Jack the Stripper" on account of the fact that the victims were all stripped naked. The legendary Scotland Yard investigator Detective Chief Superintendent John Du Rose was brought in to orchestrate...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This book features the cases of six London women, each very different in temperament, age, and status, who resorted to murder. Their reasons were varied: in the case of the surly maid Kate Webster, sheer temper seems the likely cause; avarice seemed to spur Catherine Wilson to murder an estimated seven times; desperation to pay for the upkeep of her two-year-old son lay behind Sarah Drake's crime; seductive young cook Eliza Fenning was accused of...
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Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An alleged victim of the Son of Sam shares his search for the truth about who really tried to kill him in this true crime story. In 1976, a killer who called himself "The Son of Sam" shot and killed a half dozen people and wounded as many more in New York City. During his crime spree, the madman left bizarre letters mocking the police and promising more deaths. After months of terrorizing the city while garnering front-page headlines and international...
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Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Harold Schechter's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Deviant includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter overviews Profiles of...
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