Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder. and yes, even the ability to charm people. Take a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil!
They prey on the innocent with a malicious desire to inflict damage and harm. They hunt and stalk misfortunate victims in the dark, in broad daylight, in quiet neighborhoods, and in the local woods. Their bloodthirst isn’t satisfied after their first kill. Or their second. Or third. Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History’s Most Notorious Murderers delves into the global phenomenon of serial and spree murderers.
This chilling book looks at the horrifying stories of forty malevolent killers and hundreds of innocent victims, including such notorious homicidal maniacs as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffery Dahmer, but it also looks at lesser-known and overlooked murderers like Herbert Baumeister, America’s I-70 Strangler; Japan’s “Anime Killer, ” Tsutomu Miyazaki; Russia’s “Rostov Ripper, ” Andrei Chikatilo; the “Giggling Granny, ” Nannie Doss; and many more. It journeys to 16th-century Scotland to meet a clan of cannibals whose existence is still debated by historians today, and to the fog-shrouded alleys of Whitechapel, London, where Jack the Ripper earned his grisly namesake. Along the way, we’ll meet the Dating Game Killer, the Milwaukee Cannibal, the Acid Bath Murderer, and other monsters.
Serial Killers also asks the questions …
Caution is advised before entering the alarming world of twisted psychos and sociopaths! With more than 120 photos and graphics, this fright-filled tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. The Cromwell Street House of Horrors—Fred and Rosemary West
2. Clowns Can Get Away with Murder—John Wayne Gacy
3. The I-70 Strangler—Herbert Baumeister
4. The Moors Murderers—Ian Brady & Myra Hindley
5. The Charming Psychopath—Theodore “Ted” Bundy
6. The Lonely Murderer—Dennis Nilsen
7. The Night Stalker—Richard Ramirez
8. Doctor Death—Harold Shipman
9. The Unrepentant Maniac—Carl Panzram
10. Hollywood Monster—Aileen Wuornos
11. Mindhunted—Edmund Kemper
12. The Yorkshire Ripper—Peter Sutcliffe
13. The Anime Killer—Tsutomu Miyazaki
14. The Milwaukee Cannibal—Jeffrey Dahmer
15. Killer at Large—The Zodiac
16. The Dating Game Killer—Rodney Alcala
17. The Giggling Granny—Nannie Doss
18. The Rostov Ripper—Andrei Chikatilo
19. Keeping It in the Family—The Sawney Bean Cannibal Clan
20. The Resurrection Men—Burke and Hare
21. The Grim Sleeper—Lonnie Franklin
22. King of the Murder Castle—H. H. Holmes
23. Busted by the Internet—Maury Travis
24. Say Your Prayers—Anthony Sowell
25. Bind, Torture, Kill—Dennis Rader
26. The Tip of the Iceberg—Samuel Little
27. The Boston Strangler…?—Albert Desalvo
28. The Acid Bath Murderer—John George Haigh
29. The Killer at 10 Rillington Place—John Christie
30. Saucy Jack the Ripper
31. The Houston Mass Murders—Dean Corll
32. Rampage and Spree Killers
33. The Texas Tower Sniper—Charles Whitman
34. The Century 16 Mass Shooting—James Holmes
Further Reading
Index
Über den Autor
Richard Estep is the author of twenty books, most of them in the field of paranormal non-fiction, including The Haunting of Asylum 49: Chilling Tales of Aggressive Spirits, Phantom Doctors, and the Secret of Room 666. He is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. His lifelong fascination for ghosts has led him to investigate haunted locations around the world for the past 25 years. Richard appears regularly on the TV shows Haunted Case Files, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911, and Paranormal Night Shift. British by birth, Richard now makes his home in Colorado, a few miles north of Denver, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.
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