Serial Killers - Brossura

Innes, Brian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1905204973 ISBN 13: 9781905204977

Casa editrice: Quercus Publishing, 2006

Riassunto

They are probably the most notorious and infamous of all multiple murders, yet these are the very same criminals that continue to fascinate us more than any other. Sometimes it is the sheer callous deliberation that seems to capture the public's attention; other times, the macabre double-life led by many such slaughterers. Although the phenomenon has probably existed throughout human history, it is only the advancement of modern police detection methods and psychological profiling, as explained throughout this book, that have identified the deadly category now known as serial killers. From Jack the Ripper, Erszabet Batory, the countess vampire, and Big and Little Harpe to Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam and Jeffrey Dahmer, the whole era of the serial killer is unveiled here. These killers transfix us with an image of an apparently civilized society within which extremely intelligent and rational individuals can commit seemingly random, utterly savage acts of cruelty and depravity. It may well be the darkest side of human activity, but there can be little doubt that the killers listed and described in these pages remain horribly fascinating - sometimes enigmatic and inexplicable - but always terrifyingly gripping.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Brian Innes is a publisher, critic and the author of numerous popular crime-related books including Bodies of Evidence, Profile of a Criminal Mind (both Readers Digest) and Body in Question (Barnes & Noble).

Contenuti

Jack the Ripper: The Classic Enigma, UK, 1888 Hermann Webster Mudgett: H H Holmes - Death in the White City, USA, 1893-6 Bela Kiss: Barrels of Bodies, Hungary, 1912-14 Henri Landru: The French Bluebeard, France, 1915-19 Fritz Haarmann: Butcher of Hannover, Germany, 1919-24 Carl Panzram: Totally Unrepentant, USA, 1891-1930 Peter Kurten: Vampire of Dusseldorf, Germany, 1919-30 Leonard Earle Nelson: Gorilla Man, USA, 1926-8 Marcel Petiot: Vanishing Refugees, France, 1940-6 John George Haigh: Acid Bath Murderer, UK, 1944-9 William Heirens: “For Heaven's Sake Catch Me”, USA, 1945-6 John Reginald Christie: Death in 10 Rillington Place, UK, 1943-53 Edward Theodore Gein: Graveyard Ghoul, USA, 1947-58 Harvey Glatman: Cheesecake Photographer, USA, 1957-8 Albert DeSalvo: Boston Strangler - or Not? USA, 1962-4 Ian Brady & Myra Hindley: Moors Murderers, UK, 1963-6 Lucian Staniak: Red Spider, Poland, 1964-7 Jerome Brudos: Shoe Fetishist, USA, 1968-9 Zodiac Killer: As Yet Unresolved, USA, 1968-70 Henry Lee Lucas: “I Hated Everybody”, USA, 1970-83 Edmund Kemper: Co-ed Killer, USA, 1972-3 Arthur Shawcross: Rochester Rampager, USA, 1972-90 John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown, USA, 1960s-74 Ted Bundy: Betrayed by His Bite, USA, 1974-8 David Berkowitz: Son of Sam, USA, 1976-7 Peter Sutcliffe: Yorkshire Ripper, UK, 1975-81 Dean Corll & Wayne Henley: The Candyman, USA, 1973 Donald Henry Gaskins: Lethal Pee Wee, USA, 1975 Dennis Nilsen: Killing for Company, UK, 1978-83 Fred & Rosemary West: House of Horror, UK, 1967-95 Ken Bianchi & Angelo Buono: The Hillside Stranglers, USA, 1977-9 Richard Trenton Chase: Vampire of Sacramento, USA, 1978 Donald Harvey: “Always a Good Boy”, USA, 1974-85 Wayne Williams: Music-Biz Talent Scout, USA, 1979-81 John Francis Duffy: Railway Rapist, UK, 1985-8 Clifford Raymond Olson: Beast of British Columbia, Canada, 1980-2 Gary Ridgway: Green River Man, USA, 1982-4 Genene Jones: Deadly Medicine, USA, 1980-4 Andrei Chikatilo: Rostov Ripper, Russia, 1978-84 Leonard Lake & Charles Ng: Snuff Tapers, USA, 1985 Richard Ramirez: Night Stalker, USA, 1985 David & Catherine Birnie: Folie a Deux, Australia, 1986 Aileen Wuornos: Highway Monster, USA, 1989-90 Paul Bernardo: Finally Brought to Book, Canada, 1990-3 Harold Shipman: Dr Death, UK, 1970s-2004 Jeffrey Dahmer, Milwaukee Cannibal, USA, 1991-4 Colin Ireland: Wannabe Serial Slayer, UK, 1993 Moses Sithole: ABC Murderer, South Africa, 1995 Ivan Milat: Backpacker Killer, Australia, 1989-94 John Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo: Beltway Snipers, USA, 2002-4 Index

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Quercus Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1905204973
• ISBN 13: 9781905204977
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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