Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers

Written by Pat Brown

Narrated by Pat Brown

Movies such as The Silence of the Lambs, Seven, American Psycho, and many others have created myths about serial killers that need to be dispelled: If you think that most serial killers are eccentric, white, male intellectuals, then you had better read Killing for Sport to learn the truth. While other profilers tend to conceal the clear facts behind complex technical language and psychobabble, investigator Pat Brown actually tells it like it is. With the same dark wit that gets people who work with the criminally insane through their workday, Brown speaks frankly about the monsters among us who kill for sport. In Killing for Sport, Brown provides an honest portrayal of the predator-next-door, how he hunts for him victims, why he likes to torture them, where he tends to stash their bodies, and more. The more our society is informed about these predators and what really goes on in their minds, the more equipped we will be to protect ourselves from them. This book offers the most valuable insight into the minds of serial killers you'll ever read.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 1, 2008
• ISBN: 9781597777001

Pat Brown

Criminal Profiler Pat Brown is the President of the Pat Brown Profiling Agency and CEO of The Sexual Homicide Exchange. She is a television commentator for CNN, HLN, FOX, NBC, CBS, and ABC,having more than 2000 appearances. She is a regular on Nancy Grace, The Today Show, The Early Show, Joy Behar, and Jane Velez-Mitchell. She holds a Masters in Criminal Justice from Boston University and developed the first Criminal Profiling and Investigative Analysis Certificate program in the US for Excelsior College. She is the author of The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths (Hyperion Voice 2010) and Killing for Sport (Phoenix Books 2008)

Reviews for Killing for Sport

[krollw · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I like the author's sense of humor. A pitty that there aren't more of her titles on the app.

[jlsimon7 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book answers tons of questions about myths and facts regarding serial killers. To be honest, it wasn't anything I didn't already know. But it is interesting the things that are thought to be fact based on the television rendition of the serial killer profiling programs. That being said, I enjoyed the author's wit and humor, but got pretty bored of the review by the end of the book. It's a good thing it was a short one or I never would have finished it.

[marshapetry · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A different style of writing: a Q & A book about serial killers. The format didn't distract at all I thought. It made total sense. So... to review: Excellent, but I gave it one less star because, although Pat obviously knows all about the killers she referenced, I certainly didn't. So it would have been really great to understand what the killers did when she took a quote from them. Yes, I know it's easy enough to search but I listen to these on Audiobook and the point is already passed by the time I get to a computer. So although I loved this book, I think it lacks as a "whole" by referencing what killer's say without a little more knowledge.Overall, though, this book was great. It simply should have been extended to say a little bit more to round out each entry.

[senorag163 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Killing for Sport was a very enjoyable book. Written by a profiler who knows quite a bit about serial killers and how they operate. Reading the book was like having a Q&A with the author and killers both. Ms. Brown asked questions that we all wonder about regarding how these murderers do what they do, then goes on to answer them.The author tried to add light humor along with the information which at times I felt was in bad taste, but then again, murder is in bad taste. I understand that in this kind of job you have to find humor where ever you can to keep your sanity.I listened to the audio version.