The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
3.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
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.
Harold Schechter
Harold Schechter is an American true-crime writer who specializes in serial killers. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, The Serial Killer Files, The Mad Sculptor, Man-Eater, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men, and the Amazon Original Stories collection Bloodlands. Schechter attended the State University of New York in Buffalo. A professor emeritus at Queens College, Schechter is married to the poet Kimiko Hahn. For more information, visit www.haroldschechter.com.
Read more from Harold Schechter
Depraved Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deviant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fiend: The Shocking True Story Of Americas Youngest Seria Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nevermore Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killer Colt: Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Serial Killer Files
Related ebooks
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of the English Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack the Ripper & the London Press Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5L:: A Novel History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrime Fiction: A Reader's Guide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Axes of Evil: The True Story of the Ax-Man Murders Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5True Crime Chronicles, Volume Two: Serial Killers, Outlaws, and Justice ... Real Crime Stories From The 1800s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurders That Shocked the World - 70s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvil: Spine-Tingling True Stories of Murder and Mayhem Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On the Contrary: Articles of Belief, 1946-1961 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If You Like The Sopranos...: Here Are Over 150 Movies, TV Shows and Other Oddities That You Will Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler Is Alive!: Guaranteed True Stories Reported by the National Police Gazette Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Evil Serial Killers: In the Minds of Monsters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunting Serial Killers: Criminal Profilers and Their Search for the World's Most Wanted Manhunters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerial Killers: Horrifying True-Life Cases of Pure Evil Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Order of Assassins: The Psychology of Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhunters: Criminal Profilers and Their Search for the World?s Most Wanted Serial Killers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Alger Hiss: Framed: A New Look at the Case That Made Nixon Famous Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExtreme Killers: Tales of the World's Most Prolific Serial Killers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession & Revenge Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gale Researcher Guide for: Mystery and Detective Fiction: Agatha Christie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVampires: Unearthing the Bloodthirsty Legend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNoble Cause Corruption, the Banality of Evil, and the Threat to American Democracy, 1950-2008 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Contrary: Articles of Belief, 1946–1961 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerial Killers: Murder Without Mercy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Queen City Gothic: Cincinnati's Most Infamous Murder Mysteries Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Serial Killers For You
H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Catch a Killer: Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killer Trivia: Fascinating Facts and Disturbing Details That Will Freak You the F*ck Out Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Out of the Mouths of Serial Killers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sleep, My Child, Forever: The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fire Lover: A True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5But I Trusted You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Enigma of Ted Bundy: The Questions and Controversies Surrounding America's Most Infamous Serial Killer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Ripper: The Enigma Of America's Serial Killer Cop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anatomy Of Motive: The Fbis Legendary Mindhunter Explores The Key To Understanding And Catching Vi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Journey Into Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Night Stalker: The Disturbing Life and Chilling Crimes of Richard Ramirez Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Serial Killer Files
2 ratings0 reviews