The 4th volume of this comprehensive work features hundreds of serial killers from Sacramento to Soviet Russia—plus numerous unsolved cases. The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most complete reference guide on the subject, featuring more than 1,600 entries about the lives and crimes of serial killers from around the world. Defined by the FBI as a person who murders three or more people with a hiatus of weeks or months between murders, the serial killer has presented unique and terrifying challenges to have walked among us since the dawn of time—a fact this extensive record makes chillingly clear. The series concludes with Volume Four, T-Z. Entries include the Terminator Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko; Trailside Killer David Joseph Carpenter; Vampire of Sacramento Richard Trenton Chase; and the Voroshilovgrad Maniac Zaven Almazyan; plus the unsolved cases of the Adelaide Child Murders; the Axeman of New Orleans; the Chillicothe Killer; the Dead Women of Juarez; the Korea Frog Boy Murders; and the Volga Maniac.
Later in August, vocational school employees Stephen Harkins, age 27, and his girlfriend Ruth Cooper, age 42, from Tacoma, Washington, decided to go camping for the weekend at Tule Lake in Pierce County and took along their dog.
Bestselling true-crime writer Harold Schechter, a leading authority on serial killers, and coauthor David Everitt offer a guided tour through the bizarre and blood-chilling world of serial murder.
AKA: Jeffries the Monster SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE DATE(S): 19th century VENUE: Australia VICTIMS: ... suspect in series of shooting deaths DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1999 Johns, Ronnie (?– ) SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T ...
The Killer Book series brings this format to the rabid true crime audience. Including more than 40 black & white photos, this is a must for true crime fans.
Equal parts fascinating and horrifying, the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer have taken on a new cultural prominence with the rise of the true-crime genre.
For some there are chilling quotes by the killers themselves. The Big Book of Serial Killers is an easy to follow collection of information on the world's most heinous murderers.
"Murderers or monsters, normal people turned bad or people born with the desire to kill, it doesn't matter where they come from, serial killers strike dread into our hearts with a single mention of their names.
Introduction includes the characteristics and behaviour patterns of serial killers.
More than 60% of the killers described here have never been mentioned in a published book before. This huge book is an unforgettable chronicle of the world's most deranged homicidal maniacs.
This alphabetized volume lists hundreds of people involved in the case as well as dozens of locations where significant events occurred.