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Brian Innes
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Serial Killers |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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208 |
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2006-11-30 |
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1905204361 |
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2.25 pounds |
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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.
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Toni A (USA: MN) (2009/12/24):
I thought this book was fascinating and horrifying all the same. There's a little background given for most of the criminals but not as much as I'd hoped for. I was looking for the Why and How from this book, but I didn't necessarily get that. This book is a great read if you have psychology classes or want to someday be a profiler. It's definitely a book that makes you stop to think before talking to people you don't know well...
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