The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: A Study of the Chilling Criminal Phenomenon from the Angels of Death to the Zodiac Killer (Facts on File Crime Library)

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The book is quite detailed, and I liked the fact that there was information in the book on serial killers from the 1800's and earlier (Erzsebet Bathory born in 1560).

However, for those of you that know me well, you know my obsession with serial killers (Not to be one, just to learn about their psyche). With hundreds of entries spanning the entire spectrum of serial murder, this comprehensive resource examines these shocking crimes, and their infamous practicioners, from every angle.If you find this an unsettling notion -- and, quite frankly, I do -- this will not be a book to add to your library. The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most comprehensive set of its kind in the history of true crime publishing.

Quando se trata de casos de homicídios, também deve ser tratado das vítimas e de seus familiares, que ainda sofrem diariamente com os atos feitos, não podendo ser ignorada a sensatez que uma escrita sobre esse tema deve tomar. New and updated entries include: Axe Man of New Orleans ; BTK Killer; Jack the Ripper; Cuidad Juarez, Mexico; John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the Sniper Killers; Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River Killer; Harold Frederick Shipman; ViCLAS; Coral Watts; Aileen Wuornos; Robert Lee Yates Jr. His other factual subjects have included military history, celebrity scandals, and ghosts and the paranormal. The author's stated purpose is to "demystify, as far as possible, those predators in human form who have been with us since the dawn of history. Anything and everything you want to know about the most macabre serial killers are located within these pages.A place, if nothing else, to dump all of that accumulated knowledge while a) producing yet another book and b) giving the world a compendium of stuff they didn't even know they wanted to know. Albert Fish American appalling arrested atrocities began Berkowitz bizarre blood Bluebeard body British butchered cannibal Carl Panzram Charles Manson Chikatilo committed confessed corpses crimes criminal Cunanan dead death depraved DeSalvo dismembered dozen Earle Leonard Ed Gein fantasies favorite female film finally flesh Gein Gein's girl Glatman grisly Gunness H. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). However it was a used book and the description for condition was "very good" this was incorrect as there were ink stains on the book description should have been "good" I loved the book. Other then those two points, this book was fantastic and I’m hoping to pull some really good quotes for my criminology course next year.