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A
to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
by Harold Schechter
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is a lighthearted but reasonably
tasteful collection of information about serial killers, by a respected
historian of crime (Harold Schechter) and the author of Human Monsters
(David Everitt). It includes individual entries devoted to the most famous
killers from all over the world, and amusing sections devoted to such topics
as black widows, bluebeards, killer couples, Lustmord, Nazi buffs, power
tools, pyromania, and trophies. There are also useful tips for further
ventures into art, movies, books, zines, music, and tourist attractions
devoted to serial killers. The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is
cross-indexed, with numerous black-and-white illustrations. -- Fiona
Webster - Amazon.com
Paperback from Pocket Books
Book Published: 01 November, 1997
Depraved:
The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer
by Harold Schechter
Paperback from Pocket Books
Book Published: 01 October, 1998
The
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed
America
by Erik Larson
Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893
Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking
the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is
not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two
men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction,
and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's
challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome
the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the
famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete
the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related
along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody,
Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. The activities of the sinister Dr.
Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around
the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the
World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the
fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality
to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in
one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but
it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago
are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. --John Moe - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 464 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x
9.50 x 6.50
Publisher: Crown Pub; 1st edition (February 11, 2003)
ISBN: 0609608444
Perfect
Poison: A Female Serial Killer's Deadly Medicine
by M. William Phelps
Book Description: SERIAL KILLER ON WARD C: In Northampton, Massachusetts,
at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kristen Gilbert was known as a
hardworking, dedicated nurse--so why were her patients dying? So many emergencies
and sudden deaths occurred while Kristen made her rounds on Ward C that
her colleagues jokingly called her the "Angel of Death." Yet most people
didn't suspect the horrifying truth behind the nickname: that Gilbert's
polished facade concealed a scheming, manipulative liar and narcissistic
sociopath. She sabotaged patients to strike back at staffers she didn't
like. She engaged in an obsessive adulterous affair with hospital security
guard James Perrault. When her husband objected, she tried to kill him
with a lethal injection. But nobody turned her in.
LETHAL CURE: From August 1995 through February 1996, Gilbert dealt out
wholesale death. Her victims were helpless patients who trusted her as
a caregiver, only to learn too late that she was a killer, her weapon a
drug capable of causing fatal heart attacks. But she got away with murder
until three of her fellow nurses could no longer ignore the proliferation
of deadly "coincidences" on Gilbert's watch. Investigators believe Kristen
Gilbert may have been responsible for as many as 40 deaths. As the law
closed in, she struck back, faking suicide attempts, harassing witnesses,
stalking her ex-boyfriend, and terrorizing the hospital with bomb threats.
In March 2001, after being found guilty of four counts of murder and two
counts of attempted murder, Angel of Death Kristen Gilbert was sentenced
to life imprisonment.
Mass Market Paperback from Pinnacle Books
Book Published: June, 2003 |
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed
by Patricia Cornwell
Listed under Jack the Ripper
Through
the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn
Sells
by Diane Fanning
Book Description: Ten-Year-Old Krystal Surles Watched In Horror As Her
Best Friend Was Murdered At The Hands Of An Intruder.
Then with cold-blooded precision he brought a twelve-inch boning knife
to Krystal's throat. With a single, violent slash, he severed her windpipe
and left her for dead. Miraculously, she survived and would lead authorities
to the arrest of 35-year-old Tommy Lynn Sells, a former truck driver, carnival
worker, and cross-country drifter...
He Aspired To Become "The Worst Serial Killer Of All Time."
With no apparent motive and no common pattern to his inconceivable bloodshed,
the elusive Sells had carved his way across the country for two decades
slaughtering women, men, transients, entire families, teenagers, and even
infants with ghoulish abandon.
Through The Window is more than an investigation into a crime spree
that stunned a nation. It's an utterly terrifying plunge into the unfathomable
dark mind of a serial killer, and the heart-wrenching story of the brave
child who finally brought him to justice.
Mass Market Paperback from St. Martin's Press
Book Published: April, 2003 |
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The
Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
by Michael Newton
Paperback from Facts on File, Inc.
Book Published: April, 2000
I:
The Creation of a Serial Killer
by Jack Olsen
Mass Market Paperback from St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Published: August, 2003
I
Have Lived In The Monster : Inside the minds of the world's most notorious
serial killers
by Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman
Mass Market Paperback from St. Martin's Press
Book Published: March, 1998
Killing
for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers
by Pat Brown
Hardcover from New Millenium Pr
Book Published: March, 2003
Murder
Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer
by Michael D. Kelleher, C. L. Kelleher
Mass Market Paperback from Dell Publishing
Book Published: February, 1999
The
Search for the Green River Killer
by Carlton Smith, Tomas Guillen
Mass Market Paperback from Onyx Books
Book Published: March, 1991
Signature
Killers
by Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes
Mass Market Paperback from Pocket Books
Book Published: 01 October, 1997
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