Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Jack the Ripper

Whitechapel's Mysterious Murderer: By The New York Times 11

Whitechapel Startled by a Fourth Murder: By The New York Times 14

Dismay in Whitechapel; Two More Murdered Women Found: By The New York Times 16

The London Paranoiac; By The New York Times 17

The Whitechapel Crime; No Clue to the Perpetrator of the Latest Murder: By The New York Times 20

A Warning to Whitechapel: By The New York Times 21

Jack the Ripper Again: By The New York Times 22

Chapter 2 First American Serial Killer: H. H. Holmes

May Be Charged with Murder: By The New York Times 23

Holmes Killed Pietzel: By The New York Times 25

The Williams Girls' Fate; Probably Murdered and Burned by Holmes at Chicago: By The New York Times 28

Accused of Ten Murders: By The New York Times 30

Still Another Victim: By The New York Times 35

Holmes Had Sharp Knives and Saws; They Were Sharpened Just Before Howard Pietzel Died: By The New York Times 36

The Case Opened: By The New York Times 37

Holmes Is Found Guilty: By The New York Times 48

Holmes Cool to the End: By The New York Times 54

Bones of Holmes's Victims: By The New York Times 59

Chapter 3 Son of Sam: David Berkowitz

Police Get a 2d Note Signed by 'Son of Sam' in .44-Caliber Killings: By The New York Times 60

'Son of Sam' Adds Four Names in New Letter, Police Disclose: By The New York Times 62

Cry for Help Wakes Up a Brooklyn Neighborhood Eric Pace 63

Who Is Really Behind That .44? Police Pursuing Many Theories Howard Blum 66

Suspect in 'Son of Sam' Murders Arrested in Yonkers Robert D. McFadden 70

The Suspect Is Quoted on Killings: 'It Was a Command … I Had a Sign' Howard Blum 74

Suspect Is Emerging as a Study in Extreme and Varied Contrast Robert D. McFadden 79

Letter from Berkowitz Says He Killed 6 Persons: By The New York Times 84

Judgment on Son of Sam: By The New York Times 85

Chapter 4 John Wayne Gacy

4 More Bodies Found Under House of Contractor, Bringing Total to 9 Douglas E. Kneeland 86

Bodies Found at Illinois Suspect's House Total 21: By The New York Times 92

Parents of Missing Youths Hope, Fear - and Wait Douglas E. Kneeland 94

Suspect in Mass Deaths Is Puzzle to All Douglas E. Kneeland 99

Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to 7 Murder Counts at Hearing on Sex Attacks Douglas E. Kneeland 108

Gacy Is Found Guilty of Killing 33, Record for U.S. Mass Murder Nathaniel Sheppard Jr. 110

Man Who Killed 33 Is Executed in Illinois John Kifner 113

Chapter 5 Jeffrey Dahmer

Milwaukee Police Once Queried Suspect James Barron 117

17 Killed, and a Life Is Searched for Clues James Barron Mary B. W. Tabor 121

Clues to a Dark Nurturing Ground for One Serial Killer Daniel Goleman 129

Milwaukee Jury Says Dahmer Was Sane Dirk Johnson 134

Loving Jeffrey Dahmer Frank Rich 138

Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison Don Terry 141

Chapter 6 B.T.K.: Dennis L. Rader

Letter From Killer Jo Napolitano 145

As Serial Killer Reaches Out, Fear Grips Wichita Monica Davey 146

Arrest Is Made in Series of Killings in Kansas Monica Davey 150

Computer Disk Led to Arrest in Killings, Pastor Says Monica Davey 155

Suspect in 10 Kansas Murders Lived an Intensely Ordinary Life Monica Davey 159

Kansas Suspect Pleads Guilty in 10 Murders Jodi Wilgoren 168

Shadows at Home: Living Where B.T.K. Killed Michael Wilson 172

10 Life Terms for B.T.K. Strangler as Anguished Families Condemn Him in Court Jodi Wilgoren 176

The Serial Killer's Co-Author Rachel Shteir 180

Chapter 7 The Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara Hunted, and Was Haunted by, the Golden State Killer Alexandra Alter 187

Search for 'Golden State Killer' Leads to Arrest of Ex-Cop Thomas Fuller Christine Hauser 193

What We Know About Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer Suspect Matthew Haag 198

Do Serial Killers Just Stop? Yes, Sometimes Jan Hoffman 203

The Golden State Killer Left a Trail of Horror With Taunts and Guile Dan Barry Tim Arango Richard A. Oppel Jr. 206

Glossary 213

Media Literacy Terms 214

Media Literacy Questions 216

Citations 217

Index 222