Serial Killers and Mass Murderers: Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals [NOOK Book]

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Serial Killers and Mass Murderers: Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals

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Overview

SHOCKING TRUE STORIES OF THE WORLD'S MOST BARBARIC CRIMINALS


Revealing portraits of the most notorious killers of our time:

•Jeffrey Dahmer
•The Zodiac Killer
•Dr. Harold Shipman
•Son of Sam
•The Columbine Killers
•Charles Manson
•The Night Stalker
•The Yorkshire Ripper
•Ted Bundy
•Charles Starkweather
•The Boston Strangler

Serial Killers & Mass Murderers takes you into the minds of the criminals who committed the world's most notorious and horrifying crimes. Each of the sadistic murderers profiled here was once known simply as someone's neighbor, co-worker or child. What turned them into killers? In one chilling chapter after another, this book profiles a terrifying succession of homicidal maniacs and asks the question, "What makes them tick?"

"The refrigerator contained meat, including a human heart, in plastic bags. There were three human heads in the freezer. Two more skulls were found in a pot on the stove. Another pot contained male genital organs and severed heads, and there were the remains of three male torsos in the trash."

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781569759394
  • Publisher: Ulysses Press
  • Publication date: 1/25/2007
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 37,529
  • File size: 676 KB

Meet the Author

Nigel Cawthorne has 28 years of experience as a writer and editor. He has written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books on subjects as diverse as skiing, computing, finance, fashion, sex, war, politics, art, music, engineering, science, history, crime and American football. His work has also appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in London.
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  • Posted April 27, 2010

    Serial Killers and Mass Murderers Book Review

    One horrendous slaying after another, this is a book composed of several stories of cold blooded killers and their darkest actions. It explains their individual lifestyles growing up, and includes how they were viewed throughout their lives, pre-murderer, by those who were around them. For each killer, their tactics are as unique as their motives. However, some have no motive at all, they just act without thinking. This book is for the person who wants information on some of the most famous killers, without the bias of the media. Author Nigel Cawthorne provides the hard facts, without his biased opinion laced within, and without hiding the information in which the media either softens or removes from their presentation of the same story. That is what I appreciated most about this book, however, it made it slightly hard to stomach at points. Actions described within the pages are those which only an unstable mind could create. Cawthorne is most popularly known for his Sex Lives series, as well as his Prisoner of War series, his Old England series, and his Art series. He is the author of over 80 novels and has also contributed to The New York Times and The Guardian. I would rate this book at 4.5 stars out of 5, for it's overall content.

    14 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 20, 2011

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    A good summary book of Several Different Serial Killers

    This book had several chapters, one chapter on a different serial killer. The killers were also from different parts of the world. The information on each killer was concise but yet had enough detail to tell what they did and their general behavior. At one point I got off track and looked up more information about one of the killers since I had not heard of them before. On the downside -- at no fault of the author, there are several parts in the book where a partial sentence is reprinted for no apparent reason.

    8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2011

    Good but not what I expected.

    I bought this book to tell me, in depth, about the serial killers and mass murders. Each chapter is just step by step, telling you what happened. No detail or emotion involved. He went and killed this person, then shot that guy. No depth, although it was interesting to read. It did tell about the victims and what happened.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 22, 2011

    Worth A Read

    A informative book about some well known US and European serial killers. It give the back stories and lives up to the start and end of their killing sprees. The book does go into graphic detail (no crime scene photos) about the murders and sex crimes committed. I recommend this book, it was a good easy read, definently not for children.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 18, 2011

    Interesting

    Not written incredibly well, but content-wise, it is an excellent overview.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 13, 2011

    Okay

    I think this book is just fool of dreadful things I would say 20 and up can read it.

    2 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted August 20, 2011

    Good for what ages?

    For what age group is this for? I WANT YOUR OPINION.

    2 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted July 2, 2011

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    An Hour of my life LOST!

    Reads like a high school paper!

    2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 21, 2012

    interesting look at the backgrounds of these deviant individuals.

    Fascinating review of the horrific events experienced by their victims. I read this in an attempt to identify recurring themes of neglect, etc., in each subject's youth. I did not find a clear formula for the making of a monster. Some of these cases were unknown to me inasmuch as they occurred in Europe.A good read, perhaps not before bedtime.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 7, 2012

    Add me gio3737@yahoo.com

    The book was ok im a male

    1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 17, 2012

    Bland yet very factual

    It has everything that you would want to know but its very boring and has no emotion at all. Step by step process with quotes.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 25, 2011

    Ay onamous

    It was ok but i found 95% of it very facinating

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2012

    Oh i love crazy people

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 15, 2011

    It is what it says

    Good, quick read about serial killers.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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