Chambers of Horror

Chambers of Horror

by John Marlowe
Chambers of Horror

Chambers of Horror

by John Marlowe

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Overview

Chambers of Horror is a study of the warped thinking that went into some of the world's most macabre crimes, as well as a clinical examination of the purpose-built rooms, hidden spaces and soundproof dungeons increasingly prepared for victims.

From the massive 'Murder Castle' once used by Dr. H. H. Holmes to prey upon those attending the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the hand-tooled box kept under the bed where Cameron Hooker kept his 'sex slave', this book covers famous cases of the past along with many from the modern age. John Marlowe takes the reader on a disturbing journey through a world of murder and mayhem, providing insight into evil and the motivations of monsters.

. In 1984 abusive father Josef Fritzl drugged his 18-year-old daughter with ether and imprisoned her in a dungeon under his house - she wasn't to see daylight for 24 years

. Down-and-out millionaire Gary Heidnik wallpapered his hallway with $5 bills, anointed himself bishop of his own religion and began collecting 'wives', women he abducted from the street and kept chained up in a pit

. Bondage freak Izabela Lewicka willingly signed a 15-item contract giving John Edward Robinson complete control over her life, but she never imagined it was a licence to kill

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781848586109
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Publication date: 04/01/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

John Marlowe is a crime writer who lives in Ontario. The author of The World's Most Evil Psychopaths and Evil Wives he is currently working on an annotated edition of the 1950 pulp exposé Montreal Confidential.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Bathroom Bloodbath Michael Alig 11

A Room for his Sex Toys Robert Berdella 23

Murder in the Love Shack Paul Bernardo Karla Homolka 34

Backyard of the Baby Boomer Phillip Garrido 44

Death and the Common-law Bedroom David Catherine Birnie 53

The Fetishist's Workshop Jerry Brudos 65

The Bus Driver's Home-made Lock-up Ariel Castro 77

The House in the Cul-de-sac John Reginald Christie 86

The Foul-smelling Apartment Jeffrey Dahmer 94

The Paedophile's Hidden Dungeon Marc Dutroux 102

The Bloodied, God-fearing Home Bryan David Freeman 112

The Bunker Built for a Daughter Josef Fritzl 123

The Cemetery in the Crawl Space John Wayne Gacy 132

A Farmhouse Full of Body Parts Ed Gein 142

The Apartment Slaughterhouse Fritz Haarmann 151

The Basement and the Pit Gary Heidnik 159

The Doctor's Monster Castle H. H. Holmes 171

The Box Under the Bed Cameron Janice Hooker 183

The Threadbare Millionaire's Home-made Dungeon John T. Jamelske 193

The Cannibal's Kitchen and the Communal Toilet Joachim Kroll 202

The Operation Miranda Bunker Charles NG Leonard Lake 212

The Army Butcher's Attic Home Dennis Nilsen 221

Truth or Consequences and the Trailer David Parker Ray Cindy Hendy 227

A New Use for an Old Bomb Shelter Wolfgang Priklopil 238

The Slavemaster's Storage Locker John Edward Robinson 248

The Archangel's Hog Shed Michael Ryan 264

Dead Bodies in the Living Room Anthony Sowell 272

The Builder's Torture Chamber Fred Rosemary West 281

The Moving Chamber Steve Wright 290

Index 298

Bibliography 301

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