Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True Life Cases that Shocked the World

Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True Life Cases that Shocked the World

by Charlotte Greig, John Marlowe
Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True Life Cases that Shocked the World

Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True Life Cases that Shocked the World

by Charlotte Greig, John Marlowe

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Overview

• Carl Panzram was gang-raped at the age of 14 and, by way of revenge, forcibly sodomized more than 1,000 boys and men as well as committing at least 20 murders. • Ed Kemper shot his grandmother once in the head and twice in the back and went on to murder his grandfather, his mother, her friend and six female hitchhikers. • Jerry Brudos strangled Jan Whitney in his house and left her body dangling from the ceiling for days. Serial Killers and Psychopaths provides a concise yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived. Authors Charlotte Greig and John Marlowe present a carefully chosen cross-section of history’s most infamous criminals, whose fascinating life stories are viewed with an unflinching gaze, making for a chilling but engrossing read.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781838571726
Publisher: Arcturus
Publication date: 11/27/2019
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 306,758
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Charlotte Greig graduated with an MA in Intellectual History from Sussex University, and started freelancing as a writer and editor for a variety of magazines and newspapers, including NME and the Guardian. In 1989 she wrote her first book, and since then has written four more and contributed to several others. In addition to lecturing and broadcasting, she has built a reputation as a specialist in popular music.  She is also a musician, and lives in Cardiff, Wales.



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
Chapter 1: A Bloody History
Chapter 2: Victorian Nightmares
Chapter 3: A New Century of Violence
Chapter 4: The Rise of the Serial Killer
Chapter 5: The Lust Killers
Chapter 6: Maniacal Murderers
Chapter 7: Rape Slayers
Chapter 8: Ruthless Rippers
Chapter 9: Spree Killers and Mass Murderers
Index

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