Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

by Peter Vronsky
Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

by Peter Vronsky

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Overview

A comprehensive examination into the frightening true crime history of serial homicide—including information on America’s most prolific serial killers such as:

Jeffrey Dahmer• Ted Bundy“Co-ed Killer” Ed Kemper• The BTK Killer• “Highway Stalker” Henry Lee Lucas• Monte Ralph Rissell• “Shoe Fetish Slayer” Jerry Brudos• “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez• “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski• Ed Gein “The Butcher of Plainfield”• “Killer Clown” John Wayne GacyAndrew Cunanan• And more...

In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, the BTK killer, Henry Lee Lucas, Monte Ralph Rissell, Jerry Brudos, Richard Ramirez, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the emergence of what he classifies as the “serial rampage killer” such as Andrew Cunanan, who murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one—from recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky’s one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true crime phenomenon.

INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780425196403
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/05/2004
Pages: 480
Sales rank: 40,629
Product dimensions: 6.42(w) x 8.92(h) x 0.97(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Peter Vronsky is the bestselling true crime author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of MonstersFemale Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters, and Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present. He is an investigative historian, author, filmmaker and new media designer. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in criminal justice history and espionage in international relations.

Table of Contents

Prefaceix
Part 1A History of Monsters
1.The Postmodern Age of Serial Homicide, 1970-20003
2.A Brief History of Serial Homicide42
Part 2The Method and Madness
3.Classifying Serial Killers99
4.The Evolution of Monstrosity147
5.The Question of Madness241
6.Serial Killers As Children269
7.The Serial Murderer's First Kill286
8.The Killing Times303
Part 3Fighting Monsters
9.The Art and Science of Criminal Profiling321
10.Surviving a Serial Killer364
Acknowledgments385
Endnotes386
Selected Sources395
Index400
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