
Serial Killers
The Shocking Stories Behind the Headlines
Sirius Entertainment (Publisher)
Published on 27. August 2024
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-3988-3726-3 (ISBN)
Description
This gripping hardback guide brings together shocking case histories of the most notorious serial killers and their egregious crimes, illustrated throughout with chilling full-color photographs.
For most people, serial killers only come into view when their vile acts are reported on the news. But for the victims and their families, they are a terrifying and monstrous threat who change lives beyond repair. Whether driven by lust, greed, anger, or simple sadism, they commit unconscionable crimes, and their senseless violence continues until they are finally caught by the authorities.
This book features more than 30 cases of the worst killers ever to have walked the earth, including:
• Charles Manson, who led a cult of death and destruction in Los Angeles
• Ted Bundy, who charmed women into returning home with him before revealing his true self
• John Wayne Gacy, who worked part-time as a clown for children's birthday parties while in secret took home teenage boys to abuse and kill
• Jeffrey Dahmer, who stored a human head in his freezer
• Richard Ramirez, the 'Night Stalker' who slipped in through women's windows in the middle of the night to rob, rape and murder.
• and Tamara Samsonova, the 'Granny Ripper' who chopped up her victims and dumped them outside her apartment.
Fully illustrated with maps, photographs, illustrations, and information boxes with key facts on the killers and their crimes, this chilling book is the essential guide to those who decide to kill and kill again.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Sirius Illustrated Case Files are striking, photo-filled hardbacks, delving into sinister cases of true crime, conspiracies and the paranormal, offering a powerful glimpse into darker side of life.
For most people, serial killers only come into view when their vile acts are reported on the news. But for the victims and their families, they are a terrifying and monstrous threat who change lives beyond repair. Whether driven by lust, greed, anger, or simple sadism, they commit unconscionable crimes, and their senseless violence continues until they are finally caught by the authorities.
This book features more than 30 cases of the worst killers ever to have walked the earth, including:
• Charles Manson, who led a cult of death and destruction in Los Angeles
• Ted Bundy, who charmed women into returning home with him before revealing his true self
• John Wayne Gacy, who worked part-time as a clown for children's birthday parties while in secret took home teenage boys to abuse and kill
• Jeffrey Dahmer, who stored a human head in his freezer
• Richard Ramirez, the 'Night Stalker' who slipped in through women's windows in the middle of the night to rob, rape and murder.
• and Tamara Samsonova, the 'Granny Ripper' who chopped up her victims and dumped them outside her apartment.
Fully illustrated with maps, photographs, illustrations, and information boxes with key facts on the killers and their crimes, this chilling book is the essential guide to those who decide to kill and kill again.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Sirius Illustrated Case Files are striking, photo-filled hardbacks, delving into sinister cases of true crime, conspiracies and the paranormal, offering a powerful glimpse into darker side of life.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
671 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3988-3726-3 (9781398837263)
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Persons
Al Cimino is the author of over 100 books including The History of the Mafia, House of Horrors, Killers-the Most Barbaric Murderers of Our Time, The World's Ten Most Evil Men, Underbelly UK: Vigilantes, Australian True Crime, The World's Most Evil Gangsters, Lone Gunmen, Against Their Will, The Mafia Files, The Murder of Tina Sharp, The Cleveland Kidnappings and The Disappeared.
Content
VICTORIAN VILLAINS 8
William Burke and William Hare 10
Jack the Ripper 16
Dr H. H. Holmes 22
Dr Thomas Neill Cream 26
LUST KILLERS 32
Ed Kemper 34
Dennis Nilsen 40
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka 44
Peter Sutcliffe 50
Harvey Glatman 54
MONSTROUS MURDERERS 60
Andrei Chikatilo 62
Ed Gein 68
David Berkowitz 72
Jerry Brudos 78
Pedro Lopez 84
RITUAL SLAUGHTER 88
Charles Manson 90
Richard Ramirez 96
Patrick Mackay 102
Adolfo Constanzo 108
Richard Chase 112
WOMEN WHO KILL 120
Aileen Wuornos 122
Joanna Dennehy 128
Tamara Samsonova 134
Irina Gaidamachuk 140
Nannie Doss 146
THE KILLER NEXT DOOR 152
Ted Bundy 154
John Wayne Gacy 162
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley 168
Fred and Rosemary West 172
CRUEL CANNIBALS 178
Albert Fish 180
Joachim Kroll 186
Fritz Haarmann 190
Jeffrey Dahmer 196
Stephen Griffiths 202
Index 206
Picture Credits 208
William Burke and William Hare 10
Jack the Ripper 16
Dr H. H. Holmes 22
Dr Thomas Neill Cream 26
LUST KILLERS 32
Ed Kemper 34
Dennis Nilsen 40
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka 44
Peter Sutcliffe 50
Harvey Glatman 54
MONSTROUS MURDERERS 60
Andrei Chikatilo 62
Ed Gein 68
David Berkowitz 72
Jerry Brudos 78
Pedro Lopez 84
RITUAL SLAUGHTER 88
Charles Manson 90
Richard Ramirez 96
Patrick Mackay 102
Adolfo Constanzo 108
Richard Chase 112
WOMEN WHO KILL 120
Aileen Wuornos 122
Joanna Dennehy 128
Tamara Samsonova 134
Irina Gaidamachuk 140
Nannie Doss 146
THE KILLER NEXT DOOR 152
Ted Bundy 154
John Wayne Gacy 162
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley 168
Fred and Rosemary West 172
CRUEL CANNIBALS 178
Albert Fish 180
Joachim Kroll 186
Fritz Haarmann 190
Jeffrey Dahmer 196
Stephen Griffiths 202
Index 206
Picture Credits 208