Better to Reign in Hell: Serial Killers, Media Panics And the FBI
Credited with superhuman intellect and abilities, the serial sex killer emerged in the 1980s as a dominant figure in American popular culture. In a decade marked by conservative politics and fundamental protestantism, the serial killer was accused of attacking the traditional values underpinning society and was used to manipulate public fear for political gain. Using government reports, trial transcripts and correspondence, Better to Reign In Hell examines the people and events behind the panic, notably Ronald Reagan, the New Right, the FBI and the media.
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Better to Reign in Hell: Serial Killers, Media Panics And the FBI
Credited with superhuman intellect and abilities, the serial sex killer emerged in the 1980s as a dominant figure in American popular culture. In a decade marked by conservative politics and fundamental protestantism, the serial killer was accused of attacking the traditional values underpinning society and was used to manipulate public fear for political gain. Using government reports, trial transcripts and correspondence, Better to Reign In Hell examines the people and events behind the panic, notably Ronald Reagan, the New Right, the FBI and the media.
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Better to Reign in Hell: Serial Killers, Media Panics And the FBI

Better to Reign in Hell: Serial Killers, Media Panics And the FBI

by Stephen Milligen
Better to Reign in Hell: Serial Killers, Media Panics And the FBI

Better to Reign in Hell: Serial Killers, Media Panics And the FBI

by Stephen Milligen

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Credited with superhuman intellect and abilities, the serial sex killer emerged in the 1980s as a dominant figure in American popular culture. In a decade marked by conservative politics and fundamental protestantism, the serial killer was accused of attacking the traditional values underpinning society and was used to manipulate public fear for political gain. Using government reports, trial transcripts and correspondence, Better to Reign In Hell examines the people and events behind the panic, notably Ronald Reagan, the New Right, the FBI and the media.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781900486538
Publisher: Headpress
Publication date: 01/03/2007
Pages: 249
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Stephen Milligen has written articles on American history and popular culture for the Irish Journal of American Studies and about the adult film industry for Headpress. Needing a change of scene his next research project in a study of Irish giants in eighteenth and nineteenth century popular culture.
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