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

by Charlotte Greig, John Marlowe

Overview

This illustrated book provides an extensively detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived. Starting with examples of some of the earliest recorded psychopaths and serial killers, the authors present a carefully chosen cross-section of history's most infamous criminals. From Jack the Ripper to John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer, these pages contain a series of fascinating life stories which are viewed with an unflinching gaze.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789509199
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing Limited
Publication date:	04/15/2020
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	358,992
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(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