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Serial Killers

The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers

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Serial Killers

By: Richard Estep
Narrated by: John Curless
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Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder. and yes, even the ability to charm people. Take a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil!

They prey on the innocent with a malicious desire to inflict damage and harm. They hunt and stalk misfortunate victims in the dark, in broad daylight, in quiet neighborhoods, and in the local woods. Their bloodthirst isn't satisfied after their first kill. Or their second. Or third. Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers delves into the global phenomenon of serial and spree murderers.

This chilling book looks at the horrifying stories of 40 malevolent killers and hundreds of innocent victims, including such notorious homicidal maniacs as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffery Dahmer, but it also looks at lesser-known and overlooked murderers like Herbert Baumeister, America’s I-70 Strangler; Japan’s “Anime Killer”, Tsutomu Miyazaki; Russia’s “Rostov Ripper”, Andrei Chikatilo; the “Giggling Granny”, Nannie Doss; and many more. It journeys to 16th-century Scotland to meet a clan of cannibals whose existence is still debated by historians today, and to the fog-shrouded alleys of Whitechapel, London, where Jack the Ripper earned his grisly namesake. Along the way, we’ll meet the Dating Game Killer, the Milwaukee Cannibal, the Acid Bath Murderer, and other monsters.

Serial Killers also asks the questions....

  • What makes a seemingly ordinary person stalk, torture, and murder their fellow human beings?
  • Are serial killers born or made?
  • What is the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer?
  • What were the identities of Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer?
  • Was Albert DeSalvo really the Boston Strangler?
  • Is it possible that you could know a serial killer?

Caution is advised before entering the alarming world of twisted psychos and sociopaths!

©2021 Richard Estep (P)2021 Recorded Books
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In depth details about individual cases and delves back into the childhood of the individuals to try and pinpoint a reason for their offending or commonalities in their histories. By no means are all serial killers included but this is a list of selected killers from some that everyone knows to some obscure cases from around the world.

Fascinating

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It was very interesting. I loved the way there was so much fact about ever case and told you what happened to the person and victims if they were alive still

How detailed evert cars was. had you nhooked with interest. Opened my eyes

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Best true crime book I have listened to ever . Great in depth information. Worth a listen

Fantastic

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Although this probably only matters to a pedant like me, I found it very curious that he/she herself/himself were often confused in one sentence. Referring to an individual with the incorrect pronoun in the same sentence was not confusing, just odd. There were some interesting pronunciations. There was detail here I’d never heard despite having widely read about individual cases within this book. Excellent professional perspective. Definitely worth listening to. Very good indeed and sensitively handled.

Good to have another perspective on much trodden subject territory

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I found these stories to be well written and well read, with a good degree of straight reporting and not a lot of gratuitous embellishment.
However, some bits do call into question the author's reliability.
For example, Prince Albert is mentioned as being a "suspect" in the Jack the Rip.p.er murders despite him having died over 20 years before the first killing.
This makes me wonder just how reliable the rest of the book is.

Questions about accuracy.

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