Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Serial Murder in America

Serial murderers generate an abundance of public interest, media coverage, and law enforcement attention, yet after decades of studies, serial murder researchers have been unable to answer the most important question: Why? Providing a unique and comprehensive exploration, Creating Cultural Monsters: Serial Murder in America explains connections between American culture and the incidence of serial murder, including reasons why most identified serial murderers are white, male Americans. It describes the omnipresence of serial murder in American media and investigates what it would take to decrease its occurrence. Presenting empirically supported arguments that have the potential to revolutionize how serial murder is understood, studied, and investigated, this volume: Places the serial murder phenomenon in a cultural context, promoting qualitative understanding and the potential for reducing its frequency Includes an illustrated model that explains how people utilize cultural values to construct lines of action according to their cultural competencies Demonstrates how the American cultural milieu fosters serial murder and the creation of white male serial murderers Provides a critique of the American mass media’s role in the development and notoriety of serial murder Describes the framework on which the majority of definitions of serial murder are based Drawn from years of dedicated research of Dr. Julie B. Wiest, this volume presents a new approach to the study of U.S. serial murder, offers important implications for law enforcement and mass media, and forms a basis for future research on serial murder, murder, and violence in the U.S. and in other nations.

Creating Cultural Monsters

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

The True Story of the Manson Murder

The inside story behind the Manson killings explains how Charles Manson was able to make his "family" murder for him, chronicles the investigation, and describes in detail the court trial that brought him and his accomplices to justice. Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Reprint.

Helter Skelter

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster (Mind of a Serial Killer, True Crime, Violence in Society, Criminology)

The Making of a Female Serial KillerFor readers who are fascinated by how serial killers are made. This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and readers of both fiction and true crime nonfiction. It is for watchers of television shows like Deadly Women and Mindhunter, who are fascinated by how killers are made. It's for self-conscious feminists, Americans trying to bootstrap themselves into success, and anyone who loves a vigilante beatdown, especially one gone off the rails. America's first female serial killer was not always a killer. America's First Female Serial Killer novelizes the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Although all the facts are intact, books about her life and her crimes are all facts and no story. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way. Making of a serial killer. When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, wrote her out of the will, and essentially taught her how to hate herself. Jilted at the altar, Jane became a nurse and took control of her life, and the lives of her victims. Readers of America's First Female Serial Killer : * Will gain insight into the personal development of a severely damaged person without rationalizing her crimes * Experience the rarely told story of a female serial killer * Understand that even monsters were humans, firstIf you enjoyed books such as In Cold Blood, Perfume, Alias Grace, or Devil in the White City ; you will love reading America's First Female Serial Killer .

America's First Female Serial Killer

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Colorado

Rhode Island

Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Includes material on "the Trailside Killer in San Francisco, the Atlanta child murderer, the Tylenol poisoner, the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, and Seattle's Green River killer ..."

Mindhunter

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Large encyclopedia w/ over 240 entries about serial killers, light wear/ creasing, no page marks, sticker on cover

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

A study of the chilling criminal phenomenon, from the "Angels of Death" to the "Zodiac" killer

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

1995 Bantam Books edition with afterword by Vincent Bugliosi. Contains complete text of the original hardcover edition. Very good condition. some wear on the cover and creases on spine.
ISBN: 0-553-57435-3.

The True Story of the Manson Murders

Helter Skelter 

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The Method and Madness of Monsters

This comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, from Ancient Rome to notorious contemporary cases.

Serial Killers

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Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals

Even the world's most depraved murderers were once only known as somebody's neighbor or someone's son. What turned these people into killers? And why is everyone so fascinated with them? In one chilling chapter after another, this book profiles a terrifying succession of homocidal maniacs. It takes readers inside the minds of the people who committed the world's most notorious and horrendous crimes. Are they inhuman beasts beyond compassion, or human beings just like us who simply crossed a line and could not find a way back? Each story stands alone as a frightening tale. Drawn together in this one volume, Serial Killers and Mass Murderers present a fascinating investigation of the dark side.

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

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One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

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#paperback #psychology #serialkillers #truecrime 

Whatever the personal stories that emerge from this line-up of twisted individuals, 'Serial Killers' is a compelling testament, and warning, of the potential of human behaviour for true horror and pure evil.

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South Carolina

Illinois

A new edition of the iconic, best-selling account of America's most fascinating serial killer, "perhaps the most unnerving true-crime book ever published" (Victoria Beale, The New Yorker), with a foreword by Georgia Hardstark. 


In 1971, while working the late-shift at a Seattle crisis clinic, true-crime writer Ann Rule struck up a friendship with a sensitive, charismatic young coworker: Ted Bundy. Three years later, eight young women disappeared in seven months, and Rule began tracking a brutal mass murderer. But she had no idea that the "Ted" the police were seeking was the same Ted who had become her close friend and confidant. As she put the evidence together, a terrifying picture emerged of the man she thought she knew--his magnetic power, his bleak compulsion, his double life, and, most of all, his string of helpless victims. Bundy eventually confessed to killing at least thirty-six women across the country.

Forty years after its initial publication, The Stranger Beside Me remains a gripping, intimate, and unforgettable true-crime classic, "as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at midnight" (New York Times).

The Stranger Beside Me

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 This comes with TW/CW.   No rips,stains,writtings,missing pages.

Marrow

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New Jersey

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West Virginia

The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders

The real story of the shocking Jeffrey Dahmer murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter who broke the story--from the dramatic scene when police first entered Dahmer's apartment to the lasting repercussions of the case today.



One night in July 1991, two policemen saw a man running handcuffed from the apartment of Jeffrey Dahmer. Investigating, they made a gruesome discovery: three human skulls in Dahmer's refrigerator and the body parts of at least 11 more people scattered throughout the apartment. Shortly after, Milwaukee Journal reporter Anne E. Schwartz received a tip that would change her life. Schwartz, who broke the story and had exclusive access to the principals involved, details the complete, inside story of Dahmer's dark life, the case, and its aftermath: the horrific crime scene and the shocking story that unfolded; the forensics; the riveting trial; and Dahmer's murder in prison. With approximately 12 images.

Monster

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Killer Book of Serial Killers

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Pennsylvania

Chilling Cases of Paranorma Bloodlust and Deranged Fantasy

Supernatural Serial Killers

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Ohio

The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

An encyclopedia of the serial killer phenomenon addresses the historical, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of such criminals and their crimes, providing more than one hundred individual profiles of serial killers.

The Serial Killer Files

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Huge Paperback (6 to 8 lbs)

An objective look at a fascinating criminal phenomenon—updated.

Praise for the hardcover edition:
"...recommended..."—American Reference Books Annual

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Second Edition provides accurate, unglamorized information on hundreds of serial murder cases—from early history to the present. Written in a non-sensational manner, this comprehensive encyclopedia debunks many of the myths surrounding this most notorious of criminal activities. New major serial killers have come to light since the first edition was published, and many older cases have been solved (such as the Green River Killer) or further investigated (like Jack the Ripper and the "Zodiac" Killer). Completely updated entries and appendixes pair with more than 30 new photographs and many new entries to make this new edition more fascinating than ever.

New and updated entries include:
 * "Axe Man of New Orleans"
 * BTK Killer
 * Jack the Ripper
 * Cuidad Juarez, Mexico
 * John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the Sniper Killers
 * Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River Killer
 * Harold Frederick Shipman
 * ViCLAS
 * Coral Watts
 * Aileen Wuornos
 * Robert Lee Yates Jr.
 * and more.

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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell. It includes crime scene photos, portraits, etc. A really interesting read and makes a cool decor piece. Only flaws are a few marks on the cover and on the spine of the book on the very last page. It's not that noticeable though. It's in otherwise perfect condition. #hardcover #nonfiction #truecrime #jacktheripper #serialkillers #patriciacornwell

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed 

Deadly Women Throughout History

Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages. When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate Bender? The narrative we’re comfortable with is the one where women are the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. In fact, serial killers are thought to be so universally, overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood infamously declared in a homicide conference, “There are no female serial killers.” Lady Killers, based on the popular online series that appeared on Jezebel and The Hairpin, disputes that claim and offers fourteen gruesome examples as evidence. Though largely forgotten by history, female serial killers such as Erzsébet Báthory, Nannie Doss, Mary Ann Cotton, and Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova rival their male counterparts in cunning, cruelty, and appetite for destruction. Each chapter explores the crimes and history of a different subject, and then proceeds to unpack her legacy and her portrayal in the media, as well as the stereotypes and sexist clichés that inevitably surround her. The first book to examine female serial killers through a feminist lens with a witty and dryly humorous tone, Lady Killers dismisses easy explanations (she was hormonal, she did it for love, a man made her do it) and tired tropes (she was a femme fatale, a black widow, a witch), delving into the complex reality of female aggression and predation. Featuring 14 illustrations from Dame Darcy, Lady Killers is a bloodcurdling, insightful, and irresistible journey into the heart of darkness.

Julie B. Wiest

Creating Cultural Monsters

Vincent Bugliosi; Curt Gentry

Helter Skelter

Mary Kay McBrayer

America's First Female Serial Killer

Vincent Bugliosi; Curt Gentry

Helter Skelter

John E. Douglas; Mark Olshaker

Mindhunter

Michael Newton

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry

Helter Skelter

Peter Vronsky

Serial Killers

Nigel Cawthorne

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Charlotte Greig

Serial Killers

John E. Douglas

Mindhunter

Ann Rule; Georgia Hardstark (Foreword by)

The Stranger Beside Me

Trisha Wolfe / Brynne Weaver

Marrow

Charlotte Greig

Serial Killers

Nigel Cawthorne

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

Anne E. Schwartz

Monster

Tom Philbin; Mike Philbin

Killer Book of Serial Killers

Samantha Lyon & Dr. Daphne Tan

Supernatural Serial Killers

Harold Schechter

The Serial Killer Files

Michael Newton

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

Patricia Cornwell

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed

Tori Telfer

Lady Killers

Vincent Bugliosi; Curt Gentry

Helter Skelter