Chambers of Horror

John Marlowe

Apr 2011 · Arcturus Publishing

About this eBook

'What I want is an off the shelf sex partner. I want to be able to use a woman whenever and however I want. And when I'm tired or bored I simply want to put her away.'
- Leonard Lake

Jeffrey Dahmer who was obsessed with dead animals when he was younger, later got sexual satisfaction from eating his victims as he felt like they became a part of him.

John Wayne Gacy toured the children's wards in hospitals, dressed in a clown costume of his design, but beneath the exterior, laid the killer of 30 boys and men.

Rose West met Fred West when she was 15. Even before marrying in 1972, violence, rape, incest, torture voyeurism and paedophilia were already part of a normal day for the couple.

Chambers of Horror is a study of the warped thinking that went into some of the world's most macabre crimes, as well as a clinical examination of the purpose-built rooms, hidden spaces, and soundproof dungeons prepared for victims, including quotes from the criminals.

From the massive 'Murder Castle' once used by Dr. H. H. Holmes to prey upon those attending the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the hand-tooled box under the bed where Cameron Hooker kept his 'sex slave', Chambers of Horror covers famous cases of the past along with many from the modern age. John Marlowe takes the reader on a disturbing journey through a world of murder and mayhem, providing insight into evil and the motivations of monsters.

Ratings and reviews

This ebook, although definitely not as descriptive as it could be, was quite an enjoyable read. I would recommend this ebook at the price I paid for it, $3.99, as it covers a fair amount of murderers from across the globe and throughout different times in history. I have to admit, I wasn't so sure some of these murderers belong in a book about "chambers" as such. The word Chamber brings to mind a room, for myself I wouldn't include boxes, etc in this category. That being said, it's still a good read!

This book describes the crimes of numerous serial killers. One of the few cases I was already very familiar with when I started reading this book was that of Fred and Rose West. I found this description of their life and crimes riddled with small inaccuracies, which leads me to wonder how much of the rest of the book is wrong.

Basically this book has a few pages each on multiple murderers. It's nothing more than what you can find on murderpedia. Complete waste.

About the author

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 expose Montreal Confidential.