A comprehensive examination into the frightening true crime history of serial homicideโincluding information on Americaโs most prolific serial killers such as:
Jeffrey Dahmer โข Ted Bundy โข โCo-ed Killerโย Ed Kemper โข The BTK Killerย โข โHighway Stalkerโย Henry Lee Lucas โข Monte Ralph Rissell โข โShoe Fetish Slayerโย Jerry Brudos โข โNight Stalkerโย Richard Ramirez โข โUnabomberโ Ted Kaczynski โข Ed Geinย โThe Butcher of Plainfieldโ โข โKiller Clownโย John Wayne Gacy โข Andrew Cunanan โข And more...
In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, the BTK killer, Henry Lee Lucas, Monte Ralph Rissell, Jerry Brudos, Richard Ramirez, โUnabomberโ Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the emergence of what he classifies as the โserial rampage killerโ such as Andrew Cunanan, who murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with oneโfrom recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronskyโs one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true crime phenomenon.
INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS