The author manages to cover a brief history of each killer, and the reader begins to notice patterns in some of the cases - such as a traumatic or abusive childhood. The entries include El Loco Luis Alfredo Garavito, Happy Face Killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, Interstate Killer Larry Eyler, Godfather of Matamoros Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo, Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo, and approximately 350 others. Written in a non-sensational manner, this authoritative encyclopaedia debunks many of the myths surrounding this most notorious of criminal activities.

Written and compiled by Susan Hall, the four-volume set has more than 1600 entries of male and female serial killers from around the world. Filled with page after page of details on thousands of the world's most prolific serial killers, as well of ones you will learn of for the first time. In addition to the encyclopedia entries, there are also appendices on "Solo Killers," "Team Killers," and "Unresolved Cases," plus an extensive bibliography. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006.

One of his special peeves is the term 'spree killer,' and he also doesn't seem to think much of profilers. There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk, and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. I’m gobsmacked that this author didn’t include Myra Hindley and Ian Brady’s ‘story of horror’, but instead, relegated them to the appendix of the book in ‘team killers’. I thought that their minds are so creative and that there is no way in hell these events could be remotely true in real life. 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.

Claro, é dito no título que é uma enciclopédia e não um estudo de PHD, mas mesmo assim, não se pode contar uma história como a de Ted Bundy ou Charles Manson sem se aprofundar na infância ou no contexto histórico-social da época, tanto que eu me recusei a ler os resumos sensacionalistas presentes aqui sobre casos como o Anjo da Morte, que marca um período tão sombrio e atos tão horrendos que não podem ser descritos em 2 parágrafos. I have to say that I assumed this author was British because of his concise, witty style and also for his tendency to critique other true crime authors who failed to get their facts straight, including the names of a serial killer's victims. I thought that this book was a very extraordinary and it hightlighted all the main facts of the serial killers of all time. Hall has compiled particulars on hundreds of serial killers, and the specifics of their ultimate fates.Seems like women kill mostly for insurance money, for attention (yup) and for powers (all the nurse killers). There are well written accounts of many serial killers going from obscure to the famously notorious. Her years in the business world included writing articles and manuals on a variety of items, from instruction manuals used in teaching, to the workings of machinery. The entries include the Terminator Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko, Trailside Killer David Joseph Carpenter, Joseph Vacher, Vampire of Sacramento Richard Trenton Chase and the Voroshilovgrad Maniac Zaven Sarkisovich Almazyan, plus the Unsolved Serial Killer Cases of the Adelaide Child Murders, Axeman of New Orleans, Chillicothe Killer, Dead Women of Juarez, Korea Frog Boy Murders and Volga Maniac.

Each of the serial killer files includes information on when and how they killed the victims, the background of each killer, or the suspects in some cases, such as the Zodiac killer, their trials and punishments. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. With no mention of that at all in Speck's entry, I believe the text in need of an editor was written in 1995 or earlier despite when the book was published. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).I would have preferred to see some psychological evaluating by a suitably qualified person alongside the authors work, who merely reports the facts.

Hall's encyclopedia is an astonishing source of information, yet due to the nature of the subject, it is a truly chilling experience. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Addeddate 2019-10-05 13:44:43 Identifier theencyclopediaofserialkillersastudyofthechillingcriminalphenomenonfromtheangels Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1nh2kz9t Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.When this jumps out in the cases I know, it makes me doubt what I am reading about killers I am not as familiar with. JOHN LUTZ, New York Times bestselling author From the desk of one of the most acclaimed and prolific true crime authors comes a mystery thriller certain to captivate his fans. If you do want an informative, no nonsense book about the topic that covers pretty much any aspect you can think of and doesn't try to sensationalize, this is it. The entries include the Machete Murderer Juan Vallejo Corona, Maranhão Boy Mutilator Francisco das Chagas, Night Stalker Richard Ramirez, Rostov Ripper Andrei Romanovych Chikatilo, and Genesee River Killer Arthur John Shawcross.