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

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Interest in true crime and murder is strong Fascination with serial killers and their pathology is high Logical organization makes finding information quick and easy Numerous black-and-white photographs Thoroughly indexed Authoritative resource Sure to appeal to true crime aficionados, conspiracy buffs, and armchair historians Publicity and promotion aimed at the wide array of websites focused on true crime, the unexplained, and the conspiratorial Promotion targeting more mainstream media and websites with a popular topic Promotion targeting national radio, including Coast to Coast AM Promotion targeting true crime magazines and newspapers editors

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Thirty-three chapters cover individual serial killers "rampages and sprees." will endear the book to readers who have a similar horrified fascination with the murderously depraved. This will see high circulation wherever true crime is popular. Booklist

While several of the books histories are widely known , Estep also includes lesser-known cases Though Estep speculates on how these people became murderers and notes characteristics shared by some serial killersnarcissism, head injuries, animal torture, bed-wetting, being bulliedhe concludes that we may never truly know why someone kills. concise, well-written case studies will leave readers wanting to learn more. Library Journal
Serial killing is a popular subject for those indulging in criminous extremism, reading about the horrors of HH Holmes and his murder castle, the transatlantic monsters John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and Dennis Rader, and Britains Dennis Nilsen and John Christie. Denver paramedic Richard Estep has now further enriched the literature. Fortean Times

relates the stories of 40 serial killers detailing their lives from childhood to adulthood, and the factors that contributed to their behavior. He profiles Jack the Ripper, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Andrei Chikatilo, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Harold Shipman, Aileen Wuornos, Edmund Kemper, the Zodiac Killer, H.H. Holmes, Albert Desalvo, Dennis Rader, Charles Whitman, and others. Protoview Book News

" wrap up "Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murders" by Richard Estep, for the best gift for a true crime fan ever." Bookworm Sez

Author Bio

Richard Estep is the author of twenty books, most of them in the field of paranormal non-fiction, including The Haunting of Asylum 49: Chilling Tales of Aggressive Spirits, Phantom Doctors, and the Secret of Room 666. He is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. His lifelong fascination for ghosts has led him to investigate haunted locations around the world for the past 25 years. Richard appears regularly on the TV shows Haunted Case Files, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal 911, and Paranormal Night Shift. British by birth, Richard now makes his home in Colorado, a few miles north of Denver, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.