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The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most comprehensive set of its kind in the history of true crime publishing. Created and compiled by Susan Hall, the four-volume set has more than 1,600 entries of male and female serial killers from around the world.

Rodney Alcala was a man who hid his brutal secret behind a camera lens - a secret that terrorized many parts of America during the '60s and '70s. Stalking young women and girls, Alcala used his persuasive charm, striking good looks, and ability to convince his victims that his work as a photographer would launch their careers as models. Alcala also had an amazing ability to evade the law for many years. Despite his arrests and convictions, he still managed to carry out his sinister killing spree undetected and beyond suspicion.

When one hears the term “Victorian”, many images come to mind. For some, the term conjures up visions of lace and gloves and delicate fans. Others think of tight corsets and even tighter morals. Others, swayed perhaps by one too many British costume dramas, envision gentle elegance and long-lost beauty. Naturally, few people think of multiple dead bodies cast about in the streets or dark bedrooms, most mutilated to a shocking degree, and yet, those tragic images played a significant role not only in late Victorian London, but ever since.

True crime is about humanity. We are hardwired to pay attention to things that could harm us, and that’s why so many of us are captivated by the genre. It’s not a reflection of something dark within us - it’s a reflection of human nature. True crime has become more than a source of entertainment, and it plays a critical role in giving forgotten victims a voice they never had the chance to share. Indeed, reading and sharing true crime stories is an act of social responsibility.

What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common? They were all subjects of true crime newspaper reporting in the 1800s. Now their stories and that of many others are brought together in their original form in this compilation by New York Times best-selling author Mike Rothmiller. These classic works of journalism resurrect astonishing stories that will take the listener back to when these horrific tales mesmerized a nation.

This psychological crime thriller is a true account, and takes us inside the mind of a unique female serial killer, a prostitute who murdered seven adult men.

Vampire Killer is a gripping account of Richard Chase and one of the most gruesome true crime stories in California’s history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.

Carolyn Pickles retraces the true story of how 11 people came to be brutally cut with a deadly sharp implement, in a spate of attacks that left a town in a state of fear and police mystified about the identity of the attacker. Halifax, West Yorkshire, 1938. The hunt is on for a razor-wielding attacker, possibly a murderer. The papers name him 'The Halifax Slasher'. A huge reward is offered for leads to his arrest. Vigilante groups form, and innocent men are set upon. Baffled, police argue with each other about how to catch the suspect.

Some people amass artwork. For others, it's stamps. But why would you want to collect the possessions of a serial killer?

In this new true crime book, New York Times bestselling author Rule investigates the case of a woman whose supposed suicide may not be what it seems.

Ein fesselnder True Crime-Fall aus Skandinavien: Die Jagd auf den schlimmsten Serienverbrecher Dänemarks endet im Herbst 2010, als Marcel Lychau Hansen nach der Vergewaltigung einer Siebzehnjährigen verhaftet wird. Tauschen Sie ein in die akribische Ermittlungsarbeit der Polizei, die schließlich zur Verhaftung und Verurteilung des 46-jährigen Täters führte.

Der Fall um die Engelmacherin Dagmar Overby, der 1921 ganz Dänemark erschütterte: Die damals von der Presse als "Menschentier" bezeichnete Serienmörderin, die zwischen 9 und 16 Kinder ermordet hat, stammte aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen und war bereits als Kind auffällig gewesen und selbst Opfer von Missbrauch. Nach mehreren Anstellungen und missglückten Verhältnissen zu Männern brachte sie nicht nur ihre eigenen Kinder auf bestialische Weise um, sondern auch ihre Pflegekinder... Für Gänsehaut ist bei diesem spannenden True Crime-Fall gesorgt!

Ein kaltblütiger Serienmörder. Eine verstümmelte Frauenleiche in einem Plastiksack. Ein erschossener US-Amerikaner im Zug. Kriminalhauptkommissar Axel Petermann ist Deutschlands bekanntester Profiler. Er beschreibt seine schwierigsten Fälle. Dabei gewährt er Einblicke in die Methoden der Profiler und erklärt, was die Spuren am Tatort über die Psyche des Täters verraten. Wahre Geschichten, die unter die Haut gehen.

Ventiquattro omicidi. Centodue feriti. La cruda contabilità della Uno bianca è quella di una strage. Novantuno rapine. Spesso per pochi spiccioli, per massacrare benzinai, zingari, extracomunitari, carabinieri, impiegati, semplici testimoni. Un eccidio pianificato. Una violenza bestiale per un rebus che pare senza soluzione. Un enigma complicato perché, questa volta, gli assassini vestono la divisa. Roberto Savi - ex attivista del Fronte della Gioventù, un uomo aggressivo, taciturno, schivo, che frequenta solo i fratelli e passa gran parte del suo tempo a giocare con i videogiochi.

L'hanno soprannominato il "cannibale di Milwaukee", ma questo termine può descrivere soltanto parzialmente le azioni di Jeffrey Dahmer. Dopo il suo arresto, in quella che è stata subito ribattezzata "la casa dell'orrore", vennero infatti ritrovati quattro busti umani, due teste all’interno del freezer, altre due nel frigorifero, sette teschi e una decina di peni all’interno di una pentola, più una botte piena di ossa e carne umana in dissolvimento. Tra il 1978 e il 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer ha violentato, ucciso, smembrato e in parte mangiato 17 persone.

The depraved crimes of both real and imagined serial killers and mass murderers have long transfixed us in newspapers and books, but perhaps nowhere more so than on the big screen. Best-selling author Christopher Berry-Dee talks to the serial killers whose wicked stories have most thrilled and fascinated us at the movies, and, through far-ranging and disturbing interviews, he tells the stories of the mass murderers who provided the inspiration for some of cinema’s most shocking films.

Inside the minds of the world's most depraved serial killers. Sunday Times best-selling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A world-renowned investigative criminologist, he has gained the trust of murderers across the world, entered their high security prisons and discussed in detail their shocking crimes. The killers' pursuit of horror and violence is described through the unique audiotape and videotape interviews which Berry-Dee conducted, deep inside the bowels of some of the world's toughest prisons.

In the early hours of 27th January 1996, after an evening spent celebrating at Club Bayview in the Perth suburb of Claremont, 18-year-old Sarah Spiers called a taxi to nearby Mosman Park. But when the cab arrived, she’d already gone. She was never seen again. Four months later, on 9th June 1996, 23-year-old Jane Rimmer disappeared from the same area, her body later found in bushland south of Perth. When the body of a third young woman, 27-year-old Ciara Glennon, was found north of the city, having vanished from Claremont in August 1997, it was clear a serial killer was on the loose.

This is the fascinating true story of a brutal murderer and the detectives who worked the cold case for six years in order to bring him to justice. Combining cutting-edge forensic techniques with old-fashioned detective work, a team of detectives worked to build a case against their prime suspect. But it was a race against time: would he strike again? No one could predict that the killer's appearance on the gameshow Bullseye would provide bizarre but crucial evidence. The operation is now recognised as one of the greatest cold-case reviews ever undertaken in the UK.

David Berridge has spent 28 years working as a prison officer, with 22 years at Parkhurst. A tough character with a big personality and a dark sense of humour, David has had to deal with it all - serial killers and gangsters, terrorists and sex offenders, psychopaths and addicts. Inside Parkhurst is his raw, uncompromising look at what really went on behind the massive walls and menacing gates of one of Britain's highest security prisons.