In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who's gotten ink for spilling blood, there's a bevy of all-but-forgotten homicidal fiends studding the bloody margins of U.S. history. Among America's most cold-blooded you'll meet: Robert Irwin, The Mad Sculptor He longed to use his carving skills on the woman he loved - but had to settle for making short work of her mother and sister instead. Peter Robinson, The Tell-Tale Heart Killer. It took two days and four tries for him to finish off his victim, but no time at all for keen-eyed cops to spot the fatal flaw in his floor plan. Anton Probst, The Monster in the Shape of a Man. The ax-murdering immigrant's systematic slaughter of all eight members of a Pennsylvania farm family matched the savagery of the Manson murders a century later. Edward H. Ruloff, The Man of Two Lives. A genuine Jekyll and Hyde, his brilliant scholarship disguised his bloodthirsty brutality, and his oversized brain gave new meaning to mastermind. Spurred by profit, passion, paranoia, or perverse pleasure, these killers - the Witch of Staten Island, the Smutty Nose Butcher, the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, and many others - span three centuries and a host of harrowing murder methods.
By:
Harold Schechter Imprint: Ballantine Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 188mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 862g ISBN:9780345524478 ISBN 10: 0345524470 Pages: 352 Publication Date:01 November 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
