The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World’s Most Terrifying Murderers PDF
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CONTENTS Title Page Dedication Half Title Page Introduction ONE: WHAT IT MEANS Origin of the Term Definitions Categories of Carnage: Serial/Mass/Spree Psychopath vs. Psychotic Psychopaths: The Mask of Sanity “Moral Insanity” Psychotics: The Living Nightmare Beyond Madness TWO: WHO THEY ARE Ten Traits of Serial Killers Warning Signs How Smart Are Serial Killers? Male and Female Angels of Death Black Widows Deadlier Than the Male Black and White Young and Old Straight and Gay Bloodthirsty “Bi”s Partners in Crimes Folie à Deux Killer Couples The Family That Slays Together Married with Children Bluebeards Work and Play Uncivil Servants Killer Cops Medical Monsters Nicknames Serial Killers International THREE: A HISTORY OF SERIAL MURDER Serial Murder: Old as Sin Grim Fairy Tales Serial Slaughter Through the Ages FOUR: GALLERY OF EVIL—TEN AMERICAN MONSTERS Lydia Sherman Belle Gunness H. H. Holmes Albert Fish Earle Leonard Nelson Edward Gein Harvey Murray Glatman John Wayne Gacy Gary Heidnik Jeffrey Dahmer FIVE: SEX AND THE SERIAL KILLER Perversions Sadism The Man Who Invented Sadism Science Looks at Sadism Wilhelm Stekel de River and Reinhardt Disciples of De Sade Dominance Fetishism Transvestism Vampirism Cannibalism Necrophilia Pedophilia Gerontophilia The World’s Worst Pervert SIX: WHY THEY KILL Atavism Brain Damage Child Abuse Mother Hate Bad Seed Mean Genes Adoption Fantasy Bad Books, Malignant Movies, Vile Videos Pornography Profit Celebrity Copycats The Devil Made Me Do It SEVEN: EVIL IN ACTION Triggers Hunting Grounds Prey Targets of Opportunity Snares “Wanted: Well-Built Man for Slaughter” Signature, Ritual, MO Methods Rippers Stranglers Ax Murderers Poisoners Shooters Taunts Escalation Torture Trophies Disposal EIGHT: HOW IT ENDS Profiling Origins The Mind Hunters How It Works Capture Psychics Suicide Punishment NGRI (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) Unsolved NINE: SERIAL KILLER CULTURE Fun with Serial Killers Art Music Film Literature Humor Murderbilia Tourist Spots Groupies Internet Resources Lethal Lives: A True-Crime Bibliography About the Author Also by Harold Schechter Copyright THE SERIAL KILLER FILES The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World’s Most Terrifying Murderers Harold Schechter for Joe and Whitney
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