Psycho USA, Harold Schechter
Psycho USA, Harold Schechter
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Psycho USA
Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of

Author: Harold Schechter

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 14 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2016


Synopsis

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. In this book 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. Rulloff, "The Man of Two Lives": A genuine Jekyll and Hyde, his brilliant scholarship disguised his bloodthirsty brutality.

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Angel on April 03, 2018

This book started off slow and I didn't think I'd enjoy it much. After all, how many hideous crimes could possibly have taken place in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, right? You'd be surprised! I know I sure was. It just goes to show that humans possess an incredible capacity for savager......more

Goodreads review by Anita on October 18, 2017

Harold Schechter is one of my favorite true crime authors. I have several of his books covering the crimes of Ed Gein, H.H. Holmes, Jesse Pomeroy and others and one day hope to find myself with time to read some of his fiction. He writes in a manner that is both intelligent and accessible and manage......more

Goodreads review by Brad on September 18, 2019

Like Harold Schecter's The Serial Killer Files, Psycho USA is a sort of anthology of murder snippets; this time, however, he is looking at now forgotten (or never cared about nor publicized) serial killers and their crimes. The stories are quick and pithily told, full of all the lurid crime details......more

Goodreads review by Kirsti on November 09, 2022

The Mad Sculptor! The Smutty Nose Butcher! The Siren of the Swamps! The Virago of Vermont! The Minneapolis Svengali! The Veiled Murderess! The Witch of Staten Island! The Brownout Strangler! All were famous in their time, so why don't we remember them along with Lizzie Borden and Jack the Ripper? Ha......more