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

Author: Richard Estep

Narrator: John Curless

Unabridged: 17 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/01/2021


Synopsis

Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder, and yes, even the ability to charm people. Take a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil!

They prey on the innocent with a malicious desire to inflict damage and harm.

They hunt and stalk misfortunate victims in the dark, in broad daylight, in quiet neighborhoods, and in the local woods. Their blood thirst isn't satisfied after their first kill. Or their second. Or third. Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers delves into the global phenomenon of serial and spree murderers.

This chilling book looks at the horrifying stories of forty malevolent killers and hundreds of innocent victims, including such notorious homicidal maniacs as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Jeffery Dahmer, but it also looks at lesser-known and overlooked murderers like Herbert Baumeister, America’s I-70 Strangler; Japan’s “Anime Killer,” Tsutomu Miyazaki; Russia’s “Rostov Ripper,” Andrei Chikatilo; the “Giggling Granny,” Nannie Doss; and many more. It journeys to 16th-century Scotland to meet a clan of cannibals whose existence is still debated by historians today, and to the fog-shrouded alleys of Whitechapel, London, where Jack the Ripper earned his grisly namesake. Along the way, we’ll meet the Dating Game Killer, the Milwaukee Cannibal, the Acid Bath Murderer, and other monsters.

Serial Killers also asks the questions …
• What makes a seemingly ordinary person stalk, torture, and murder their fellow human beings?
• Are serial killers born or made?
• What is the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer?
• What were the identities of Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer?
• Was Albert DeSalvo really the Boston Strangler?
• Is it possible that you could know a serial killer?

Caution is advised before entering the alarming world of twisted psychos and sociopaths!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Briana on March 09, 2022

Not going to lie, towards the end of my time finishing this book, I definitely felt super sad just knowing what the victims of these monsters went through. That being said, this book was so well done and thoroughly researched. Sometimes I caught myself forgetting what I was reading was fact and not......more

Goodreads review by River on February 25, 2023

I've finished this book and I rate it 4 stars.. This is a book of multiple stories of serial killers and their crimes. This is very interesting and gets right to the point, it also goes into the minds of killers and why they kill. Even tho these are short stories on each case it does go in depth I re......more

Goodreads review by Mishon on February 28, 2024

Not a book I could read straight though. I’d read a chapter or two then take a break and read some in another book. Then back to this one and so on till I finished. Each chapter was on a different serial killer and I found some written better than others. There were several people I was familiar wit......more

Goodreads review by Tana on December 27, 2023

Interesting read. It was free on audible and I decided to give it a try. Narration was very good, each chapter discusses a different person and the info was well researched, although there are more complete encounters recorded in other books. I would imagine that this book gives a summary and introd......more