My Life Among the Serial Killers, Helen Morrison
My Life Among the Serial Killers, Helen Morrison
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My Life Among the Serial Killers
Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers

Author: Helen Morrison

Narrator: Helen Morrison

Abridged: 5 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/04/2004


Synopsis

Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she has learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious killers known to man.Dr. Helen Morrison, a leading expert on serial killers, has spent as many as four hundred hours alone with depraved murderers. In My Life Among the Serial Killers, Dr. Morrison relates how she profiled Richard Otto Macek, who chewed on his victims' body parts, stalked Dr. Morrison, then believed she was his wife. She conducted the last interview with Ed Gein, the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. John Wayne Gacy, the clown-obsessed killer of young men, sent her crazed Christmas cards, and gave her his paintings as presents. Dr. Morrison has received letters from killers, read their diaries and journals, evaluated crime scenes, testified at their trials, and studied photos of the gruesome carnage. She has interviewed the families of the victims, and the spouses and parents of the killers.Through it all, Dr. Morrison's goal has been to discover the reasons why serial killers are compelled to murder, how they choose their victims, and what we can do to prevent their crimes in the future. Her provocative conclusions will stun you.Read by Helen Morrison

About Helen Morrison

Helen Morrison, M.D., is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for general psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry. She is also a certified forensic psychiatrist. She is the editor or coauthor of four academic books, as well as the author or coauthor of more than 125 published articles in her field. Dr. Morrison has worked with both national and international law enforcement, and has made presentations in more than fifteen countries. She lives in Chicago with her husband and children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on October 16, 2008

A little too much about "my life" and not enough about "among the serial killers." I don't really care about this woman's personal life. Just tell me about the nuts, already. A lot of name dropping (if you can call it that with serial killers). The chapter about Ed Gein was totally pointless. Only i......more

Goodreads review by ♥ Marlene♥ on September 20, 2008

on Monday, August 25, 2008 I wrote about this book: Well Now I remember why I did not like this book although it was such an interesting subject. I totally do not agree with most of Helen Morrison's theories. Yes I am not a doctor but I've read so many books about serial killers and books from the peo......more

Goodreads review by Lacie on January 03, 2019

Disappointed I was expecting a book along the lines of what I read, but I was not expecting to dislike it so much. The author jumps around in the chapters so much that it makes it exhausting to follow along with what the essence of the chapter is about. And the way that she made it feel as though sh......more