True Crime Serial Murders

To all appearances, Dennis Rader was a model citizen in the small town of Park City, Kansas, where he had lived with his family almost his entire life. He was a town compliance officer, a former Boy Scout leader, the president of his church congregation, and a seemingly ordinary father and husband. But Rader's average life belied the existence of his dark, sadistic other self: he was the BTK serial killer.

Quando il male assume il volto dell'ombra, può la verità emergere dalle profondità dell'inganno? Fino a che punto si può inseguire un'ombra senza perdersi nell'oscurità? Nel cuore dell'Europa si aggira un'entità sfuggente e mortale, conosciuta come il "fantasma di Heilbronn". La vicenda inizia con il brutale assassinio di Lieselotte Schlenger, pensionata tedesca strangolata in casa. Da quel momento, l'Europa è palcoscenico di una macabra rappresentazione di violenza e inganno, dove ogni nuovo indizio sembra solo approfondire il mistero dell'identità del "fantasma".

La "Demoiselle de la Mort" est née le 29 février 1956 à Rochester. Elle est décédée le 9 octobre 2002 à Starke en Floride. Aileen Wuornos était une tueuse en série, elle fût condamnée à mort par injection létale pour avoir assassiné sept hommes en Floride entre novembre 1989 et novembre 1990. Selon elle, ces derniers l'auraient violée ou tenté de le faire, alors qu'elle se prostituait.

Le monstre de Florence existe vraiment. C'est ainsi qu'on a appelé le ou les auteurs de doubles meurtres qui ont été perpétrés dans la région de la Toscane, en Italie, entre 1974 et 1985, semant l'effroi parmi la population. Chaque fois, un jeune couple est tué alors qu'il fait l'amour dans la nature. Au total, 16 personnes ont été assassinées. Chaque meurtre fait les grands titres de la presse nationale et internationale. Voici le récit des meurtres tels qu'ils ont réellement été constatés pendant ces 11 années d'horreur.

Israel Keyes was an American serial killer who was active from approximately 2001 to his capture in 2012. He was known for his extreme attention to detail, his patience, and his discipline in selecting targets that lived far away from him. He was also meticulous in disposing of his victim's bodies as authorities have not uncovered any other evidence that Keyes did not provide.

This true-crime police procedural is the riveting story of the racially-motivated serial killings that terrorized San Francisco from 1973 to 1974 and how they were solved. Code named the Zebra Murders, the case involved a series of random violent attacks by African-American men against whites, resulting in fifteen deaths.

Even as security has grown ever stronger and the techniques to catch criminals are more advanced than ever, serial killers still find a way to conduct their murderous business. In the 21st century, violent killers have used modern technology to help them commit their horrific crimes. Some look to the internet to stalk their victims, while the dark web is home to a shadowy world of illegal weapon sales, murder-for-hire sites and criminal forums providing tips on how to kill and get away with it.

When 14-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. "The Boston Boy Fiend" was imprisoned at last. But the complex questions sparked by his ghastly crime spree - the hows and whys of vicious juvenile crime - were as relevant in the so-called Age of Innocence as they are today.

In this Notorious USA collection, Death of a Cheerleader, New York Times best-selling author Gregg Olsen and true crime journalist Kevin M. Sullivan write about notorious crimes in the Bluegrass State. In a scene right out of Hitchcock's "Rear Window", a young woman vanishes from a beach on a summer day and a neighbor views the abduction through his telescope. A newlywed disposes of his bride but doesn't know what to do with her head. Selling tickets at a drive-in movie theater proves deadly.

Jack l'éventreur est un tueur en série du Londres de la fin du XIXe siècle, dont l'identité n'a jamais été établie. Le pseudonyme passé à la postérité provient d'une lettre envoyée à l'agence de presse London Central News Agency dont l'auteur se présente comme étant le meurtrier, et qui signa "Jack l'éventreur". Il assassina au moins cinq prostituées du quartier pauvre de Whitechapel, à Londres en 1888.

This audiobook examines the media and cultural responses to the awful crimes of Brady and Hindley, whose murders provided a template for future media reporting on serial killers. It discusses the nature of evil and psychopaths and how they are represented in film, drama, novels and art. It also questions the ethics of the 'serial killing industry' and how the modern cultural fixation on celebrity has extended to serial killers and it explores the impact on the journalists and police officers from being involved in such cases including some interviews with them.

Die Leser lieben diese Serie - über 7,000 Fünf-Sterne-Bewertungen auf Amazon und GoodreadsWenn Sie ein Fan von wahren Verbrechen sind, kennen Sie zweifellos die großen Fälle: Ted Bundy, BTK, David Berkowitz, Christopher Watts, Diane Downs, Casey Anthony, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jodi Arias, Ed Gein, usw. Die Liste der bekannten und berüchtigten Fälle in der Geschichte ist schier endlos. Bücher, Websites, Podcasts, Fernsehserien und Zeitschriften sind voll von den abscheulichen Geschichten des Grauens. Sie sind einige der übelsten Mörder, die die Welt je gesehen hat.

Ob David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy oder Jeffrey Dahmer: Es gibt kaum einen US-Serienkiller, den John Douglas als weltweit führender Experte und Pionier im Bereich Profiling nicht befragt hätte. Nach seinem Bestseller "Mindhunter", Vorlage für die erfolgreiche Netflix-Serie, taucht er in "Reise in die Finsternis" nun noch tiefer in die Gedankenwelt von Serienmördern und anderen gefährlichen Verbrechern wie dem Unabomber ein. Am Beispiel zahlreicher, mitunter erschreckender Fälle offenbart er, mithilfe welcher Methoden es gelingt, Mörder, ihre Emotionen und Motive ausfindig zu machen.

Pine Box Parole, Part One, “The Terry Fitzsimmons Story” begins with convicted murderer Terry Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Ontario’s Kingston Penitentiary. Subsequent chapters explain his background and the senseless killings upon which he embarked after spending years in solitary confinement. Fitzsimmons’ lawyer, and author of this book, John L. Hill, defends the indefensible by putting the blame on the prison system for creating a monster.

On a cold January morning in 1981, a knock on an apartment door began what would become one of the bloodiest crime sprees in Arkansas history. In the coming days the bodies of newlyweds Larry and Jawana Price, businessman Holly Gentry, and Police Detective Ray Tate were discovered. They had been executed in cold blood and discarded like so much trash. What kind of person murders four people in cold blood? Did the right one go to prison?

Seven Bones is the story of one of the more bizarre murder investigations in Australia’s history. Two wives die in suspicious circumstances: co-incidence or, as husband Thomas Keir describes it, ‘bad luck’? Three years after Thomas Keir alleged his first wife, Jean, deserted him and her young son for another man, his second wife, Rosalina, Jean’s cousin, lay scorched and strangled on her bed. Arriving on the scene, Detective Peter Seymour realised he was either dealing with the world’s unluckiest husband or a serial wife killer.

Gosnell is the untold story of America's most prolific serial killer. In 2013, Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted of killing four people, including three babies, but is thought to have killed hundreds, perhaps thousands more in a 30-year killing spree. ABC News correspondent Terry Moran described Gosnell as "America's most prolific serial killer".

After an investigation spanning nearly two years, Los Angeles investigators come up empty in the case of a terrifying serial sex killer. But then, a seemingly unrelated arrest is made across state lines. In book two of Murder by Increments, we journey deeper into the life and mind of the suspect at the center of the case: one of the most confounding and mysterious serial killers in American history. Killing Cousins documents the shocking story of an abusive childhood that created a monster.

Told in alternating sections and rapidly paced, this audiobook is true crime at its best - gripping, pulpy, and full of sharp historical tidbits. True crime fans, history buffs, and those interested in local lore will delight in this chilling tale of two ruthless killers.

The world has always been fascinated with serial killers. But most of us only know about men involved in serial killing. Does that mean that only men turn into serial killers and women don't? Absolutely wrong! The truth is that human history has also witnessed serial killers who have been women. You will be surprised to know that the list of women serial killers is also not short.