Serial Killers

The Method and Madness of Monsters

Peter Vronsky

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Berkley
23 June 2005

Biography; True crime

A comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide, including information on America's most prolific serial killers-now updated with information on serial killers in the twenty-first century.

A comprehensive examination into the frightening true crime history of serial homicide-including information on America's most prolific serial killers such as-

Jeffrey Dahmer . Ted Bundy . ""Co-ed Killer""Ed Kemper . The BTK Killer. ""Highway Stalker""Henry Lee Lucas . Monte Ralph Rissell . ""Shoe Fetish Slayer""Jerry Brudos . ""Night Stalker""Richard Ramirez . ""Unabomber"" Ted Kaczynski . Ed Gein""The Butcher of Plainfield"" . ""Killer Clown""John Wayne Gacy . Andrew Cunanan . And more...

In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, the BTK killer, Henry Lee Lucas, Monte Ralph Rissell, Jerry Brudos, Richard Ramirez, ""Unabomber"" Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the emergence of what he classifies as the ""serial rampage killer"" such as Andrew Cunanan, who murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one-from recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky's one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true crime phenomenon.

INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

By: Peter Vronsky
Imprint: Berkley
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Trade edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780425196403
ISBN 10: 0425196402
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 23 June 2005
Recommended Age: From 0 to 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

This formidably comprehensive, brilliantly researched book must be the most wide-ranging work on serial killers that has been written so far. The fact that it sprang from the author's brief encounters with two serial killers lends it a sense of personal urgency. --Colin Wilson, author of Killers Among Us and Written in Blood. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters is one of the most complete books I have read on serial killers. If you are fascinated by the human mind and by those who are abnormal, this is the book for you. --Roundtable Reviews -This formidably comprehensive, brilliantly researched book must be the most wide-ranging work on serial killers that has been written so far. The fact that it sprang from the author's brief encounters with two serial killers lends it a sense of personal urgency.---Colin Wilson, author of Killers Among Us and Written in Blood. -Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters is one of the most complete books I have read on serial killers. If you are fascinated by the human mind and by those who are abnormal, this is the book for you.---Roundtable Reviews