serial murders

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Jack the Ripper

2004
Examines the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper, a killer who mutilated and murdered prostitutes in London in the late 1880s, and discusses the ongoing debate over the identity of the serial murderer.

Green River, running red

the real story of the Green River killer--America's deadliest serial murderer
2004
Presents an extensively researched account of the serial murderer Gary Ridgeway, known as the Green River killer, who eluded police for over 20 years and includes the stories of the young women who were his victims.

The devil in the white city

murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
2004
Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.

Serial killers

2000
Profiles the lives and atrocities of seven serial killers: H. H. Holmes, Albert Fish, Ed Gein, Andrei Chikatilo, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Zodiac killer.

Gone

a novel
1992
Story of the Hale family facing destruction at the hands of pathological murderer and a world from which there seems no escape.

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