mass murder

Explores the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and others by members of the "Manson Family, " the subsequent investigation and trials, and the strange hold Charles Manson continues to have over people.

Lucinda Roy, an English professor at Virginia Tech, discusses the shooting that took place in April 2007, in which one of her students, Seung-Hui Cho, shot and killed thirty-two students and faculty members before ending his own life, and Roy describes Cho's prior behavior and her efforts to persuade him to seek counseling.

Profiles mass murderers such as, Richard Speck, Charles Whitman, and others while examining what possibly led them to commit the crimes.

Details Stalin's reign as the leader of the Soviet Union, focusing on his network of concentration camps, the Gulag.

Examines the Virginia Tech University shootings in April 2007, describing the lives of both the killer and the victims, as well as the sociological problems surrounding school shootings.

This book looks at a handful of high-profile cases, including Sandy Hook Elementary, and discusses the potential causes of such actions.

On June 25, 1828, the Mary Russell sailed into Cork Harbour, Ireland, in tandum with another ship, the Mary Stubbs. The Mary Russell was being piloted by Mary Stubbs sailors and had seven murdered crew members on board, a missing captain, and six survivors of the massacre: four boys and two severely wounded seamen.

Provides descriptions of people throughout history who have commited acts of evil by their own choices.