serial killers

Analyzes the crimes of serial killers focusing on the history of violence, the kinds of perpetrators, team killers such as those of 9/11 at the World Trade Center, and those still at large. Discusses serial killing as a worldwide problem and discusses the evidence for solving serial crime including the identity of victims, recognition of similarities surrounding the killings, and using old-fashioned forensic work.

"Rory, a girl in witness protection, thinks the serial killer she turned in has found her and is killing people around her. But as she investigates, she discovers a dark, disturbing truth about her new hometown"--Provided by publisher.

Combines fact and fiction in a black-and-white cartoon chronicle of the Jack the Ripper murders, following the case from the perspective of a Victorian Englishman.

A graphic novel account of the life and grisly career of serial killer H.H. Holmes, particularly focusing on his life in Chicago, where he was responsible for an unknown number of deaths in the late nineteenth century.

In London in 1715 a serial killer is shooting arrows from the rooftops, and fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe attempts to find the killer.

A reprint of a 1954 thriller that tells the story of little Rhoda Penmark, a child serial killer.

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.

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.

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.

John Wayne Cleaver, a teenager who is obsessed with serial killers, lives his life by a strict moral code to avoid becoming a killer himself. When a demon begins stalking John's town and killing in order to survive, John is determined to stop it regardless of the consequences.