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Description edit
You've read all the stories...but can you match the mobster with the way he met his end? Do you know how they caught the Boston Strangler? Can you define chickens, a Shotaro complex or Colombian neckties? "The Killer Book of True Crime" is the ultimate collection of in-depth stories, trivia,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Charlie Starkweather: Disgruntled teenager who killed his girlfriend's family and hit the road with her in the 1950s.
- Caril Fugate: Charlie Starkweather's 14-year-old girlfriend.
- Charles Whitman: Opened fire on strngers from a Texas clock tower.
- Ronald Defeo: Known as "butch," he killed his entire family in what has become known as The Amityville House.
- David Berkowitz: Better known as the Son of Sam.
- Albert DeSalvo: Confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
- John Wayne Gacy: Known as the Killer Clown.
- Dick Hickock: Executed for murder in 1965
- Henry Lee Lucas: Serial killer who got started by stabbing his mother in 1960.
- Ted Kaczynski: Better known as the Unabomber.
- Howard Unruh: Killed 13 people in 13 minutes when he discovered that his garden gate had been stolen.
- Charles Manson: America's best-known terrorist -- gets more fan mail than the Beatles.
- Gloria Davy: Got the worst of it in the Nine Nurses killing in Chicago.
- Corazon Amurao: Like Gloria Davy she was a student nurse in Chicago, taken hostage with 8 others in the townhouse they shared.
- Bernhard Goetz: Depending on who you ask, he's a ruthless killer or a defender of decent people everywhere.
- Gertrude Baniszewski: Took in a couple of teenagers for the summer when their parents went off to work through the carnival season.
- Ted Bundy: A former law student who eventually confessed to killing 36 women and girls for recreational purposes.
First Sentence edit
This book is designed to serve up a potpourri of delectable information about crime in a manner that's entertaining, informative, and satisfying.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: Welcome to Gore Galore
Chapter 1: Robbery
Chapter 2: Organized Crimes and Gangs
Chapter 3: Prostitution
Chapter 4: Serial Murder
Chapter 5: Mass Murder
Chapter 6: Criminal Investigation
Chapter 7: Rape
Chapter 8: Sexual Perversions
Chapter 9: Terrorism
Chapter 10: Auto Theft
Chapter 11: Death Row
Chapter 12: Prisons
Chapter 13: Stalking
Chapter 14: Female Killers
Chapter 15: Arson
Chapter 16: Celebrities and Crimes
Chapter 17: Kids Who Kill
Chapter 18: Miscellaneous
Chapter 19: Mostly Gore (Not Al)
Series & Lists edit
This book is in True Crime: Anthologies. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tom Philbin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-1402208294
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-1402208294
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 364.15
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Crime & Criminals › Criminology
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › True Crime
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › Serial Killers
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › Murder & Mayhem
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling
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