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“What goes through the mind of a killer when he's doing the nasty? This book is supposed to give you insight about what these top predators think, but so far, it's not. Love the graphical re-telling of it though.”
Jona wrote this review Friday, October 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very informative on a large listing of serial killers, modern and past. It gives victims, and usually methods. Very simplistic and factual, listing also psychological upbringings of serial killers and MOs to their reasons behind killing as a necessity to their life. I've always had a fascination with serial killers, and if you do too this would be a good book to invest in to discover all sorts of serial killers. ”
Trystyn wrote this review Sunday, September 23, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So far so good.”
Leilani A wrote this review Friday, May 7, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“My fave class in college was psychology. I received this book as a birthday present. I read it cover to cover. The interesting thing I noted was that while the moden day people like Gacey are familiar, serial killers have been around for and were more horrific given the time period of their deeds.”
Michelle H wrote this review Friday, April 30, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good for reference. ”
vickie p wrote this review Tuesday, March 23, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I have a sick fascination.”
Tabitha L. S. wrote this review Friday, September 4, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Extremely Informative if your into serial killers.”
Dennis M wrote this review Monday, April 27, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Probably the best of its kind on the market today, but there are still some problems with it. Far too many of the known killers are relegated to brief paragraphs in the first two appendices...and in the ones who got fuller listings, the victims of the crimes are given short shrift, reducing them to mere statistics without any real impact to them. I'm still waiting for a book of this type that brings home the horror that these human monsters create; we're in danger of becoming jaded by reports of serial killers now. Someone has to have a body count in the 40 or 50 range to make any headlines these days.”
David P wrote this review Monday, March 9, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I wrote my senior thesis about the psychological implications and causes of serial murder, and that is because the phenomenon of serial murder is fascinating to me. Newton writes very well about very disturbing subject matter. I own this and several other encyclopedias like this, and I've found that Newton is one of the best writers.”
Ryann F wrote this review Monday, January 26, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“As interesting for those it leaves out as for those it includes. Missing a detail ortwo here and there, a good collection overall. ”
TerranceDC wrote this review Thursday, October 11, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
