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Spree Killers: The world's most notorious gunmen and their deadly rampages
Spree Killers presents terrifyingly gripping stories of 45 spree killers, from the first recorded incident in 1913 through to the most recent high school and shopping centre massacres.
Spree killers are probably the most notorious of all multiple murderers, yet these criminals repel and fascinate us more than any other.
It is difficult to understand why these perpetrators committed mass murder, since many were killed by the police at the end of their sprees and are therefore unanswerable to their crimes.
Those who survived are usually certified insane – famously when Brenda Spencer, who killed two people and wounded nine, was asked why she had done it, she simply replied: ‘I don’t like Monday.’
Borrowed from the DoubleDay website
Spree killers are probably the most notorious of all multiple murderers, yet these criminals repel and fascinate us more than any other.
It is difficult to understand why these perpetrators committed mass murder, since many were killed by the police at the end of their sprees and are therefore unanswerable to their crimes.
Those who survived are usually certified insane – famously when Brenda Spencer, who killed two people and wounded nine, was asked why she had done it, she simply replied: ‘I don’t like Monday.’
Borrowed from the DoubleDay website
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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June 8, 2014
A chronological list of spree killers from across the globe, not surprisingly more cases occur in countries where gun ownership is more widespread. Still can't understand why someone would need to own an AK47 unless they live in a war zone. Unfortunately the gun laws in the UK were only tightened after Dunblane.
The one conclusion I came to after reading this was that it's almost impossible to understand what the killers were thinking.
The one conclusion I came to after reading this was that it's almost impossible to understand what the killers were thinking.
January 24, 2016
A great read. Thumbnails the crimes, kooky philosophies and other questionable motivations of spree and mass murderers. Unlike many books of this sort, this one offers a complete list of the victims (too often forgotten completely) and is heavily illustrated. Well worth your time. Because the author left out other spree killers I'm aware of -- Wayne Lo, for example -- it left me with the chilling awareness that there are must too many of these people to keep track of. Without saying so, the author also makes clear that there are always many new spree killers warming up in the bullpen.
December 4, 2013
listed quite a few spree killers I was unaware of. That alone makes it a good book.
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