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Serial Killer Timelines: Illustrated Accounts of the World's Most Gruesome Murders

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Also published as Serial Killers: A Timeline of Serial Murderers from Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer in 2018, and Tracking a Serial Killer: Timelines of the World's Most Notorious Murderers in 2018.

By examining the depraved, deceptive, very deliberate actions of famed serial killers as a series of specific events, this book offers a unique perspective on the working of the criminal mind. Serial Killer Timelines breaks down step by step how they did it, how they got away with it for so long, and how they finally got caught.

This fully illustrated collection meticulously details some of history’s most gruesome murderers, including:
•Richard “Night Stalker” Ramirez
•David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz
•Aileen “Monster” Wuornos
•The Hillside Stranglers
•John Wayne Gacy
•Jeffery Dahmer
•Ted Bundy
•The Beltway Snipers

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

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Chris McNab

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Dr Chris McNab has written over a hundred books in a career spanning over two decades. He is a historian with a specialisation in military history.

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April 2, 2015
أندريا تشيكاتيلو

جون واين غاسي

هارولد شيبمان

تيد باندي

بيدرو لوبيز

غاري ريدجواي

اتش اتش هولمز

البرت فيش

جواشيم كرول

دينيس نيلسن

ادموند كمبر

ريتشارد رامرز

جيفري دامر

جاك السفاح

دافيد بيركويتز

روبرت هانسن

راندي كرافت

سفاح يورك شاير

هجمات القناص

جاين توبان

دورثي بونتي

ايلين و ورنوس

مجرما منقطة مور

مجرما منحدر التل

فريد و روزماري ويست


قائمة مرعبة من الاسماء المرعبة اللي ارتكبت الكثير والكثير من الجرائم المرعبة

انا فعلا قلقت جدا وانا بقرأ فعلا كنت خايف وانا بتخيل اللي الضحايا عانوه

انت بتتكلم علي سفاحين بدم بارد بشكل مرعب

انا مش راضي احط صور ولا حتي احكي بس انت بتتكلم علي جرائم صعب للغاية

الفكرة ان اغلبهم اتقبض عليهم ولنقص الادلة بيطلعوا

ما بين الاطباء اللي قتلوا 200 شخص والراجل تشوفه تقول راجل محترم كدا ولا تشك لحظة

قادر استوعب فكرة ان فيهم ناس بتعاني من امراض عقلية بس فعلا مش بالشكل دا

انت بتتكلم علي قتل بوحشة

اغتصاب
مضاجعة موتي
سلخ
قطع اعضاء
اكل لحوم بشر
خطف

مفيش اي مبرر ، حقيقي

لقتل اكثر من 300 طفل وف النهاية حر طليق دلوقتي

وفيه ناس لغاية دلوقتي مازالوا عايشين بسبب حكم المؤبد

بتخيل الموقف لو حصل عندنا

من اول جريمة ممكن يعترف انه قتل نفسه وانه اللي وقع البرجين

تحقيق جيد جدا

ومعلومات جيدة وباسلوب جيد لعرض المعلومات



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3,296 reviews242 followers
January 15, 2016
A quick read that did not meet my expectations as far as having any sort of meaningful timeline format. There were also several obvious mistakes in the text. However, it was well-illustrated and -- most valuable in my eyes -- the author made an effort to list all the known victims of each killer with the dates of death. I rather wish he had covered more killers, not just a few of the famous ones, for this reason.
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38 reviews1 follower
February 8, 2019
A new edition of an older book. A not very detailed account of 25 random persons.
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189 reviews1 follower
June 6, 2022
Nice. Another book down. Isolation gives you so much time to read. I love it.

This book was fascinating to read. Unfortunately, I already knew a lot of the serial killers in here so it's just rehashing what I already knew about these people. There were a few new ones but the whole time I was like "Oh yeah. I know you already. You buried people in your backyard. Oh yeah. You're the one with the strangulation".

True crime is my life now. I'm really into interrogation videos on YouTube. I could watch analysis videos of those all day.

ANywaysssss

I won't go through all of people I've highlighted. I'll just list down the people that piqued my interest.

Andrei Chikatilo
Harold Shipman
Pedro Lopez
H. H. Holmes
Dennis Nilsen
Jack The Ripper
Randy Kraft
The Yorkshire Ripper
Jane Toppan

yep. There are special mentions of the classics that I'm fascinated with: Bundy, Dahmer, Wuornos.

It feels weird reviewing this book. It's an interesting read though.
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November 22, 2024
موسوعة عظيمة تجمع مجموعة من القتلة المتسلسلين سواء شخص واحد أو مجموعة،
لكل قاتل متسلسل هناك حديث عن حياته، وتسلسل جرائمه، وتخصيص تسلسل واحد لواحدة من جرائمه.
مدعمة بالمصادر والصور.
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117 reviews15 followers
July 17, 2019
أمانةً كانت قراءاتي له في فترات متقطعة!
لأن القارئ الشغوف بيهمه يعرف كيف بدأت القصة لكل مجرم وكيف إنتهى!
لكن أنا كان دافعي هو دراسة كل قصة !
بمحاولة فهم سيكولوجية القاتل ونشأته وتحليل أسبابه! ونمط جرائمه وعن إيش تعبر وإيش الرسالة فيها !!

ممتع للمهتمين بفهم ودراسة وتحليل العقل الإجرامي.
Profile Image for Shane Phillips.
6 reviews
May 14, 2012
As the title states, it's full of images, however is limited in its scope of covered serial murderers. As a result, it's too limited to be of much use other than for those who like pictures. If that's the case, Google images is a lot faster.
Profile Image for Chrissy Daly.
20 reviews1 follower
September 29, 2012
Excellent break down of who did what and when and HOW! The more gory details the better and this one cuts (haha) right to the chase. If you don't want to read a whole book about just one killer and rather a bunch all in one, this is a good pick. Mostly well known killers, "infamous" if you will.
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14 reviews
July 18, 2012
Thought the book was interesting. It basically gives an overview of some famous serial killers without a lot of extra details
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