Murders Unspeakable: Fifteen Horrific True Crimes

by Georgina Lloyd

This gripping volume explores the darker side of the human psyche by bringing together 15 of the most horrific and gruesome murder stories of the last century. It examines such killers as the self-confessed cannibal Kenneth Stogsdill; Michael Yarborough, who dismembered his victim before putting him in a trash can and down the toilet; and Fritz Haarmann, whose lust for blood was sated as he butchered teenage youths during World War I and sold their flesh for meat on the black market.

Genres: True Crime

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

Reviews

[L. Penn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, the highly informative and descriptive Ms Lloyd establishes another delivered piece to shock, sicken, and shake you up. After Norman Lucas's perspective on suck aberrant killers, Ms Lloyd further summons up in easy style there'll always be need for good police work to catch these monsters. Not too sure on her take for recidivists having better jail conditions though. There are no simple answers however repeat sex offenders should never be let out.
It's taken centuries for evil to flourish and grow out of control (just look at internet content) and we cannot see it lessen.
Prisons may not work but they're places we need more of to cage the vile animals committing society's ills. Of the 15 horrific murders detailed in this book, from wartime cannibalism to 1980's slayings, there's no place for this level of murderer except eternity behind bars. After such a furiously pounding read, I'm going to try a Cathy Glass fiction novel.

[Colin Wheatley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the book that got me interested in true crime. I first read it in the early nineties and it scared the shit out of me. Re-reading it thirty years later, I still find it frightening and unsettling, but realise now that the collection isn’t much more than a series of magazine-style summaries. Today these kind of case overviews have been replaced by Wikipedia articles. Lloyd’s collection is better in that respect.

[Patricia Atkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

diffrent murders from around the world