Serial Killers: Horrifying True-Life Cases of Pure Evil

by Charlotte Greig

'To me it was like hunting. Hunting people down.'
Anatoly Onoprienko

From perverse acts of cannibalism and dark sexual fantasies to vicious acts motivated by greed and a simple lust for blood, this book reveals the methods and motivations of some of the world's most notorious serial killers, including Juan Corona, Ian Brady & Myra Hindley, Pee Wee Gaskins and Ivan Milat.

Discover the true stories behind celebrity murderers whose names have become legend, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, as well as the chilling truth about psychopaths such as Anatoly Onoprienko, whose urge to murder whole families was suppressed by the USSR and has only recently come to light.

Whatever the personal stories that emerge from this line-up of fifty twisted individuals, Serial Killers is a compelling testament, and warning, of the potential of human behaviour for true horror and pure evil.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 29, 2012

Reviews

[Meeko · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was ok.

It's just said,,,,who killed who, how they killed, when they killed. And how they grew up with who....
It's just like their information from Wikipedia.
I wanted to know why they have done that. Or how their childhood life affected murders.

So when I was reading, it was kind of boring to me.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked how it went into the psychology of the killers and different kinds but it was kinda basic information I could find online myself. I also wish it went into more information about the psychological parts

[Faye Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting!

I find the psychology of serial killers really interesting - and this book explored the minds of the killers, though not too deeply so made for relatively light reading (considering the subject matter!)

[Mishon · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were several cases I was familiar with, a couple I hadn’t heard of before. This was a very fact based - so and so did such and such on such and such a date etc - kind of read.

[Sierra Valentine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was interesting but the writing was awful, I don't even remember what I read in the last pages. It stopped being interesting when I got too annoyed with the writing.

[teleri · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is 380 pages long but I can't help feeling like this book was not supposed to be this long. The first thing I noticed when opening the book was the size of the font, I honestly don't know why it needs to be this big, but my guess is that it's to make the book look thicker and (hopefully) trick you into thinking you're reading a lot, when in reality, you're not.

The first section of serial killers are those christened the Angels of Death and the first serial killer is Nannie Doss, and everything you need to know about her is stuffed into six very short pages. I got the vibe that the author wanted to mention as many serial killers as she could, in one book. I feel like this book is for those who don't know anything about serial killers, a starter guide so to speak, but for those who have a larger knowhow on these kinds of people, I suggest you avoid it. Over all, reading this book, I felt like the author skimmed over the criminals, and something I noticed was that the book never went into satisfactory detail.

Another down side to this book, is the fact that it has some grammar mistakes: something I wouldn't expect in a published book. She often says dates as 10 September instead of the 10th of September, and it got rather annoying.

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. It was easy to understand and you got to see the horrible works of the serial killers. The one thing that makes it a four star book and not a five, is that it gets a bit boring after a while to read about new serial killers. Their way of doing things are usually pretty similar and it is a bit repetitive because of that.

[Kate Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Touches mainly on killers from America with a few from the UK, good if you want to know about a serial killer in short version.

[Kaylie Sudlow]

Some new content of killers I hadn't heard of. This would have been a 4 * rating if the grammar had of been better.

[Vanessa Pace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read . These stories were horrifying but intriguing at the same time. I couldn't put this book down !

[Emelie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The translation was awful (i read the swedish version), although it was a really good book!

[Bella Virgina]

great