The World"s Most Infamous Murders

by Nigel Blundell, Roger Boar

Excellent Book

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime, History, Biography

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Nigel Blundell is a journalist who has worked in Australia, the United States and Britain. He spent 25 years in Fleet Street before becoming an author and contributor to national newspapers. He has written more than 40 books, including best-sellers on crime and royalty. He co-wrote the Top Ten exposé Fall of the House of Windsor, which first revealed the so-called ‘Squidgygate’ tape and the infidelity of both Princess Diana and Prince Charles. His other factual subjects have included military history, celebrity scandals, and ghosts and the paranormal.

Reviews

[Crime Addict Sifat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crime and Brutality at it's best. Most murders are unpremeditated acts submitted in a concise snapshot of fury. In any case, there are different murders that are more vile, persuaded by avarice, or to satisfy distorted wishes. This book has all the daily newspaper features as far as Crime and Brutality is concerned.

I won't recommend this book to the soft-hearted people though. Trust me, this book has all the negativity as far as real life murder and other crime is concerned. If you believe you can take it, then go for it; Orelse don't. Crime scenes got really brutal inside.

[Miranda Kotter · Rating 2 out of 5]

**2.5 Stars

[Wesam Karam · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good one

[Jamie Mankelow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting to find out that allthough these murders are pretty gruesome a lot of them didn't kill as many as i thought. Not that i'm condoning any of them of course , murder is murder whatever way you look at it. Just amazed at how little i knew about them despite a lot of them being huge stories mentioned on tv etc throughout my life.Very informative and well written.

[Alex Simeon · Rating 3 out of 5]

quite intense and disturbing to read about so many murders and killings that have occurred through the years. each murderer had their own brief segment in the book talking about their childhood, their motives and the number of people that they've killed, along with their different methods. it's the perfect bite-size information that does not really overwhelm the reader though, it feels overwhelming going through a decent amount of crimes that the book features from Bonnie & Clyde to Jack the Ripper to the Yorkshire Ripper to John Wayne Gacy and many more. wow can't wait to finally read something light after this hahaha

[Laura Boland · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a small book with several short murder stories inside. Whilst it is what the cover suggests I found myself quite dissapointed. It wasn’t quite as good as I’d hoped really. The cover really did draw me in and I was excited about the book due to the appearance of the cover but it didn’t live up to my expectations.
The text size was ridiculously small too which I think didn’t help matters. This book came as part of a large collection and I just hope the others won’t feel this much of a let down.

[Anindita Barshan · Rating 4 out of 5]

sometimes gruesome but irresistible...
different criminal minds will surely startle you

[Musfiq · Rating 1 out of 5]

Shocking brutal story

[Rushabh Shah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite interesting but disturbing too - I don't recommend it for anyone that doesn't like horror (or to anyone at all).

[Didit Priandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Jijik, Sadis & Psycho -

[James Doyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice little read. It would be nice to see an updated version of the book, as you can tell it's a little bit older.

Overall, this does what it says on the tin - we get to read all about murders, stretching across history.

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably a bit dated now but it was an interesting read and I enjoyed the concise summarising of the crimes and the brief snapshots of brutality that lead me to research further.

[Hayleigh Marie Whitelock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting stories, I like the way the chapters are structured.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Adnan Shahid · Rating 4 out of 5]

ভয়ঙ্কর, স্নায়ুচাপের পরীক্ষা সম্বলিত ব্যতিক্রমী এক বই!

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. It was an old book so I was curious to pick it up. It doesn't stand the test of time but it was interesting to see how these crimes were written about years ago.

[Chaity Podder · Rating 3 out of 5]

সেদিন এই বইটার উপর, একজনের কমেন্টস দেখে পড়া শুরু করি। এক কথায় বলা যায় নৃশংস। পড়তে পড়তে মাঝে মাঝেই মনে হচ্ছিল, আমিও কি এতটাই নিষ্ঠুর যে এই বইটা পড়ছি আবার শেষ না হওয়া অব্দি পড়াও থামাতে পারছিলাম না। সত্যিই, কিছুটা হলেও মনের জোর দরকার এই বইটা পড়তে। অনুবাদ ই গাঁ শিউরে দেয়, মূল টা আর চেষ্টা করবো না।
অনুবাদক তার কাজ করেছেন, কিন্তু অনুবাদের মান গড়পড়তা চলতি বাজারে পাওয়া অন্যগুলোর মতই, কোন বিশেষত্ব নাই।

[Clare Davoren]

Definitely a bit out-dated as it was first published in 1986. Also a lot of non-PC terms are used but that makes sense because of the time of release. Full of short and sweet overviews of infamous murders, it's a good starting point for someone just starting to get into true crime or even just a coffee table read for fans of true crime.

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 4 out of 5]

These real life reports are quite interesting

[Hayley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Morbid, but fascinating. I especially enjoyed reading about the factual cases behind the murders that have been copied for shows like Criminal Minds.

[Shahrun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this a long time ago. Makes pretty grusome reading. I like the format, of each chapter dealing with a different subject.

[Kirsty Hoggons · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book. The stories were long enough to get all of the information and they did not drag on!

[Zoey Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not up to date but still an incredibly fascinating read. 3 out of 5 stars!

[Anwar behbehani · Rating 1 out of 5]

super straight forward, a bit lame, i thought it would be more interesting. the comments make me want to continue reading it. but so far can't be bothered.