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Serial Killers:Top 10 Aggressive Serial Killers On The Planet,Based On True Crimes Stories,Most Horrific Mysterious killers,Most Shocking True Crimes
In this book, I have related ten different tales all of which are based on true stories of serial killers. From a long time, we have been both repulsed and fascinated with serial killers, their mentality and their way of working.
Psychologists and psychoanalysts across the world have been driven by questions such as “What motivates them,” “Why do they have abnormal behaviors,” “Are their brains wired differently from ordinary people?” While answers for these questions are still in the nascent stages, our fascination to listen to such stories has only increased rather than decreased despite the repulsive component.
The nature and character of serial killers continue to be a subject mired in mystery since the concept of psychology itself is still incomprehensible by humans. We have no idea as to how our emotions and feelings swing from one end to another even for ordinary human beings. The subject remaining constant, I easily can feel how different I felt about it yesterday from how I am feeling about it today.
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Psychologists and psychoanalysts across the world have been driven by questions such as “What motivates them,” “Why do they have abnormal behaviors,” “Are their brains wired differently from ordinary people?” While answers for these questions are still in the nascent stages, our fascination to listen to such stories has only increased rather than decreased despite the repulsive component.
The nature and character of serial killers continue to be a subject mired in mystery since the concept of psychology itself is still incomprehensible by humans. We have no idea as to how our emotions and feelings swing from one end to another even for ordinary human beings. The subject remaining constant, I easily can feel how different I felt about it yesterday from how I am feeling about it today.
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Fictions,True Crimes,Terrifying Killers,Murderers,Mystery Stories,Worst Serial Killers,Homicides,Madness
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Published July 15, 2016
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July 27, 2016
This document is offered as a collection of short stories. The subtitle Top 10 Aggressive Serial Killers on the Planet, Based on True Crime Stories leads us to believe we will read several stories. The table of contents lists four chapters, so it seems we will be doubling up here a bit. The subtitle does say “on the planet,” so I guess we are supposed to excuse the situation where in chapter four, the killers are actually extraterrestrials responding to orders from some headquarters on another planet.
We have all heard “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Heard, yes, but we do it anyway. With respect to the sometimes necessary grammar breaches that journalism claims as a right when trying to compress meaning, into headlines, “Based On True Story,” displayed on the book’s cover, doesn’t get to claim that exception. It is ungrammatical and, by itself, possibly a minor point. Added to the mess that follows, it compounded the annoyance I felt at looking though this attempt at a story.
I reviewed this publication at the author’s request for a review. Occasionally I get such requests with the caveat, “this is a proof copy only, please excuse as yet uncorrected errors.”. Instead, at Kindle location 264 there was a request to leave a review on Amazon. If I am going to post a review on Amazon, the review will be of what I have read, not of something that might be revised in the future. At any rate, no such warning came with this work.
Because this is a very short work, I read through it quickly and was appalled at the disrespect shown to the reader by touting and advertising this as a product ready for publication. My first impression was that this was written by a non-native speaker of English. I teach English in an English as a Foreign Language program. If I were being generous, this work would receive a C grade conditional on submission of an acceptable revision. If the author is a non-native speaker and writer of English, my advice is to get a proofreader, you are not even at the editor stage yet. If you can’t do this, at least get a native English speaker to look over it for you. If the author is a native English speaker, my advice is far different and could only be given in a face-to-face interview with the author.
So why did I post the review on my blog? These posts are for my students in a literary criticism class. I want them to read many kinds of literature; the good, bad, and the ugly. This work fits two of the categories. Now on to some, not all, glaring deficiencies.
“Why do they have abnormal behaviors,” (loc 39). Think about rephrasing. It is minor, but it clangs.
“A few basic traits that researchers and psychoanalyst and some of they have identified separate serial killers from normal people are:” (loc 50-51). “Some of they????” This is insulting.
“I hope these stories chill you as much as they chilled me when I read about them and while I created stories based on them.” (loc 59-60). You may have created stories based on them, but there is no reference to sources anywhere. I guess I could just google terms to find the information, but how do I know it is the information you used?
“Brazilian friends over at our house. One of them was called Pedro.” (loc 68-69). This was the first clue that told me the author was possibly a non-native user of English.
“And I said to myself, “If my father can do to me then I can do to Diana!” (loc 89-90). This reinforced the above possibility.
“I wish to talk to you only about one other time when I was born as Countess Elizabeth Bathory way back in 1560.” (loc 107-108). At this point I might go back to Amazon and ask for a refund. This time-traveler killer thing is not what I was led to expect.
“That man was a shrew and, somehow, seemed to read me like an open book.” (loc 130). There are commonly accepted definitions of "shrew." The author might want to consult a dictionary, not a thesaurus.
“When their happiness changed to fear for the first time during our encounter gave me a high that no drug in the world could give.” (loc 145-146). An editor is not necessary here, a proofreader would have caught it.
“Finally, I found Thurzo and large family scattered all across America.” (loc 149) Same as above.
“for the British settlers and at other times they fought against the settlers. They chose their side depending on their needs.” (loc 159-160). It would have been polite to give a time reference. Of which conflict are we writing?
The following three items should be considered together for context:
a. “The serial killers worked out of various places including Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky.” (loc 157).
b. “credited” with being the first known serial killers in America.” (loc 158-159).
c. “immense pleasure in plundering and killing as they marched with dacoits, pirates, or soldiers pillaging villages at will.” (loc 162-163).
It is possible there were dacoits; anything is possible. But if you are going to suggest that members of armed bands from India and Myanmar were running around in Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky, it would be very helpful to cite a reference. If you claim creativity in fiction, I would criticize this as absurd. I suspect that pesky thesaurus again.
“Actually, there was nothing to talk.” (loc 212). Back to the suspicion of a non-native English language writer.
“All three of us came from a distant planet so far away from Earth that it would take Death to put us back there.” (loc 221-222). And this is where I will leave the story.
After reading this, I would definitely contact Amazon for a refund.
We have all heard “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Heard, yes, but we do it anyway. With respect to the sometimes necessary grammar breaches that journalism claims as a right when trying to compress meaning, into headlines, “Based On True Story,” displayed on the book’s cover, doesn’t get to claim that exception. It is ungrammatical and, by itself, possibly a minor point. Added to the mess that follows, it compounded the annoyance I felt at looking though this attempt at a story.
I reviewed this publication at the author’s request for a review. Occasionally I get such requests with the caveat, “this is a proof copy only, please excuse as yet uncorrected errors.”. Instead, at Kindle location 264 there was a request to leave a review on Amazon. If I am going to post a review on Amazon, the review will be of what I have read, not of something that might be revised in the future. At any rate, no such warning came with this work.
Because this is a very short work, I read through it quickly and was appalled at the disrespect shown to the reader by touting and advertising this as a product ready for publication. My first impression was that this was written by a non-native speaker of English. I teach English in an English as a Foreign Language program. If I were being generous, this work would receive a C grade conditional on submission of an acceptable revision. If the author is a non-native speaker and writer of English, my advice is to get a proofreader, you are not even at the editor stage yet. If you can’t do this, at least get a native English speaker to look over it for you. If the author is a native English speaker, my advice is far different and could only be given in a face-to-face interview with the author.
So why did I post the review on my blog? These posts are for my students in a literary criticism class. I want them to read many kinds of literature; the good, bad, and the ugly. This work fits two of the categories. Now on to some, not all, glaring deficiencies.
“Why do they have abnormal behaviors,” (loc 39). Think about rephrasing. It is minor, but it clangs.
“A few basic traits that researchers and psychoanalyst and some of they have identified separate serial killers from normal people are:” (loc 50-51). “Some of they????” This is insulting.
“I hope these stories chill you as much as they chilled me when I read about them and while I created stories based on them.” (loc 59-60). You may have created stories based on them, but there is no reference to sources anywhere. I guess I could just google terms to find the information, but how do I know it is the information you used?
“Brazilian friends over at our house. One of them was called Pedro.” (loc 68-69). This was the first clue that told me the author was possibly a non-native user of English.
“And I said to myself, “If my father can do to me then I can do to Diana!” (loc 89-90). This reinforced the above possibility.
“I wish to talk to you only about one other time when I was born as Countess Elizabeth Bathory way back in 1560.” (loc 107-108). At this point I might go back to Amazon and ask for a refund. This time-traveler killer thing is not what I was led to expect.
“That man was a shrew and, somehow, seemed to read me like an open book.” (loc 130). There are commonly accepted definitions of "shrew." The author might want to consult a dictionary, not a thesaurus.
“When their happiness changed to fear for the first time during our encounter gave me a high that no drug in the world could give.” (loc 145-146). An editor is not necessary here, a proofreader would have caught it.
“Finally, I found Thurzo and large family scattered all across America.” (loc 149) Same as above.
“for the British settlers and at other times they fought against the settlers. They chose their side depending on their needs.” (loc 159-160). It would have been polite to give a time reference. Of which conflict are we writing?
The following three items should be considered together for context:
a. “The serial killers worked out of various places including Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky.” (loc 157).
b. “credited” with being the first known serial killers in America.” (loc 158-159).
c. “immense pleasure in plundering and killing as they marched with dacoits, pirates, or soldiers pillaging villages at will.” (loc 162-163).
It is possible there were dacoits; anything is possible. But if you are going to suggest that members of armed bands from India and Myanmar were running around in Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky, it would be very helpful to cite a reference. If you claim creativity in fiction, I would criticize this as absurd. I suspect that pesky thesaurus again.
“Actually, there was nothing to talk.” (loc 212). Back to the suspicion of a non-native English language writer.
“All three of us came from a distant planet so far away from Earth that it would take Death to put us back there.” (loc 221-222). And this is where I will leave the story.
After reading this, I would definitely contact Amazon for a refund.
February 22, 2017
Serial killer fanfic?
I see I'm not the only one who thought, "What did I just read?" Instead of the Forensic Files-style true crime stories I had expected, instead, I got serial killer fanfic. Yes, I've read some fanfic in my time (albeit never about murderers), and I wouldn't even place this offering amongst the good examples of that genre.
I see I'm not the only one who thought, "What did I just read?" Instead of the Forensic Files-style true crime stories I had expected, instead, I got serial killer fanfic. Yes, I've read some fanfic in my time (albeit never about murderers), and I wouldn't even place this offering amongst the good examples of that genre.
July 22, 2016
These stories are based on the lives and times of true serial killers. However, the author has taken the liberty to add his own twist to each of their stories by interlinking the characters. Consequently, this was with the sole purpose of creating a work of fiction. It’s an unusual approach but nonetheless makes for an interesting read. This book relates to ten different tales all of which are based on true stories of serial killers.
This was a good short read that was really hard to put down. It's an insightful and graphically detailed account of some of the most horrific murders. In fact, while reading it, I found myself quickly turning the pages to see where the author was going with this work. Not necessarily because it's all that enjoyable in any way, shape or form, to delve a little too deeply into the malefic minds of such murderous people, but because I sincerely believe that most people are fascinated in one way or another by serial killers. Perhaps it’s the human morbid fascination with death. I’m not exactly sure. However, maybe it just astounds the average person as to how depraved another individual can be. The author approaches these stories with a different slant that I found both intriguing and alluring. I found myself wanting more.
Even if you are a seasoned campaigner of true crime; Serial Killers: Top 10 Aggressive Serial Killers on the Planet; will surely raise more than a few hairs on the back of your neck. It was a first-rate read and the author gave a perspective to these killers that were both fascinating and intriguing. This was one of the better crime books that I have read recently.
I would highly recommend this short read to all fans of the Crime/Mystery, Thriller & Suspense genre. Five stars from me and looking forward to reading more from Robert Lean in the future.
This was a good short read that was really hard to put down. It's an insightful and graphically detailed account of some of the most horrific murders. In fact, while reading it, I found myself quickly turning the pages to see where the author was going with this work. Not necessarily because it's all that enjoyable in any way, shape or form, to delve a little too deeply into the malefic minds of such murderous people, but because I sincerely believe that most people are fascinated in one way or another by serial killers. Perhaps it’s the human morbid fascination with death. I’m not exactly sure. However, maybe it just astounds the average person as to how depraved another individual can be. The author approaches these stories with a different slant that I found both intriguing and alluring. I found myself wanting more.
Even if you are a seasoned campaigner of true crime; Serial Killers: Top 10 Aggressive Serial Killers on the Planet; will surely raise more than a few hairs on the back of your neck. It was a first-rate read and the author gave a perspective to these killers that were both fascinating and intriguing. This was one of the better crime books that I have read recently.
I would highly recommend this short read to all fans of the Crime/Mystery, Thriller & Suspense genre. Five stars from me and looking forward to reading more from Robert Lean in the future.
January 1, 2017
I downloaded this book thinking it was a true crime book and I received a bit of a shock when I started reading! This is not a book with accounts of true crime cases. This is a collection of four very short pieces of creative writing that has been inspired by real serial killers.
Although this w as not what I bargained for I really loved the concept. However, I do not feel that this concept has been executed well at all. The stories are not developed well so lack depth and the characters are unbelievable. The stories are written in an immature style and are very fanciful.
Sadly, not a good read.
Although this w as not what I bargained for I really loved the concept. However, I do not feel that this concept has been executed well at all. The stories are not developed well so lack depth and the characters are unbelievable. The stories are written in an immature style and are very fanciful.
Sadly, not a good read.
May 25, 2018
Fiction
Do not waste your money on this book. It is fiction and even then not very good. Not very good at all.
Do not waste your money on this book. It is fiction and even then not very good. Not very good at all.
July 24, 2016
Interesting....
Honestly I wasn't sure about this book. There are truth and facts mixed in with fiction. You start to believe what you read, but something doesn't fit right, something is off...I love an hour from Raiford, it's where my family is from. My great uncle was a warden at FSP.(Florida State Prison) for years. I've say this because I've never heard of an earthquake taking place, killing all the inmates, this is all the non facts about the book. Not to mention 3 inmates meeting, 3 serial killers, having a meeting.. It's funny and interesting to think about but not true in the least... Loved the book, it was good for a laugh. I like true crimes, facts and truths about crimes. I like books that give you an inside look at the working of these killers minds. What happened in court, what evidence they had, facts life after being sent to prison. If that's what you're looking for as well, this is not the book for you.
Honestly I wasn't sure about this book. There are truth and facts mixed in with fiction. You start to believe what you read, but something doesn't fit right, something is off...I love an hour from Raiford, it's where my family is from. My great uncle was a warden at FSP.(Florida State Prison) for years. I've say this because I've never heard of an earthquake taking place, killing all the inmates, this is all the non facts about the book. Not to mention 3 inmates meeting, 3 serial killers, having a meeting.. It's funny and interesting to think about but not true in the least... Loved the book, it was good for a laugh. I like true crimes, facts and truths about crimes. I like books that give you an inside look at the working of these killers minds. What happened in court, what evidence they had, facts life after being sent to prison. If that's what you're looking for as well, this is not the book for you.
February 7, 2017
dark fictional stories
unnecessary dark fictional stories of already dark characters. do not understand the need for such a book, just someone elses understanding of what serial killers think like.
unnecessary dark fictional stories of already dark characters. do not understand the need for such a book, just someone elses understanding of what serial killers think like.
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