Killer Kids Volume 1: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill

by Robert Keller

22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill, including; Kip Kinkel : Voted by his classmates, the “Most Likely to Start World War III,” Kinkel was a crime just waiting to happen. Add guns to the mix and you have a massacre. Eric Smith : The brutal murder of a young boy shocks a small community in upstate New York. No one could have guessed that the killer was just 13 years old. Barry Loukaitis : The tragic tale of a bullied child, an unstable mother, and a shooting spree that destroyed three young lives. Cayetano Santos Godino : Known as the “Jug-eared Dwarf,” Godino was a juvenile serial killer who terrorized Buenos Aires, Argentina during the early 1900s. Dedrick Owens : A cold-blooded murder committed by a killer who, shockingly, was just six years old. Sam Manzie : A problem child from an early age, Manzie eventually devolved to murder when he lured, raped and strangled an 11-year-old boy. Joshua Phillips : A horrific sex crime with an unlikely perpetrator, the most popular kid on the block. Jesse Pomeroy : A malevolent youngster who killed at least two children and tortured many others, Pomeroy might just be America’s youngest serial killer. ˃˃˃ ˃˃˃ ˃˃˃ Plus 14 more horrific true murder cases. Scroll up to grab a copy of Killer Kids Volume 1. Book Series by Robert Keller Most of my works cover serial killers, while the “Murder Most Vile” series covers individual true crime stories. These are the main collections; Robert Keller’s True Crime eBook

Genres: True Crime, Crime, Nonfiction

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2018

Reviews

[amerie ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

short, disturbing & very sad, most of these chapters were only like 3-6 pages and he still found a way to write enough details for every case

[L J Field · Rating 4 out of 5]

By my count, this is Robert Keller’s 71st True Crime book. Each of these books relates the facts involved in the history of from twelve to twenty-two killers, mass murderers or serial killers. You would think he would run out of stories, but here Keller describes the actions of twenty-two children who killed, mostly in heinous fashion. Most of these mad kids are our contemporaries, but a few go back in time to the infamous Jesse Pomeroy crimes in the 1870s. This is mesmerizing reading. One would think that the children themselves had been brutalized in their upbringing, making them the monsters they were soon to become — but that is not necessarily the case. While a very few in this collection had a traumatized childhood, most seem to have come from average and loving homes. There are seemingly no explanations for the mental madness that ensued. It leads one to put stock in the “Bad Seed” theory. Once started, this book is hard to put down. It is a chilling foray into the dark.

[Jennie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each specific story is quick, short, sweet, and to the point. Reads similar to a short newspaper article or a Wikipedia article. No complaints here. Easily finished in one sitting.

[Norma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the other books in the series, a quick read that is basically just a over view of the cases but a good read.

[Book_Worm_Jim.83 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have ordered all the books within the Robert Keller - Killer Kids Series. They have all sat on my shelf and have been patiently waiting to be read for quite some time.

I finally got round to reading the Volume 1 in the series, it makes for some gripping reading as these are all Non-Fiction. For me this first book brought back a crime that I remember vividly as it played out on the media and I was the same age as the two killers. "Jon Venables & Robert Thomson" Who tortured and killed little James Bulger.

Volume 1 contains twenty two stories including Sam Manzie, Evan Ramsey, Kip Kinkel among others.

The stories are short but contain all the details of the crime. What ked up to the crime, how it was investigated and what happened after.

[SJ Meares · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disturbing but well written

I can't say that I enjoyed this book and the content within it because I didn't. However, I expected as much going into this book and wasn't let down. The stories trapped within these pages were dark, twisted, and disturbing, especially being a mother to kids of my own. This book is very well written and went surprisingly fast for me, which I liked because I'm not normally one to read nonfiction at all. The chapters were short but held plenty of detail and background to each of the children and the circumstances surrounding how they and their crimes came to be. It's a reminder that darkness and evil can exist within all walks of life, sometimes appearing when it's least expected.

I quite enjoy true crime documentaries and thought I'd give a similar novel a try, picking this one. It was an interesting beginning to my reading of written true crime and will probably check out the others in this series. As humans we are often drawn to morbid curiosities and this is definitely one of those things.

18+ with many triggering aspects.

[Beth Shuler · Rating 5 out of 5]

More then I imagined

First I must say this book was so much more then I imagined and expected! Mr. Keller once again had written a well informed and researched book! To be honest I expected it to be like a lot of other books about the same stories you read about over and over! But because it was written from this author I decided to at least try it. I am so glad I did! While there were a few ones I am very familiar with most of these I wasn't! And if I had heard about it I still learned something I didn't know!
So if you are thinking about this book, don't think any more! It's worth the money and so much more! I'm fact I will say if you are thinking about ANY of his books it's worth it!! You won't be disappointed!!

[Deirdre · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book unfortunately boys as young as six years old were homicidal. Those that hadn't killed by that age were often displaying antisocial or weird behaviors. While others were being abused or harshly bullied based on their size or appearance. No one seemed to care enough to put an end to it.

Some displayed they were beyond redemption by the time they reached their teens. Their crimes so heinous crime - adult sentencing seemed the only way to stop their behavior of victimizing other youth - children younger and smaller than themselves. For a few usually in the 19th century capital punishment was all that could be done to end the horror & misery they'd inflicted when murdering someone else's young child.

[Bettye McKee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shocking but true

Do you know what your children are up to?

These 22 shocking cases are about children who slaughtered and slashed, shot and strangled and bludgeoned their way to prison. Often their victims were younger children, small enough to overpower and control.

These young killers for the most part lacked parental supervision and guidance, but a few of them appear to have just been bad seed, born to raise hell. One major problem is that the courts don't know what to do with them, so they are only incarcerated for a brief time. Then they are free to kill again.

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[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hard book to read, especially since I was around when some of these deaths happened, and knew about them. There were some that I had never heard of, they were all hard to take in, but I have always liked True Crime books! One of my absolute favorite authors is Anne Rule, and I own all of her books! This was nowhere near her writing, but was decent.

[Elisabeth Brookshire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good

If you want to read quick true crime anthologies may I suggest Keller's books as your choice. Well edited and consisting of many unknown stories these are much more satisfying than those of others.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed each story that was told especially knowing they are true

I would have enjoyed looking at some more pictures of the offenders and their victims. I could not put this book down.

[Beckie Treble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shocking!

A really interesting read. I hadn't heard of many of the subjects and was interesting to read of crimes that happened in the late 1800's and in countries other than America and the UK.

[Kay ☾ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish this was more detailed. I found myself googling a bit more on certain cases. None the less for less than $5 this was a good read. Read about cases I never heard about, just wish there were more details.

[cathy lynne smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good quick read

This book consists of chapters devoted entirely to one murderer at a time. That's great if you have short spurts of time in which to read. The writing was interesting and all seemed unbiased and just follows the true details of the crime.

[Jessica Santoriello · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have a true crime podcast (forihavesinnedpod.com) and we do a killer kids segment. Using these books for references. They don't give very much detail into the cases, but they're fine for what they are.

[Melinda Frazer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robert Keller does it again

Robert Keller is my favourite author. Every story, I'm there, like a fly on the wall.. thanks for another great informative book Robert! Off to read Volume 2

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way these 22 stories were written made me feel like I knew the case personally. Some of them were so tragic it broke my heart. I'm now reading volume 2 tho and I'm shocked at some of the details and the ages of these kids!!

[Chelsea May xxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sad book to read. You never expect kids to become killers at all. I feel sorri for for all the families mentioned in this book as there lives have been ripped about. Some of the killers in this book should never have been let out of jail at all they should be still locked up. Xxx

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting Read

This was the most well written off Keller's books to date. It chronicles some of the youngest killers every caught.

[Dawn Peters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well done

Very well written. Enough detail in each story without all of the fluff. Disturbing that kids can commit such heinous crimes.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Page turner

Definitely recommend if interested in crime etc, my wife finished it in 1 day. Plan on reading more by this author.

[Adaija Packnet · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good true crime read

Most of these cases I’ve already heard about through various true crime shows but it was still a good read overall

[Tonia Stump · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these stories were beyond belief! So sad that children could be so violent. Each episode very short, 4-5 pages, making it a fast, easy read.

[Veronica Hricik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating

Fantastic and informative.I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read #2 in the series. You will love this boom!

[Charlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!

A book containing short biographical and criminal histories of children who have been murderers/serial killers since about the 1850s. Well written.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

sad

[Sunshine Hoover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

This was definitely an interesting read. It's scary to think about children as evil, but they are out there. This was definitely a disturbing read.

[Tori Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Information about the cases was very interesting but there were a lot of spelling and grammatical errors.

[Dylan Tattar · Rating 4 out of 5]

short but good

For anyone who’s into books about killers and is really interested in short reads check this out I loved it