1950s - A Decade of Serial Killers: The Most Evil Serial Killers of the 1950s

by Jack Smith

Discover the most wicked serial killers of the 1950s, one of the worst decades of true crime and heinous serial murderers America and the World have ever known. Download FREE with Kindle Unlimited Most of us remember the 1950s as a time that was more innocent and carefree—but memories can often be deceiving. Although the fifties probably isn’t the first that decade comes to mind when serial killers are mentioned, it had its fair share, including particularly ghoulish ones such as Edward Gein. One reason that the serial killers of the 1950s aren’t better known is that many of them committed crimes that were simply too horrible for the news media of the day to touch with a ten-foot pole. Unlike today, when all manner of mayhem makes the front page and the nightly news, the fifties featured a high degree of censorship. The sordid story of Harvey Glatman, for example, who brutalized women and took obscene photos of them both before and after he killed them, just couldn’t be told. But whether they were reported or not, these things happened, and this book uncovers some of the worst of them, revealing the terrible details of these almost forgotten serial killer cases. Read on your favorite devices such as Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Android cellular phone, tablet, laptop, or computer with Amazon's free reading Kindle App. Scroll back up and click the BUY NOW button at the top right side of this page for an immediate download!

Genres: True Crime, Anthologies, Nonfiction, History

82 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 4, 2020

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Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a lot shorter than I thought it would be when I bought it so when the contents inside were limited, I wasn’t shocked. It felt like an average research paper that was a very basic overview. I think it was a good introduction to these serial killers, but I was disappointed by the lack of information. I wish each were elaborated about more with more specifics on the murders they had commit and more information about who their victims were and at least list their names out of respect. The book gave me names of killers in the 50s that I will do more research on my own, but that’s about all it provided for me.

[Jerry Jares · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seemed very average; one story came from Kenya. Maybe there wasn't much by way of serial killing in the US in the 1950s. The author gave an overview of what each person had done, but he gave his opinions, which I thought was odd. What each serial killer did was horrific enough without the author adding his 2 cents worth. This almost seemed like a book report; he told the reader which book he used to glean his information from.

[Randolph Rossi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Very Short Study of the Serial Killers of the 1950’s

It was a quick read which meant that there were only a few serial killers in the 1950’s and each killer was not investigated throughly.

[Issabella Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was interesting to see the different serial killers from the 50s and how they started. I’m definitely going to complete my collection with all the decades for sure.

[kathy inderbitzin · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was such a short book. I was really not wanting to read it because of the title. It was more like an overview.