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The World's Worst Murders
- GenresNonfictionTrue Crime
566 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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June 14, 2022
Here is a large tome about the most notorious murders in history. These are not just contemporary true crimes but also historical massacres and military bloodlust. And there’s quite a bit because the world has always been full of nutbuckets.
The best part about this book is that it’s broken into logical sections, highlighting the crimes for each category.
INFAMOUS MURDERS
Here we have Bonnie & Clyde, John Wayne Gacy, the various post-WWI killers of Germany, Dr. Crippin, Charles Manson, and other famous criminals.
MURDERS OF PASSION
This seems to be the most popular reason for committing murder, namely jealousy and envy. Some of the crimes aren’t famous, just people who suddenly lost their minds when they suspected their spouse/partner wasn’t being very faithful.
ATROCITIES
This section contains the work of governments, specifically the Babi Yar Massacre, the Warsaw Ghetto liquidation, the various Mongol atrocities, the bombings of Guernica and Dresden, and the Tiananmen Square killings.
SERIAL KILLERS
Here are the true crime nutbuckets: The Boston Strangler, The Yorkshire Ripper, The Moors Murderers, Jeffrey Dahmer, The Candy Man, The Night Stalker, The Monster Of Florence, and other nasties.
This should have been a very interesting read, given the material. But someone in the publishing company failed to do any proofreading whatsoever. It isn't just a few errors here and there. No, it’s a complete miss in almost every paragraph. At one point, I realized previous pages had been repeated! When Ruth Ellis is noted as having met her end via the hangman in 1955, just a page later it states 1995, which means she had a ghost flying around for forty years. Horrible. I was determined to make it through the end, but sometimes it was just difficult to read and to comprehend.
Book Season = Year Round (nastyville)
The best part about this book is that it’s broken into logical sections, highlighting the crimes for each category.
INFAMOUS MURDERS
Here we have Bonnie & Clyde, John Wayne Gacy, the various post-WWI killers of Germany, Dr. Crippin, Charles Manson, and other famous criminals.
MURDERS OF PASSION
This seems to be the most popular reason for committing murder, namely jealousy and envy. Some of the crimes aren’t famous, just people who suddenly lost their minds when they suspected their spouse/partner wasn’t being very faithful.
ATROCITIES
This section contains the work of governments, specifically the Babi Yar Massacre, the Warsaw Ghetto liquidation, the various Mongol atrocities, the bombings of Guernica and Dresden, and the Tiananmen Square killings.
SERIAL KILLERS
Here are the true crime nutbuckets: The Boston Strangler, The Yorkshire Ripper, The Moors Murderers, Jeffrey Dahmer, The Candy Man, The Night Stalker, The Monster Of Florence, and other nasties.
This should have been a very interesting read, given the material. But someone in the publishing company failed to do any proofreading whatsoever. It isn't just a few errors here and there. No, it’s a complete miss in almost every paragraph. At one point, I realized previous pages had been repeated! When Ruth Ellis is noted as having met her end via the hangman in 1955, just a page later it states 1995, which means she had a ghost flying around for forty years. Horrible. I was determined to make it through the end, but sometimes it was just difficult to read and to comprehend.
Book Season = Year Round (nastyville)
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