Infamous Murderers

by Rodney Castleden

Infamous murderers, their deeds horrifuing yet intriguing, have always insired a strange fascination. Their crimes repulse us, yet the more heinous the act, the more we crave information, and ultimately we elevate the perpetrator to a celebrity status. The names of the often random and completely innocent vicitims are not always so easily recalled.

Genres: True Crime, Crime, Nonfiction

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Edwina Book Anaconda]

Random tales of murder through the ages.
Typos galore.
It was a bit of a slog to read it all.

[Petra Schuller]

this one was rather shocking yet very interesting.
i cant really get into details with books like that as it would give too much away.
i got that one on an airport and i remember i sat next to a little old lady on the flight and what was the most disturbing thing was, that she turned to me when she saw one of the pictures of one of the murderer she said to me : U know, we used to live next to that man..
i was slightly creeped out at first, but we ended up chatting and it was a great flight. scary tho to remember that.
anyways, enjoy the book :)

[Christine]

Some interesting cases.

[Ruth]

c2005. As it says on the tin. A very readable writing style and the cases mentioned range from the medieval to the modern collated into chapters such as 'A Family Affair' and 'Bodies in Boex'. Personally, I found the section on Child Victims an absolute no-no so just moved on to the next. Some of the cases are already well known but there are quite a few less known ones to make the read worthwile. Recommended to the normal crew. "The murder trial and the acquittal, followed by her own self-execution, were melodramatic enough. Yet, if she had only waited, there was a happy ending round the corner. Just three weeks after she died, George Stoner was reprieved."

[Christopher]

A compendium of murderers throughout history. The author presents the case evidence (what is known anyway), but tends to offer his own judgements as fact as well. There is enough detail to let the reader know the circumstances, however this book is not by any means gory. One notable murderess missing from this book: Elizabeth Bathory.

[Sam]

An interesting collection of pyschos and killers with enough detail on each to keep you happy but not so much to give you nightmares. Again this does not provide much in the way of analysis and doesn't really approach the question of why these people are the way they are

[Shahrun]

I don't quite know when I actually read this. It is a collection of chapters of information about different murders. Makes grusome reading!

[Edie Kennard]

It focused a lot around older crimes pre-1900's which made it a bit of a slow read.