Sabrina’s Reviews > Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers > Status Update

‘By the late 1970’s, ‘the golden age of serial murderers,’ as a crime historian will call it, is well underway. In the earlier decades, these perpetrators could be measured in the double digits, but the numbers climb sharply after World War 2. There are 55 serial killers in 1940. 72 in 1950. 217 in 1960. By 1970, there are 605 [serial killers].

By 1980, there are 768.’