Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky

Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky

A comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide--including information on America's most prolific serial killers such as:

Co-ed Killer Ed Kemper - The BTK Killer - Highway Stalker Henry Lee Lucas - Monte Ralph Rissell - Shoe Fetish Slayer Jerry Brudos - Night Stalker Richard Ramirez - Unabomber Ted Kaczynski - Ed Gein The Butcher of Plainfield - Killer Clown John Wayne Gacy - Ted Bundy - Andrew Cunanan - And more.

In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, the BTK killer, Henry Lee Lucas, Monte Ralph Rissell, Jerry Brudos, Richard Ramirez, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and the emergence of what he classifies as the serial rampage killer such as Andrew Cunanan, who murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one--from recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky's one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true-crime phenomenon.

INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Peter Vronsky, PhD, is an investigative historian and a former film and television documentary producer. He is the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters; Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters; and Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present. He is an authority on Canada's first modern battle, which he has written about in his definitive book, Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada.
Peter Vronsky holds a PhD from the University of Toronto in the fields of criminal justice history and the history of espionage in international relations. He teaches history at Ryerson University in Toronto. He divides his time between Toronto, Canada, and Venice, Italy.

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ISBN 13	9780425196403
ISBN 10	0425196402
Title	Serial Killers
Author	Peter Vronsky
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2004-10-05
Number of pages	480
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