18 books like Serial killers

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Serial Killers Up Close and Very Personal Victoria Redstall · 2011 Shares Serial Killers, Serial murderers, True Crime, Murder with this book.
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The private diary of Lyle Menendez Lyle Menendez · 1993 · ★ 4.6 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The personal story of Lyle Menendez is based on a four-and-a-half-year intimate correspondence with the author and covers the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez by Lyle and his brother Erik and the court trials that ended in hung juries. Shares Case studies, Criminals, True Crime, Murder
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Blind Faith Joe McGinniss · 1981 · ★ 3.7 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his stunningly beautiful wife and the perfect mom to their three great kids. Then one night Rob, his head bloodied, reported Maria had been brutally slain. Sympathy poured in—until… Shares Case studies, True Crime, Murder
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Crimes of Passion Howard Engel · 2001 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The very term "crimes of passion" evokes deep-seated, atavistic responses in everyone's heart. These are the crimes that are born in the emotional core of women and men who are pushed to do the unthinkable. There are never - well, hardly ever - any of the crass considerations of financial gain, no taint of reward; only release. These crimes are direct responses to betrayal, to broken hearts and… Shares Case studies, True Crime, Murder
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Predator John McShane · 2011 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Serial Killers, Serial murderers, Criminals, True Crime with this book.
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Serial Killers Peter Vronsky · 2004 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Serial murderers, Case studies, True Crime, Psychology with this book.
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Nutcracker Shana Alexander · 1985 · ★ 4.1 · 453p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Nutcracker begins at the ballet but tells the story of a seemingly wholesome all-American family, whose tranquil life's surface erupted in shocking acts of avarice, theft and murder. The victim was Franklin Bradshaw, Mormon self-made millionaire, workaholic. The killer was Bradshaw's grandson, prep school student. The architect of the crime was said to be Frances Schreuder, Bradshaw's daughter,… Shares Case studies, Criminals, True Crime, Murder
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A rip in Heaven Jeanine Cummins · 2004 · ★ 4.2 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It was a headline story in the New York Times and USA Today. It was covered by Court TV and profiled on the Ricki Lake Show. Now, here is the intimate memoir of a shocking crime and its aftermath...one family's immediate and unforgettable story of what victims can suffer long after they should be safe. Shares Case studies, True Crime, Murder
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Dark Secrets of the Black Museum : 1835-1985 Gordon Honeycombe · 2014 · 498p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Serial Killers, Case studies, True Crime, Murder with this book.
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The shadow of death Philip E. Ginsburg · 1993 · ★ 4.5 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This is a true crime book about an area in Connecticut River valley of Vermont/New Hampshire that experiences three serial killers in the 1980s and 1990s. Ginsburg was a good writer who didn't sensationalize the storeis, letting the events speak for themselves as they played out. Shares Serial Killers, True Crime, Murder
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Born Killers Christopher Berry-Dee · 2006 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate But no matter how many people they have killed, no matter how many lives they have ruined and whatever the nature of their sickening crimes, serial killers are still human. Analysing the early years of the lives of men like Jeffrey Dahmer, who abused and killed 17 young men, offers a fascinating insight into the effects of a dysfunctional or abusive childhood. Criminologists Christopher… Shares Serial murderers, True Crime
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Severed John Gilmore · 1994 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell . . . an impenetrable mystery—the haunting crown jewel of LAPD’s “unsolved” murders. Even before her savage death, beautiful 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, an aspiring starlet and nightclub habitué, was known as the Black Dahlia—now a magnetic icon in American pop culture, an almost mythical symbol of noir Hollywood. In this expanded… Shares Case studies, True Crime, Murder
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The midnight assassin Skip Hollandsworth · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Serial Killers, Serial murderers, True Crime, Murder with this book. Shares Serial Killers, Serial murderers, True Crime, Murder
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Your Mind and How to Use It William Walker Atkinson · 1911 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Psychology is generally considered to be the science of mind, although more properly it is the science of mental states—thoughts, feelings, and acts of volition. It was formerly the custom of writers on the subject of psychology to begin by an attempt to define and describe the nature of mind, before proceeding to a consideration of the subject of the various mental spates and activities. But… Shares Psychologie, Psychology
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Psychology Scott O. Lilienfeld · 2007 · 840p · ≈ 28h · Moderate Shares Psychologie, Psychology with this book.
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Psychology Robert S. Woodworth · 1929 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Shares Psychologie, Psychology with this book.
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Echoes in the darkness Joseph Wambaugh · 1987 · ★ 3.5 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line." Her two children had vanished. The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines--and wasn't resolved for seven years. Now, master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh reconstructs the case from its roots, recounting the details, drama,… Shares Case studies, Criminals, True Crime, Murder
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Bringing Adam home Les Standiford · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate This is the story of an unfathomable crime that would forever embed itself into the collective American psyche and lead to sweeping legislative changes in the way that missing person cases are handled. In 1981, Adam Walsh was a healthy and bright 6 1/2 year old boy with his entire life ahead of him. On the afternoon of July 27th, Adam accompanied his mom, Revé, to the local Sears department store… Shares Case studies, True Crime, Murder

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