Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

A comprehensive examination into the frightening true crime history of serial homicide€"including information on America€s most prolific serial killers such as:

Ted Bundy € €œCo-ed Killer€ Ed Kemper € The BTK Killer € €œHighway Stalker€ Henry Lee Lucas € Monte Ralph Rissell € €œShoe Fetish Slayer€ Jerry Brudos € €œNight Stalker€ Richard Ramirez € €œUnabomber€ Ted Kaczynski € Ed Gein €œThe Butcher of Plainfield€ € €œKiller Clown€ John Wayne Gacy € 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, €œUnabomber€ Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and the emergence of what he classifies as the €œserial 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