Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer - Couverture souple

Schechter, Harold

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671025449 ISBN 13 : 9780671025441

Editeur : Pocket Books, 1998

Synopsis

The story of H.H.Holmes, architect of the infamous 'Castle of Horror' whose labyrinth of trapdoors, stairways to nowhere, greased body chutes and cellar equipped with dissecting table, crematorium and acid vats became a domain of torture and murder. Schechter attempts to take the reader into the mind of this man, preying on 19th century Chicago.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"This is must reading for crime buffs. DEPRAVED demonstrates that sadistic psychopaths are not a modern day phenomena... gruesome, awesome, compelling reporting." Anne Rule.
Here is the macabre story of H.H. Holmes, architect of the infamous "Castle of Horror", whose labyrinth of trapdoors, stairways to nowhere, bedchambers fitted with peepholes and asphyxiating gas pipes, greased body chutes, and a cellar equipped with acid vats, a crematorium, and dissecting table, became an unspeakable domain of torture and murder. With stark, ghastly detail, DEPRAVED takes you into the mind of this evil genius - who alternatively posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey in 19th Century Chicago - and reveals a mesmerizing tale of true detection before the age of technological wizardry.

Biographie de l'auteur

Harold Schechter is Professor at Queen's College, The City University of New York. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of five non-fiction books: BESTIAL, DEVIANT, DERANGED, DEPRAVED and THE A TO Z ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SERIAL KILLERS.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671025449
• ISBN 13: 9780671025441
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible