Murder on File: The World's Most Notorious Killers - Couverture souple

Whittington-Egan, Richard; Whittington-Egan, Molly

 
9781903238912: Murder on File: The World's Most Notorious Killers
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ISBN 10 : 1903238919 ISBN 13 : 9781903238912
Editeur : Neil Wilson Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

This gruesome guide details over 100 of the world's most infamous murderers and their associated crimes.
In easy to understand format, each subject is comprehensively detailed under the headings: name (and alias if any), victims, locus, dates of crimes, means, motive and lastly crime watch which graphically records the modus operandum and sets the scene for each and every crime.
The Whittington-Egans' witty and comprehensible style enlivens an otherwise depressing account of these 'silencer's of the lambs'. Prime research sources are also listed.

A unique guide to the world's most notorious serial killers. Throughout it all, the Whittington-Egan's pawky sense of humour runs. Take Ed Gein, the original inspiration for Hitchcock's Psycho:,br>
"It was Mother who screwed up young Eddie. Augusta Gein reared him to have nothing to do with women. But he was very, very interested in them. And when Augusta died, and he was 39, he nailed up her room and went out to the graveyards to dig himself up some women to play with. About nine of them. He did not like their smell, and the murders were a natural extension of his activities. The decapitated body of Mrs Worden, his last victim, was found hanging by the heels from a crossbar hoisted by a block and tackle in a shed at the neglected Gein farm. She had been gutted like a deer and was slit open from her crotch to where her head should have been."

Wisely avoiding the deranged world of the rampant gun-toting killers of recent years, the Whittington-Egans explore only the classic killers who are now household names.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard and Molly Whittington-Egan are leading criminologists based in Malvern, Worcestershire. They are both authors of several leading books on crime.

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Éditeur
Neil Wilson Publishing
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1903238919
ISBN 13 
9781903238912
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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