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Lindberg, Richard. Return to the Scene of the Crime. Nashville: Cumberland House Publishers (1999).

Hillside Stranglers

O’Brien, Darcy. Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers. New York: New American Library (1985).

Schwarz, Ted. The Hillside Strangler. Garden City, New York: Doubleday (1981).

H. H. Holmes

See HERMAN MUDGETT.

Joseph Kallinger

Downs, Thomas. The Door-to-Door Killer. New York: Dell (1984).

Schreiber, Flora R. The Shoemaker: The Anatomy of a Psychotic. New York: Signet (1983).

Ed Kemper

Cheney, Margaret. The Co-Ed Killer. New York: Walker and Co. (1976).

Damio, Ward. Urge to Kill. New York: Pinnacle (1974).

Paul John Knowles

Fawkes, Sandy. Killing Time: Journey into Nightmare. London: Peter Owen (1977).

Randy Kraft

McDougal, Dennis. Angel of Darkness. New York: Warner Books (1991).

Peter Kürten

Berg, Karl. The Sadist. London: Heinemann (1945).

Wagner, Margaret Seaton. The Monster of Düsseldorf. London: Faber and Faber (1932).

Leonard Lake and Charles Ng

Harrington, Joseph and Burger, Robert. Eye of Evil. New York: St. Martin’s (1993).

Harrington, Joseph and Burger, Robert. Justice Denied: The Ng Case, the Most Infamous and Expensive Murder Case in History. New York: Plenum Press (1999).

Lasseter, Don. Die for Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng and Leonard Lake Torture Murders. New York: Pinnacle Books (2000).

Owens, Greg and Henton, Darcy. No Kill, No Thrill: The Shocking True Story of Charles Ng. Calgary, Canada: Red Deer Press (2001).

Henri Landru

Bardens, Dennis. The Lady Killer: The Life of Landru, the French Bluebeard. London: P. Davies. (1972).

Papa, Juliet. Lady Killer. New York: St. Martin’s (1995).

Wakefield, Russell. Landru: The French Bluebeard. London: Duckworth (1936).

Bobby Joe Long

Flowers, Anna. Bound to Die: The Shocking True Story of Bobby Joe Long, America’s Most Savage Serial Killer. New York: Pinnacle Books (1995).

Ward, Bernie. Bobby Joe: In the Mind of a Monster. Boca Raton, Florida: Cool Hand Communications (1995).

Wellman, Joy, McVey, Lisa and Replogle, Susan. Smoldering Embers: The True Story of a Serial Murderer and Three Courageous Women. Far Hills, New Jersey: New Horizon Press (1997).

Henry Lee Lucas

Call, Max. Hand of Death: The Henry Lee Lucas Story. Lafayette, Louisiana: Prescott Press (1985).

Cox, Mike. The Confessions of Henry Lee Lucas. New York: Pocket Books (1991).

Norris, Joel. Henry Lee Lucas: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Notorious Serial Killer. New York: Zebra (1991).

Charles Manson

Baer, Rosemary. Reflection on the Manson Trial: Journal of a Pseudo-Juror. Waco, Texas: Word (1972).

Bishop, George. Witness to Evil. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing (1971).

Bugliosi, Vincent and Gentry, Curt. Helter Skelter. New York: Norton (1974).

George, Edward and Matera, Dary. Taming the Beast: Charles Manson’s Life Behind Bars. New York: St. Martin’s (1998).

Gilmore, John and Kenner, Ron. Manson: The Unholy Trail of Charlie and the Family. Los Angeles: Amok Books (2000).

Gilmore, John and Kenner, Ron. The Garbage People: The Trip to Helter-Skelter and Beyond with Charlie Manson and the Family. Los Angeles: Amok Books (1996).

Livsey, Clara. The Manson Women. New York: Marek (1980).

Manson, Charles and Emmons, Nuel. Manson in His Own Words. New York: Grove Press (1986).

Sanders, Ed. The Family. New York: Dutton (1971).

Schiller, Lawrence and Atkins, Susan. The Killing of Sharon Tate. New York: New American Library (1970).

Schreck, Nikolas. The Manson File. New York: Amok Press (1988).

Watkins, Paul and Soledad, Guillermo. My Life with Charles Manson. New York: Bantam (1979).

Herman Mudgett (Dr. H. H. Holmes)

Boswell, Charles and Thompson, Lewis. The Girls in Nightmare House. New York: Gold Medal (1955).

Eckert, Allan W. The Scarlet Mansion. New York: Little, Brown (1985).

Franke, David. The Torture Doctor. New York: Hawthorn Books (1975).

Schechter, Harold. Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America’s First Serial Killer. New York: Pocket Books (1998).

Herbert Mullin

Lunde, Donald T. and Morgan, Jefferson. The Die Song: A Journey Into the Mind of a Mass Murderer.

New York: W.W. Norton (1980).

Damio, Ward. Urge to Kill. New York: Pinnacle (1974).

West, Don. Sacrifice Unto Me: The 21 Santa Cruz Murders. New York: Pyramid (1974).

Earle Leonard Nelson

Anderson, Frank. The Dark Strangler. Calgary: Frontier (1974).

Schechter, Harold. Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster. New York: Pocket Books (1998).

Dennis Nilsen

Masters, Brian. Killing for Company: The Story of a Man Addicted to Murder. New York: Stein and Day (1986).

McConnell, Brian and Bence, Douglas. The Nilsen File. London: Futura (1983).

Carl Panzram

Gaddis, Thomas. Panzram: A Journal of Murder. Los Angeles: Amok Books (2002).

Marcel Petiot

Grombach, John. The Great Liquidator. New York: Doubleday (1980).

Maeder, Thomas. The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot. Boston: Little, Brown (1980).

Jesse Pomeroy

Schechter, Harold. Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America’s Youngest Serial Killer. New York: Simon & Schuster (2000).

Dorothea Puente

Blackburn, Daniel. Human Harvest. Los Angeles: Knightsbridge (1990).

Richard Ramirez

Carlo, Phillip. The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez. New York: Kensington Books (1996).

Linedecker, Clifford. Night Stalker. New York: St. Martin’s (1991).

Angel Maturino Reséndez

Clarkson, Wensley. The Railroad Killer: The Shocking True Story of Angel Maturino Resendez. New York: St. Martin’s (1999).

Joel Rifkin

Eftimiades, Maria. Garden of Graves: The Shocking True Story of Long Island Serial Killer Joel Rifkin.

New York: St. Martin’s (1993).

Mladinich, Robert. The Joel Rifkin Story: From the Mouth of the Monster. New York: Pocket Books (2001).

Pulitizer, Lisa Beth and Swirsky, Joan. Crossing the Line. New York: Berkley (1994).

Danny Rolling

Fox, James and Levin, Jack. Killer on Campus: The Terrifying True Story of the Gainesville Ripper. New York: Avon Books (1996).

Philpin, John and Donnelly, John. Beyond Murder: The Inside Account of the Gainesville Murders. New York: Onyx (1994).

Rolling, Danny and London, Sondra. The Making of a Serial Killer: The Real Story of the Gainesville Student Murders in the Killer’s Own Words. Portland, Oregon: Feral House (1996).

Ryzuk, Mary S. The Gainesville Ripper: A Summer’s Madness, Five Young Victims, the Investigation, the Arrest, and the Trial. New York: St. Martin’s (1995).

Charles Schmid

Gilmore, John. Cold-Blooded: The Saga of Charles Schmid, the Notorious Pied Piper of Tucson.

Portland, Oregon: Feral House (1996).

Moser, Don and Cohen, Jerry. The Pied Piper of Tucson. New York: New American Library (1967).

Arthur Shawcross

Norris, Joel. Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer. New York: Pinnacle Books (1992).

Olsen, Jack. The Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims: The True Story of Arthur Shawcross.

New York: Delacorte (1993).

Dr. Harold Shipman

Clarkson, Wensley. Good Doctor. London: Blake Publishing (2001).

Sitford, Mikaela. Addicted to Murder: The True Story of Dr. Harold Shipman. London: Virgin Publishing (2000).

Whittle, Brian and Ritchie, Jean. Prescription for Murder. New York: Warner Books (2000).

Charles Starkweather

Allen, William. Starkweather: The Story of a Mass Murderer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1967).

Newton, Michael. Waste Land: The Savage Odyssey of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate.

New York: Pocket Books (1998).

O’Donnell, Jeff. Starkweather: A Story of Mass Murder on the Great Plains. Lincoln, Nebraska: J&L

Lee Publishers (1993).

Reinhardt, Jim. Murderous Trail of Charles Starkweather. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas (1960).

Peter Sutcliffe

Beattie, John. The Yorkshire Ripper. London: Quartet (1981).

Burn, Gordon. Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son. New York: Penguin (1990).

Cross, Roger. The Yorkshire Ripper. New York: Dell (1981).

Jones, Barbara. Evil Beyond Belief. London: Blake Publishing (1992).

Jouve, Nicole. The Street Cleaner: The Yorkshire Ripper Case on Trial. London: Marion Boyars (1986).

Yallop, David. Deliver us from Evil. New York: Coward, McCann (1982).

Michael Swango

Stewart, James. Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder. New York: Simon & Schuster (2000).

Fred and Rosemary West

Burn, Gordon. Happy like Murderers. London: Faber & Faber (1999).

Masters, Brian. She Must Have Known: The Trial of Rosemary West. London: Transworld Publishers (1996).

Sounes, Howard. Fred and Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors. London: Warner (1995).

Wansell, Geoffrey. An Evil Love: The Life of Frederick West. London: Headline (1996).

West, Anne. Out of the Shadows. London: Pocket Books (1996).

Wilson, Colin. The Corpse Garden: The Crimes of Fred and Rose West. London: True Crime Library (1998).

Christopher Wilder

Gibney, Bruce. The Beauty Queen Killer. New York: Pinnacle (1990).

Wayne Williams

Baldwin, James. The Evidence of Things Not Seen. New York: Holt (1995).

Dettlinger, Chet. The List. Atlanta: Philmay Enterprises (1983).

Headley, Bernard. The Atlanta Youth Murders and the Politics of Race. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press (1998).

Aileen Wuornos

Reynolds, Michael. Dead Ends. New York: Warner Books (1992).

Russell, Sue. Lethal Intent. New York: Pinnacle (2002).

© Whitney Ward

HAROLDSCHECHTERis a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York. Among his nonfiction works are the true-crime classics Fiend, Deviant, Deranged, and Depraved. He also authors a critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Edgar Allan Poe, which includes The Hum Bug and Nevermore. He lives in New York City.

Also by Harold Schechter

Nonfiction

The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (with David Everitt) Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster

Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Fiendish Killer Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America’s First Serial Killer Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original “Psycho”

Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer

Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America’s Youngest Serial Killer Fiction

Nevermore

Outcry

The Hum Bug

A Ballantine Book

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Copyright © 2003 by Harold Schechter

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schechter, Harold

The serial killer files : the who, what, where, how, and why of the world’s most terrifying murderers /

Harold Schechter.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

e-ISBN 0-345-47200-4

1. Serial murders—History. 2. Serial murderers. I. Title.

HV6505.S34 2004

364.152‘3—dc22

2003062982

v1.0

Document Outline

Cover

Contents

Definitions

Categories of Carnage: Serial/Mass/Spree

Psychopath vs. Psychotic

Psychopaths: The Mask of Sanity

�Moral Insanity�

Psychotics: The Living Nightmare

Beyond Madness

Two: Who They Are Ten Traits of Serial Killers

Warning Signs

How Smart Are Serial Killers?

Male and Female

Angels of Death

Black Widows

Deadlier Than the Male

Black and White

Young and Old

Straight and Gay

Bloodthirsty �Bi�s

Partners in Crimes

Folie � Deux

Killer Couples

The Family That Slays Together

Married with Children

Bluebeards

Work and Play

Uncivil Servants

Killer Cops

Medical Monsters

Nicknames

Serial Killers International

Three: A History of Serial Murder Serial Murder: Old as Sin

Grim Fairy Tales

Serial Slaughter Through the Ages

Four: Gallery of Evil - Ten American Monsters Lydia Sherman

Belle Gunness

H. H. Holmes

Albert Fish

Earle Leonard Nelson

Edward Gein

Harvey Murray Glatman

John Wayne Gacy

Gary Heidnik

Jeffrey Dahmer

Five: Sex and the Serial Killer Perversions

Sadism

The Man Who Invented Sadism

Science Looks at Sadism

Wilhelm Stekel

de River and Reinhardt

Disciples of De Sade

Dominance

Fetishism

Transvestism

Vampirism

Cannibalism

Necrophilia

Pedophilia

Gerontophilia

The World�s Worst Pervert

Six: Why They Kill Atavism

Brain Damage

Child Abuse

Mother Hate

Bad Seed

Mean Genes

Adoption