Plague of murder : the rise and rise of serial killing in the modern age
Serial killers are the headline-grabbing criminals of the modern world. With the body count rising, and shallow graves giving up their secrets, almost weekly new names join the list of terrifying murderers, already swollen with the 20th century's most notorious and fearsome criminals.
xviii, 538 pages ; 20 cm
9781854872494, 1854872494
1079877173
Introduction: 25 Cromwell Street - the West's and recent serial murders; Pornography and the Rise of Sex Crime; Mass Murder in the Nineteenth Century; Mass Murder in Europe; Mass Murder in America 1890-1920; Mass Murder in America 1920-1940; The 1940's - Ogorzov, Heath; The 1950's - Christie, Rees; The 1960's - Moors Murders, Manson; The 1970's - Son of Sam, Yorkshire Ripper; The 1980's and 1990's - Nilsen, Atlanta Murders, Beverly Allitt, The West's.
Includes index