The Great majority of murders are family affairs, committed by outwardly ordinary people who often have never committed a crime.
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Apr 13, 2008
Victoria
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This book includes some details about the murders such as rape, sexual/child abuse, cannibalism, dismembering bodies, stabbing, shooting, language, and other things.
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This book is very much interesting. I would NOT recommend this to those who aren't mature enough to handle it - we wouldn't want them to get ideas of how to murder people from this book. It does mention sexual things. Cawthorne doesn't go much into detail in some things, but he doesn't leave much More...
This book includes some details about the murders such as rape, sexual/child abuse, cannibalism, dismembering bodies, stabbing, shooting, language, and other things.
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This book is very much interesting. I would NOT recommend this to those who aren't mature enough to handle it - we wouldn't want them to get ideas of how to murder people from this book. It does mention sexual things. Cawthorne doesn't go much into detail in some things, but he doesn't leave much More...
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Mar 09, 2011
Natasha
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Like other reviewers I kind of questioned some of the evidence given as there wasn't much to back up some of the statements made but as this was one of my impulsive Bargain Buys before hopping in line at the cashiers, I suppose this is what I get for making hasty purchases. This book sort of reads like a very dry noir mystery writing (to me, anyway) but I was surprised to see something as "recent" as the Columbine shooting included at the end of the book. I must say, I have read bett
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May 13, 2011
Chris
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I found this was a rather cursory review of some of the most heinous murders on record. I enjoyed the collection between England, Australia and the United States. For the most part, probably because I have read other pieces on most of these cases, I found the book offered little I didn't already know. However there were aspects to Son of Sam and the Columbine murders I was not originally aware of. In some cases it seemed the research and information was more indepth, yet in others it felt horrib
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Sep 27, 2011
Dan
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Like reading a wikipedia entry as if it were a pulp novel. A little overwrought with adolescent macabre detail, while providing almost no context or theory about reasons or causes (despite the introduction promising this). If you want to read a checklist of crimes with just enough human information to seem exploitative (this victim was a father of three! this one was about to attend college!), go for this book.
Oct 07, 2011
QVT
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Actually kept giving me nightmares when I was reading it before bed so I stopped. Like an extremely detailed wikipedia entry, with lots of added gore and such. Not particularly interesting or whatever, but I guess it was cool to learn about certain killers that I might not have otherwise.
Aug 25, 2010
Eva
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This was almost perfect for me because while I'd heard of most of these murderers I didn't know much about each one. There were a few exceptions, Ted Bundy and Charles Manson to name two.
I saw in another review that someone else mentioned it and I agree - two or three of these "murderers" (one may not have actually murdered) just didn't belong in the book. The Australian "dingo case" is one that I remember off the top of my head. I'd like to ask the author what made hi More...
I saw in another review that someone else mentioned it and I agree - two or three of these "murderers" (one may not have actually murdered) just didn't belong in the book. The Australian "dingo case" is one that I remember off the top of my head. I'd like to ask the author what made hi More...
Nov 05, 2011
Derek
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This book was lame. I'm always fascinated by the subject of serial killers, but this book was written terribly. A text book would have been more interesting.
Jul 21, 2010
Paula
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Good, in the aspect that it gives so much detail about the killers, but a couple of the sections were too wordy, such as Doctor Death, which I ended up just skimming just so I could get it over with. The writer must be English, since those are the killers that were too wordy and/or pointless. The vampire and debit worship sections were pointless to be put in this book, I can think of a lot more barbaric murderers than those. By the end I was a bit disappointed with this book overall.
Aug 28, 2008
Danielle
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I thought this was a interesting book to read. It was fascinating and I couldn't put it down but what bothered me about it is the fact that the author rarely, if at all, sites his sources and has no bibliography page. I couldn't take it all as fact so I always had that in the back of my mind. I suppose anything that I have questions about or plan on discussing with others about these murderers will have to be researched. I have a hard time taking books as truth without reliable sources. But rega
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Feb 01, 2011
Laura
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for such a fascinating subject this was a horrible read. so many editing mistakes, typo's etc. was very hard to read through.
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