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Harold Schechter

Born

in The United States

June 28, 1948

Website

http://www.haroldschechter.com/

Genre

True Crime

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Aka Jon A. Harrald (joint pseudonym with Jonna Gormley Semeiks)

Harold Schechter is a true crime writer who specializes in serial killers. He attended the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he obtained a Ph.D. A resident of New York City, Schechter is professor of American literature and popular culture at Queens College of the City University of New York.

Among his nonfiction works are the historical true-crime classics Fatal, Fiend, Deviant, Deranged, and Depraved. He also authors a critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Edgar Allan Poe, which includes The Hum Bug and Nevermore and The Mask of Red Death.

Schechter is married to poet Kimiko Hahn. He has two daughters from a previous marriage: the writer Lauren Oliver and pr ...more

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Harold Schechter’s books

Average rating: 3.74 · 72,287 ratings · 6,315 reviews · 108 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men 3.45 avg rating — 13,758 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" 3.91 avg rating — 8,004 ratings — published 1989 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers 4.10 avg rating — 4,307 ratings — published 2003 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie 3.61 avg rating — 4,540 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pirate 3.59 avg rating — 3,727 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter (Writer), Eric Powell (Writer-Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 2,778 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer 3.95 avg rating — 2,884 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer 3.76 avg rating — 2,544 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers 3.99 avg rating — 2,380 ratings — published 1996 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rampage 3.76 avg rating — 2,477 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Harold Schechter

Bloodlands Collection (6 books)
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Harold Schechter

3.62 avg rating — 17,965 ratings

Edgar Allan Poe Mystery (4 books)
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Harold Schechter

3.86 avg rating — 1,178 ratings

Quotes by Harold Schechter (?)

“It makes perfect sense that if human beings are raised in warm, loving households; if they are brought up to believe that the world is a secure and decent place, then they will grow up with a healthy relationship toward themselves and other people. - able to give love freely and receive it in return. Conversely, if a person is severely mistreated from his earliest years, subjected to constant psychological and physical abuse, he or she will grow up with a malignant view of life. To such a person, the world is a hateful place where all human relationships are based, not on love and respect, but on power, suffering, and humiliation.”
― Harold Schechter, The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

tags: childhood-trauma, survivors-of-abuse, survivors-of-sexual-abuse

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“Fish had already told both Wertham and Detective King that, in addition to shoving needles inside his body, he liked to soak pieces of cotton in alcohol, cram them up his rectum, and set fire to them.”
― Harold Schechter, Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer

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“Religion in its fanatic state may be a passion devoid of morality that will take any means to an end.”
― Harold Schechter, Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

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May 2019 General Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which Crime, Mystery or Thriller would you like to read in May?

Note: There will be no subgenre poll this month. Only two books were nominated and neither are released in paperback in the four major areas we check. Therefore we will read the top three selections from the General Poll.

Cold Granite (Logan McRae #1) by Stuart MacBride

18 votes, 27.3%

The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers by Harold Schechter

18 votes, 27.3%

The Other by Thomas Tryon

11 votes, 16.7%

Kilmoon (County Clare #1) by Lisa Alber

7 votes, 10.6%

Uncaged by Joe Gazzam

5 votes, 7.6%

The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown

4 votes, 6.1%

Cover Shot (Nichelle Clarke #5) by LynDee Walker

3 votes, 4.5%

66 total votes

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