Tracking a Serial Killer: Timelines of the World's Most Notorious Murderers

by Chris McNab

Featuring an innovative timeline approach that follows the murderers’ lives and also gives precise hour-by-hour timelines of their crimes, this gripping, fully illustrated book explores a range of serial killers, their actions, and their motives.  
 
Tracking a Serial Killer tells the stories of 25 murderers, from Jack the Ripper right up to modern-day slayers like David Berkowitz (Son of Sam), the Yorkshire Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Beltway Sniper. It delves into the minds and motivations of criminals such as Ted Bundy, who stalked university dorms; Andrei Chikatilo, the “Butcher of Rostov,” who mutilated at least 52 women and children; Randy Kraft, the “Freeway Killer”; Volker Eckert, a German truck driver who for three decades killed prostitutes across western Europe. There’s also an inside look at women murderers and serial killer couples like the Hillside Stranglers. Two timelines offer unique views of the killers and their one provides a visual overview of the major developments of the murderer’s life, both before the killing began and after, covering killing sprees, trials, incarcerations, escapes, releases, and repeat offenses, up to their death. A second timeline draws the reader into the events of each particular murder, showing how it developed over 24 hours, how close the killer was to getting caught, how the plan for the murder came to be, and how the murderer escaped capture.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Dr Chris McNab has written over a hundred books in a career spanning over two decades. He is a historian with a specialisation in military history.

Reviews

[مصطفي سليمان]

أندريا تشيكاتيلو

جون واين غاسي

هارولد شيبمان

تيد باندي

بيدرو لوبيز

غاري ريدجواي

اتش اتش هولمز

البرت فيش

جواشيم كرول

دينيس نيلسن

ادموند كمبر

ريتشارد رامرز

جيفري دامر

جاك السفاح

دافيد بيركويتز

روبرت هانسن

راندي كرافت

سفاح يورك شاير

هجمات القناص

جاين توبان

دورثي بونتي

ايلين و ورنوس

مجرما منقطة مور

مجرما منحدر التل

فريد و روزماري ويست


قائمة مرعبة من الاسماء المرعبة اللي ارتكبت الكثير والكثير من الجرائم المرعبة

انا فعلا قلقت جدا وانا بقرأ فعلا كنت خايف وانا بتخيل اللي الضحايا عانوه

انت بتتكلم علي سفاحين بدم بارد بشكل مرعب

انا مش راضي احط صور ولا حتي احكي بس انت بتتكلم علي جرائم صعب للغاية

الفكرة ان اغلبهم اتقبض عليهم ولنقص الادلة بيطلعوا

ما بين الاطباء اللي قتلوا 200 شخص والراجل تشوفه تقول راجل محترم كدا ولا تشك لحظة

قادر استوعب فكرة ان فيهم ناس بتعاني من امراض عقلية بس فعلا مش بالشكل دا

انت بتتكلم علي قتل بوحشة

اغتصاب
مضاجعة موتي
سلخ
قطع اعضاء
اكل لحوم بشر
خطف

مفيش اي مبرر ، حقيقي

لقتل اكثر من 300 طفل وف النهاية حر طليق دلوقتي

وفيه ناس لغاية دلوقتي مازالوا عايشين بسبب حكم المؤبد

بتخيل الموقف لو حصل عندنا

من اول جريمة ممكن يعترف انه قتل نفسه وانه اللي وقع البرجين

تحقيق جيد جدا

ومعلومات جيدة وباسلوب جيد لعرض المعلومات

[Fishface]

A quick read that did not meet my expectations as far as having any sort of meaningful timeline format. There were also several obvious mistakes in the text. However, it was well-illustrated and -- most valuable in my eyes -- the author made an effort to list all the known victims of each killer with the dates of death. I rather wish he had covered more killers, not just a few of the famous ones, for this reason.

[Becky Rivers]

A new edition of an older book. A not very detailed account of 25 random persons.

[ka fi de]

Nice. Another book down. Isolation gives you so much time to read. I love it.

This book was fascinating to read. Unfortunately, I already knew a lot of the serial killers in here so it's just rehashing what I already knew about these people. There were a few new ones but the whole time I was like "Oh yeah. I know you already. You buried people in your backyard. Oh yeah. You're the one with the strangulation".

True crime is my life now. I'm really into interrogation videos on YouTube. I could watch analysis videos of those all day.

ANywaysssss

I won't go through all of people I've highlighted. I'll just list down the people that piqued my interest.

Andrei Chikatilo
Harold Shipman
Pedro Lopez
H. H. Holmes
Dennis Nilsen
Jack The Ripper
Randy Kraft
The Yorkshire Ripper
Jane Toppan

yep. There are special mentions of the classics that I'm fascinated with: Bundy, Dahmer, Wuornos.

It feels weird reviewing this book. It's an interesting read though.

[Michayla Smith]

Very interesting read.

[Walaa]

موسوعة عظيمة تجمع مجموعة من القتلة المتسلسلين سواء شخص واحد أو مجموعة،
لكل قاتل متسلسل هناك حديث عن حياته، وتسلسل جرائمه، وتخصيص تسلسل واحد لواحدة من جرائمه.
مدعمة بالمصادر والصور.

[نوره حسن]

أمانةً كانت قراءاتي له في فترات متقطعة!
لأن القارئ الشغوف بيهمه يعرف كيف بدأت القصة لكل مجرم وكيف إنتهى!
لكن أنا كان دافعي هو دراسة كل قصة !
بمحاولة فهم سيكولوجية القاتل ونشأته وتحليل أسبابه! ونمط جرائمه وعن إيش تعبر وإيش الرسالة فيها !!

ممتع للمهتمين بفهم ودراسة وتحليل العقل الإجرامي.

[Shane Phillips]

As the title states, it's full of images, however is limited in its scope of covered serial murderers. As a result, it's too limited to be of much use other than for those who like pictures. If that's the case, Google images is a lot faster.

[Chrissy Daly]

Excellent break down of who did what and when and HOW! The more gory details the better and this one cuts (haha) right to the chase. If you don't want to read a whole book about just one killer and rather a bunch all in one, this is a good pick. Mostly well known killers, "infamous" if you will.

[Sherry Scheffer]

Thought the book was interesting. It basically gives an overview of some famous serial killers without a lot of extra details

[Lottie]

3.5