The Golden Age of Serial Killers. 56 Maniacs from Ed Geen to Jeffrey Dahmer
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A sweeping study of the serial killers of the Golden Age era from criminologist and tru-crime writer Peter Wronski.
Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, Harvey Glatman, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer... These and many other world-famous serial killers terrorized America from the 1950s to the 1990s. Why was this period the heyday of serial killers? And what makes the "golden age" maniacs so appealing - and still popular - in popular culture?
From this book you will learn:
- How World War II influenced the surge in serial killings.
- How the maniacs of the "Golden Age" differ from the killers of previous and subsequent eras.
- How an unprecedented crime spike gave rise to profiling.
- Whose murders became the most gruesome and twisted.
- Why the "golden age" of serial killing is forever in the past.
Criminal historian Peter Wronski, Ph.D., comprehensively explores the phenomenon of "star" maniacs and answers all these questions. Voluminous and fascinating, his book shows why the gruesome crimes of famous serial killers have become a pop-cultural phenomenon and still stir our consciousness today.
Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, Harvey Glatman, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer... These and many other world-famous serial killers terrorized America from the 1950s to the 1990s. Why was this period the heyday of serial killers? And what makes the "golden age" maniacs so appealing - and still popular - in popular culture?
From this book you will learn:
- How World War II influenced the surge in serial killings.
- How the maniacs of the "Golden Age" differ from the killers of previous and subsequent eras.
- How an unprecedented crime spike gave rise to profiling.
- Whose murders became the most gruesome and twisted.
- Why the "golden age" of serial killing is forever in the past.
Criminal historian Peter Wronski, Ph.D., comprehensively explores the phenomenon of "star" maniacs and answers all these questions. Voluminous and fascinating, his book shows why the gruesome crimes of famous serial killers have become a pop-cultural phenomenon and still stir our consciousness today.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Portrait of a Psychopath. A profiler on serial killers
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