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The Serial Killer Files

By: Paul Simpson
Narrated by: John Banks
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There are many myths about serial killers: that they are all dysfunctional loners; all white males; only motivated by sex; that they all travel and operate across a wide area; cannot stop killing; are all insane, or evil geniuses; and that they all want to get caught.

Of course, there are some serial killers who fit into these categories, but the married Green River Killer was not a dysfunctional loner; there are plenty of female and non-Caucasian serial killers; Dr Harold Shipman was certainly not motivated by sex; many serial killings (such as the Ipswich prostitute murders carried out by Steve Wright) happen within a confined area; and the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader, stopped killing in 1991 but wasn't caught until 14 years later. Many serial killers may have a low animal cunning or be 'street smart', but few of them are Mensa-level geniuses.

Each of the 30 cases covered here is unusual in some respect, perhaps in the way in which the killer carried out their crimes, the choice of victims, the way in which they were apprehended, or the method of their execution.

The cases are presented alphabetically by country - from Australia via Colombia, Great Britain, Indonesia, Iran, South Africa and elsewhere to the United States - and then chronologically. They come from across history and from all over the world. The author has gone back as far as possible to contemporary source material - newspaper accounts, trial evidence, interviews with perpetrators or survivors - rather than rely on the increasingly blurred truth to be found online and in far too many collections.

©2018 Paul Simpson (P)2018 Little, Brown Book Group
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Inadequate and Superficial

Extremely disappointed. There is nothing here that is not available on wikipedia or on the internet or on the TV. Where are the insights into the psychologies of the subjects? Where are the analyses of the profiles? Where is the chased down extra information? Where are the in-depth probings into the causes of the behaviours of these perpetrators? These are just linear accounts, reports of the basic factual stories of these criminals, there seems to be no attempt by this author to probe, to divide and dig, to incise, to go down any deeper than the surface narratives. No new information that I could see. Was really hoping for something better than what I got! Like going to a fancy restaurant all hungry and excited and getting served a piece of toast.

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