Tracing Evil Inside the World of Serial Killers and Dark Tourism

What drives millions of people to walk the same streets where victims once fled in terror… or to stand inches away from artifacts tied to real acts of violence?Tracing Evil: Inside the World of Serial Killers and Dark Tourism takes readers on a gripping journey into one of the most unsettling and fastest-growing phenomena of our time: the global fascination with crime, death, and the places where horror became history.From the fog-laced alleys of Victorian London, where the legend of Jack the Ripper was born, to the immersive museums of New Orleans and Turin, this book uncovers how stories of real-life killers have evolved into powerful cultural and commercial forces. What begins as tragedy is transformed, through media, myth, and memory, into something people seek out, experience, and even consume.This is not just a book about crime. It's a book about us, our curiosity, our fears, and our complicated relationship with evil.Provocative, immersive, and impossible to put down, Tracing Evil will change the way you see true crime, tourism, and the stories we tell about the darkest parts of human nature.