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50 produkter
Deranged
The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer
Häftad, 1998
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
247 kr
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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
Av Eric Powell,, Harold Schechter m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021, 15+ år
303 kr
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Outcry
Häftad, 2009
297 kr
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A professor of American literature and culture, renowned for his true-crime writing, Harold Schechter's Outcry discovers that a killer's instincts never die.When reporter Paul Novak investigates a series of brutal murders, he didn't plan to pry into the legend of Ed Gein, the butcher of Plainfield, …
Depraved
E-bok, 2008
120 kr
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The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter''s Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World''s Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this …
Serial Killer Files
The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
Häftad, 2003
252 kr
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The Devil's Gentleman
Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2008
222 kr
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Bestial
The Savage Trail of a True American Monster
Häftad, 2000
225 kr
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Known for meticulously researched and brilliantly detailed accounts of horrific true crime legends, Harold Schechter takes readers inside the very heart and mind of true evil. As an infant, Earle Leonard Nelson possessed the power to unsettle his elders. As a child he was unnaturally obsessed with …
Depraved
The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago
Häftad, 2008
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
299 kr
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The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this …
Maniac
The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
Häftad, 2021
111 kr
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Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten true crime of obsession and revenge, and one of the first—and worst—mass murders in American history.In 1927, while the majority of the township of Bath, Michigan, was celebrating a new primary …
Murder by the Numbers
199 Chilling Tales of True Crime
Häftad, 2026
274 kr
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The expert author of Murderabilia brings a fresh new approach to the irresistible subject of true crime with this statistic-based telling of some of the most notorious murders of all time.Veteran true crime master Harold Schechter presents hundreds of chilling tales of murder and mayhem told …
Serial Killer Files
The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World''s Most Terrifying Murderers
E-bok, 2003
31 kr
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THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS! Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across …
Devil's Gentleman
Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
E-bok, 2008
144 kr
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From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter, whom The Boston Book Review hails as “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers,” comes the riveting exploration of a notorious, sensational New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an …
Whole Death Catalog
A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
E-bok, 2009
106 kr
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In the tradition of Mary Roach’s bestselling Stiff and Jessica Mitford’s classic exposé The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched, refreshingly irreverent, and lavishly illustrated look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter. With his trademark fearlessness and bracing …
Psycho USA
Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of
E-bok, 2012
240 kr
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AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED! In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity …
New Gods
Psyche and Symbol in Popular Art
Häftad, 1980
285 kr
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Harold Schecter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art - the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor. He finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment.
A-Z Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers: Revised
Häftad, 2006
274 kr
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The news of shocking crimes and the books and movies they inspire have made serial killers a topic of both tabloid attention and serious study. Renowned true-crime expert Harold Schechter and co-author David Everitt uncover the methods behind the madness of this macabre yet compelling subject. …
Deviant
E-bok, 2010
199 kr
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From the author of “top-drawer true crime” ( Booklist ) books comes the definitive account of Ed Gein—the man whose shocking crimes inspired Psycho , The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , and The Silence of the Lambs . The year was 1957. To his Wisconsin neighbors, Ed Gein was a slight, Midwestern …
Bestial
The Savage Trail of a True American Monster
E-bok, 2008
213 kr
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FROM SOCIAL OUTCAST TO NECROPHILE AND MURDERER -- HIS APPALLING CRIMES STUNNED AN ERA. San Francisco, the 1920s. In an age when nightmares were relegated to the fiction of Edgar Allan Poe and distant tales of the Whitechapel murders, a real-life monster terrorized America. His acts of butchery have …
to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
E-bok, 2012
196 kr
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Bestselling true-crime writer Harold Schechter, a leading authority on serial killers, and coauthor David Everitt offer a guided tour through the bizarre and blood-chilling world of serial murder. Through hundreds of detailed entries that span the entire spectrum -- the shocking crimes, the …
Fatal
Häftad, 2009
250 kr
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The shocking story of one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history from “an author who shows real mastery of the true crime genre” (NPR). In 1891, Jane Toppan, a proper New England matron, embarked on a profession as a private nurse. Selfless and good-natured, she worked for …
NEVERMORE
Häftad, 2009
244 kr
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Historical fact and startling literary invention converge in this stunning novel by "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (The Boston Book Review). Praised by Caleb Carr for his "brilliantly detailed and above all riveting" true-crime writing, Harold Schechter brings …
Deranged
The Shocking True Story of America''s Most Fiendish Killer
E-bok, 2009
186 kr
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LURED FROM THE SAFETY OF HOME -- INTO THE JAWS OF HELL "America''s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" ( The Boston Book Review ), Harold Schechter shatters the myth that violent crime is a modern phenomenon -- with this seamless true account of unvarnished horror from the …
Nevermore
E-bok, 2010
209 kr
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Praised by Caleb Carr for his "brilliantly detailed and above all riveting" true-crime writing, Harold Schechter brings his expertise to a marvelous work of fiction. Superbly rendering the 1830s Baltimore of Edgar Allan Poe, Schechter taps into the dark genius of that legendary author -- and …
Fatal
The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer
E-bok, 2012
213 kr
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The shocking story of one of the most notorious female serial killers in American history from “an author who shows real mastery of the true crime genre” (NPR). In 1891, Jane Toppan, a proper New England matron, embarked on a profession as a private nurse. Selfless and good-natured, she worked for …
Fiend
The Shocking True Story Of Americas Youngest Seria
E-bok, 2012
199 kr
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The unputdownable true crime story about a killer who preyed on children but was not much older than his victims. When fourteen-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, Boston’s nightmarish reign of terror came to an end. Called the “Boston Boy Fiend,” he was finally safely behind bars. But …
Man-Eater
The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal
Ljudbok, 2015
227 kr
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In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different …
