Serial History

Their names echo through true crime history like dark legends: John Wayne Gacy, the Zodiac Killer, Richard Ramirez, Aileen Wuornos, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and the Golden State Killer. Their infamous deeds have been exhaustively chronicled across every medium imaginable. But beyond these household names lies a shadow world of equally chilling cases that rarely make headlines or streaming television documentaries.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The true story of how one dedicated forensic scientist restored the long-lost identities of the teenaged victims of the “Candy Man,” one of America’s most prolific serial killers “A masterwork of crime writing . . . Lise Olsen has taken a fifty-year-old story and...

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Over 300 of the world’s most notorious killers, brought together in one definitive volume. The Ultimate Guide to History’s Most Infamous Murderers 2026 Edition Some kill for power. Some for control. Others for reasons no one can fully explain. Some hide in the shadows. Others live in plain sight — neighbours, colleagues, people you might pass every day. From infamous names you recognise to chilling cases you’ve never heard before, The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers takes you inside the crimes, motives and methods of history’s most disturbing murderers — and the twisted psyches ...

Step back into the gaslit alleys of Victorian London, where a shadow known only as Jack the Ripper unleashed a reign of terror that haunts us to this day. In the autumn of 1888, the impoverished district of Whitechapel became the hunting ground for a phantom. A series of brutal, ritualistic murders of destitute women exposed the dark underbelly of the world's wealthiest empire and launched one of the most intense and frustrating manhunts in history. The killer was never caught, leaving behind a terrifying legend and a perfect, unsolved mystery. This meticulously researched book cuts through...

Behind the doors of a respectable brick house at 37 Prospect Street, elderly men and women believed they were buying safety. For a thousand dollars, the Archer Home for Elderly People and Chronic Invalids promised “lifetime care” in a Christian household: clean rooms, hot meals, and a Bible‑carrying widow at the head of the table. Families in small‑town Windsor, Connecticut, trusted Amy Archer‑Gilligan with their parents, their savings, and their peace of mind. Then the undertaker’s wagon started coming at night. Between 1907 and 1916, more than sixty residents of the Archer ...

Without A Trace explores the haunting mysteries of individuals who vanished without explanation between the late nineteenth century to the late 20th century, blending historical research with the emotional weight of unresolved loss. The book delves into the lives of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer who disappeared in 1925 while seeking a lost city in the Amazon with his son and a friend, sparking theories of hostile tribes or a hidden utopia; Etta Place, the enigmatic companion of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who vanished after 1925 in Argentina, her true identity and fate ...

Deep Waters Hide Dark Secrets. The American South is renowned for its sweeping landscapes, sun-drenched coastlines, and thick, untamed wetlands. But beneath the scenic beauty of these blackwater bayous, mangrove forests, and coastal flatlands lies a shifting, treacherous terrain that has long been weaponized by the nation's most ruthless predators. In this gripping non-fiction anthology, journey deep into the shadows of the southern wilderness to uncover twenty of the most chilling, dynamic, and historic criminal investigations ever recorded. From the quiet mist of Lake Seminole to the ...

THE TRUE STORY BEHIND AMERICA’S MOST INFAMOUS KILLER — AND THE LIES WE TELL TO LIVE WITH HIM. The Psycho of Plainfield: The Real Story of Ed Gein – Separating Fact from Fiction By Miles Donovan Before Hollywood turned him into a monster… he was a quiet man in a small town. On a bleak Wisconsin farm, surrounded by frozen earth and religious fear, a son lived under the shadow of a mother who ruled him with sin, shame, and silence. Decades later, when the world discovered what he’d done, it wasn’t just the horror that shocked America — it was the ordinariness. This is not the ...

Discover Canada's Most Chilling True Crime Stories That Shocked the Nation From the frozen Arctic territories to bustling urban centers, Canada harbors dark secrets that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the Great White North. 50 Bizarre True Crime Cases That Shocked Canada unveils the country's most disturbing criminal mysteries, featuring: ✓ The Pig Farm Killer - Robert Pickton's horrific crimes in British Columbia ✓ The Highway of Tears - Decades of unsolved disappearances along Highway 16 ✓ The Colonel's Double Life - Russell Williams' shocking ...

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Written by the forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI profiles and catches serial killers, this thought-provoking book takes an intimate look at the creation of the Behavioral Science Unit–the inspiration for Hulu’s Mastermind documentary. In the 1970s, the FBI created the...

Five friends, one university creative writing course, one weekend away to celebrate. Nobody expected it to end in disaster. Ten years ago, promising young writer Keith Brooks fell to his death during a weekend getaway with his university friends. The official story? A tragic accident. But when disgraced journalist Phoebe Black stumbles upon conflicting accounts from Keith's surviving friends, she uncovers a web of lies that suggests something far more nefarious happened on that fateful night.

Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the American "Golden Age" (1950-2000). With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of...

I start all of my true crime books with a quick word of warning. Most news articles and television true crime shows skim over the vile details of truly horrible crimes. In my books, I don’t gloss over the facts, regardless of how disgusting they may be. I try to give my listeners a clear and accurate description on just how demented the killers really were. I do my best not to leave anything out. The stories included in these books are not for the squeamish.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read the shocking true story now featured in the Netflix documentary My Father, The BTK Killer. What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer? Discover the true story behind the BTK killer, as told by those closest to him. In 2005, Kerri...

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.

In Sons of Cain - a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime - investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers - Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called "the definitive history of the phenomenon of serial murder" - he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers.

Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she has learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious killers known to man. Dr. Helen Morrison, a leading expert on serial killers, has spent as many as four hundred...

On October 20, 1973, in San Francisco, a White couple strolling down Telegraph Hill was set upon and butchered by four young Black men. Thus began a reign of terror that lasted six months and left 15 Whites dead and the entire city in a state of panic. The perpetrators wanted nothing less than a race war.