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Summary: This book rocks!
Review: I loved this book, it is really informative, and well written. This is the best of all the serial killer books I have found, and I have a lot. If you are interested in getting a book on serial killers get this one first!!!
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Summary: RETRACTION
Review: I must apologize to the author of this book. When this book popped up on my recommendations list I mistook it for another book with the exact same title and an extremely similar cover I had recently encountered. However, last night to my extreme embarrassment, I discovered my mistake. This book does indeed report accurate and up-to-date information on David Berkowitz, and although the articles on each person/subject is necessarily short for the book to be comprehensive without being unwieldly large, the summaries are quite good for their length. I still recommend buying Maury Terry for a more complete overview of Son of Sam (or other books with greater focus on various persons), but this book is still a good introduction. It is unfortunate that I mistook this book for another that is deceptively simlar but of far lower quality.
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Summary: Very good read
Review: I purchased this a few years ago because I was just needing a good read. It definitely kept me interested with great stories and pictures. There were many people and stories I had never heard before and then some that were more popular, like Dahmer. Very comprehensive and filled with juicy details. Gets right to the point with each crime and skips over the "filler" that you find in most books.
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Summary: Very good read
Review: I purchased this a few years ago because I was just needing a good read. It definitely kept me interested with great stories and pictures. There were many people and stories I had never heard before and then some that were more popular, like Dahmer. Very comprehensive and filled with juicy details. Gets right to the point with each crime and skips over the "filler" that you find in most books.
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Summary: All the Serial Killers you Could Possibly Ask For...
Review: I thought that this book was a very extraordinary and it hightlighted all the main facts of the serial killers of all time. The book covers all kinds of killers, from solo killers - like the Son of Sam, to unresolved cases such as the Zodiac, this book has it all! If you want to know just the facts about all these crimes, this book if definitely one to have on your shelf!
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Summary: You can find the same info for free on the Internet
Review: Most of the information in this book is either out of date or full of factual errors. Save your money as there are much better sources for the same information available for free on the Internet to anyone who knows how to use a search engine.
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Summary: All the serial killers you've never heard of.
Review: Quite a comprehensive book. It contained biographies of like, hundreds of serial killers, many of whom were completely unknown to me. A bit sensationalized, yes, but not overly so. I only wish they had lists of the victims' names -- I have always focused on the victims rather than the murderers. And more photographs would have been nice also.
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Summary: In Sergeant Friday's words, "Just the facts!"
Review: Reviewer is the author of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, which is also on Amazon.com. Mr. Newton was on a roll when he wrote this "masterpiece!" He tells of the lowest life "scumbags" who ever existed, yet does so in an always objective manner. The author tells us what transpired, regarding his accounting of available information about known serial killers and their related stories. The "psychological" experts, of course, like Robert Hare (The Unconscious Mind) and Roy Baumeister (Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty) attempt to tell us why. If you're looking for "just the facts," this is, in fact, a very valuable read!
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Summary: Thanks Michael Newton for an accurate source of information
Review: Serial murder is my area of expertise. I have spent 16 years studying and writing about this field and Michael Newton's works have been along side me for all those years. Newton is an excellent researcher. His work is of the highest quality. His books are a steal. The Encyclopedia is an excellent resource for anyone who needs a thumbnail sketch of serial killers from around the world. Newton has contributed to the growing body of serial killer research by helping to track down and document these killers. Newton was one of the first authors to document the imfamous Dr. Swango, years before any other noticed him.
I highly recommend this book to students, researchers and the just curious. But beware, you may learn more than you ever wanted to know
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Summary: Sweetness
Review: Seriously dudes. This book is so good and very interesting. It's long but once you looked at it you take if everywhere with you. Everyone you come across wants to look at it and read it. I never even got to read the whole thing after two months of purchasing it because people wanted to borrow it so much. You will be very happy with this investment and so will a lot of other people. Greatness is what this book is all about.
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