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Serial Killers and Crime and punishment

 

Authors who are prolific and have too many books to have to scroll through. They are some of
the most interesting so don't be shy about clicking their names to see what they've got to say.
John Dunning Ronald Holmes Ronald M. Holmes J. Robert Nash
Michael Newton Robert Ressler    

 

Geoffrey Abbott

Rack, Rope and Red-Hot Pincers
A history of torture and its Instruments

1997 VG/VG 1st Reprint. Pictorial laminated boards with matching DJ. Condition fine, square and tight. No writing or other markings. 243 pp.

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Jack Henry Abbot
Norman Mailer

In the Belly of the Beast
Letters From Prison

Random House 1991
Second Printing VG/VG in
unclipped Brodart sleeve. Prior owner's
name stamped on ffep.

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Norman Adams

Dead and Buried ?
The horrible history of bodysnatching

Bell Publishing 1973
1st Edition hardback in VG/VG jacket
protected by a Brodart wrapper.

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Danzig Baldaev
Sergei Vasiliev

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia

Fuel 2003 1st Edition
VG/VG in Brodart sleeve. No marks, no writing. Clean as a whistle and unread.  

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Danzig Baldaev Russian Criminal Tattoo
Volume II
Fuel 2006 1st Edition
VG/VG in Brodart sleeve. No marks, no writing. Clean as a whistle and unread.  

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Danzig Baldaev Russian Criminal Tattoo
Volume III
Fuel 2008
VG/VG. No marks, no writing. Clean as a whistle and unread.  

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Gary W. Barfknecht

Murder, Michigan
Seventy fascinating and dramatic murders that have violently shaped the dark side of Michigan's history.

Friede 1983
Softcover, very good condition with a shadow of darkening at bottom edge of pages. Possible first printing. No marks, spine is very good.

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Lt. Ray Biondi

The Dracula Killer
The true story of California's Vampire Killer

Pocket 1992

Very good condition, no marks, no writing, solid.

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Vincent Bugliosi

The Betrayal of America
How the Supreme Court undermined the Constitution and chose our president

Thunders Mouth Press 2001
1st Edition - as new in wraps

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Vincent Bugliosi

No Island of Sanity

Ballantine 1998 1st Edition
A little smudge at bottom corner of pages, otherwise as new in wraps

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Michael Cartel

Disguise of Sanity:
Serial Mass Murderers
Forward by Senator Ed Davis, former Los Angeles Police Chief

1985

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Graham Chester

Berserk! 
Terrifying true stories of notorious mass murders and the deranged killers who committed them


St. martin's press 1993 Hardcover. Condition:VG/VG in Brodart wrap.

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Peter Conradi

The Red Ripper
The world's most twisted serial sex killer... and his savage spree of rape, mutilation and murder.
Dell Publishing Company, 1992
VG condition paperback  

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Michael Detroit

Chain Of Evidence
A true story of law enforcement and one woman's bravery

Dutton 1994
Spine is cocked a bit, but otherwise this is a tight little book in unmarked condition with a very good dust jacket protected by a Brodart wrapper.

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Bernard DuClos

Fair Game
St. Martin's Press 1993
VG/VG dust jacket protected by a Brodart wrapper. Square and solid.

"To big game hunter Robert Hansen, Alaska was paradise.

Bur for his victims, it was terrifying wilderness where no one could hear their screams."

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Pete Earley

Prophet of Death
The Mormon Blood-Atonement Killings

Morrow 1991
VG/VG in Brodart wrapper.

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Howard Engel

Lord High Executioner
An Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind

Firefly Books 1996 1st Edition
As new in wraps. No marks or writing.

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Melvyn Fairclough

The Ripper and The Royals

Duckworth 2nd Paper Edition 1991

Very good condition; tight
and square.

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Karen Farrington

Dark Justice
A history of punishment and torture

Hamlyn 1996 1st Edition

Fine in a Fine Brodart protective sleeve. This is a rather large book.

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Martin Fido

The Chronicle of Crime
The Infamous Villains of Modern History and their Hideous Crimes

Carlton Books 2000
VG in wraps. No marks, no writing.

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Radu Florescu In search of frankenstein 
New York Graphic Society 1975  Hardcover. First Printing. VG/VG in a Brodart protector.

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Gerold Frank

The Boston Strangler

New American Library 1966
No edition stated, could be first!
No jacket, but they kept the inside fold
of it with comments from Mr. Frank.
Book has a slightly loose front hinge and
a stain on the end pages but otherwise
should still be capable of educating and
informing the reader.

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Thomas E. Gaddis
and Thomas O. Long
Killer
A Journal of Murder
Macmillan Company, 1970 1st VG-

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John Gilmore

The Garbage People
Story of Charles Manson

Omega 1971
Softcover, 1st Printing
Square and solid; it's been in a plastic sleeve for decades; it came in it when I bought the book 22 years ago. In fact, the photo to your right shows the book in its sleeve!

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John Gilmore

The Tucson Murders

Dial Press 1971 1st Edition
VG/VG clipped DJ in Brodart sleeve.
Excellent condition.

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John Gilmore

Severed
The true story of the Black Dahlia Murder

Zanja Press 1994 1st Printing
New in wraps.

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Judge Robert H. Gollmar

Edward Gein

Pinnacle 3rd Printing 1989

Unmarked, no writing, pretty good condition for its age.

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Leonard Gribble

Great Manhunters of the Yard

Roy Publishers 1966
VG slightly tanned pages wrapped in a very good Brodart-protected wrapper. Jacket is price-clipped, otherwise very good. No marks or writing.

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Susan Gubar and
Joan Hoff

For Adult Users Only
The dilemma of Violent Pornography

Indiana U. Press 1st Edition
Good in copper-brown wraps. No marks
or writing within.

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Peter Haining

Cannibal Killers

The real life flesh eaters and blood drinkers

Barnes & Noble 2006
VG/VG book in Brodart wrapper. Pages have tanned a bit.

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Angus Hall

Crimes of Horror

Crescent 1976

Book has a cracked spine. It's still very interesting and readable if people like the acid-bath blood drinker are interesting to you.

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It's a very boring cover. Just a blue board. Not worth the bandwidth.

Shirley Harrison

Diary of Jack The Ripper

Pocket 1995
Good condition.

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Robert R. Hazelwood & Ann Wolbert Burgess

Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation

CRC 1995 2nd Edition, First Thus
VG HB (as new except for 3 small
initials on top of pages at spine)

   

 

 


Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation

Elsevier Science Publishing 1987
Later printing. In boards, this book is clean and solid with an inscription from Mr. Hazelwood on the ffep.
Signed by the author.  

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Mel Heimer

The Cannibal

Pinnacle 2nd Printing 1991

Good paperback

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Brian Innes History of Torture
Brown 1998 1st Edition. Hardcover.VG/VG unclipped dust jacket in a Brodart sleeve. No marks or writing. 192 pp. 

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Brian Innes

Serial Killers

Quercus Publishing, London, 2007  2nd Printing. NF/NF

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Steve Jackson

Rough Trade

Pinnacle Books 2001
First Printing. Square & solid paperback
with very mild creasing to spine and
tanned pages, particularly the inside covers.
It's about as tightly bound as a read paperback
can be. No marks or writing.

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Ann Jones

Women Who Kill

Fawcett Columbine/Ballantine 1981
First Edition in wraps
Pages are tanned, covers roll a bit but otherwise this is a clean, unmarked book.

"A vivid history of America's female murderers from Colonial times to the present."

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Antoon A. Leenaars, Ph.D.

Suicide Notes
Predictive Clues and Patterns

Human Sciences Press, New York, 1988 1st Edition. No jacket.
Book is clean; no notes, marks, etc.
Very good condition

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David Lester Ph.D.

Serial Killers
The insatiable passion

Charles Press 1995
VG in wraps.

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Elliott Leyton

Compulsive Killers
The story of modern multiple murder

NYU Press 1986
VG/VG jacket is protected by Brodart wrapper. Book is square and solid - no marks, no writing.

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Elliott Leyton

Sole Survivor
Children Who Murder Their Families

Seal Books 1990
First Edition
VG/VG in Brodart protection. As new.
Not price-clipped, not ex-library.

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Clifford L. Linedecker

Night Stalker
The shocking true story of Richard Ramirez, the serial killer whose murder spree terrorized Los Angeles

St. Martins Press 1991 1st Edition.
Square & solid paperback
with very mild creasing to spine and
tanned pages, particularly the inside covers.
It's about as tightly bound as a read paperback
can be. No marks or writing.

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Clifford L. Linedecker

Prison Groupies

Pinnacle Books 1993
Hardback, VG/G+ dj with a few tatters on the edges. Tight and clean copy.  

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Georgina Lloyd

One Was Not Enough
True stories of multiple murderers

Hale 1986

VG/VG dust jacket in Brodart sleeve. Spine has a bit of a cock to it.

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Georgina Lloyd

The Passion Killers
Fifteen Murders in Hot Blood

Bantam 1993 Reprint
Solid paperback with a bite chewed out
of the bottom of the spine. Otherwise,
clean and unmarked.

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Richard Lourie

Hunting The Devil
The pursuit, capture and confession of the most savage serial killer in history (Andrei Chikatilo)

Harper Collins 1993

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Ronald Markman, M.D. and
Dominick Bosco

Alone With The Devil
Famous Cases of a Courtroom Psychiatrist

Doubleday 1989
VG/VG BCE in a Brodart wrapper.

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Brian Marriner

On Death's Bloody Trail
Murder and the art of forensic science

St. Martin's Press 1991

VG/VG dust jacket unclipped and in a bright Brodart wrapper. Book appears to be unread.

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Brian Marriner

Cannibalism
The Last Taboo

Senate 1992
Crisp, unread square softcover book.

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Moira Martingale

Cannibal Killers
The history of impossible murders

Carroll & Graf 1993
Second Edition
VG in wraps. No marks or writing.

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Moira Martingale

Cannibal Killers
The impossible monsters

Hale 1993
First Edition VG/VG dust jacket. As new. No marks or writing.

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Dennis McDougal

Angel of Darkness
The true story of Randy Kraft and the most henious murder spree of the century

Warner Books 1991
Second printing. Has small owners label on inside of front cover; otherwise as new in great dj protected by a Brodart wrapper.

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Steven Michaud with Roy Hazelwood

The Evil That Men Do
FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood's journey into the minds of sexual predators

St. Martin's Press 1st Edition
VG/VG in Brodart protection sleeve
Excellent, as-new copy  

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Hugh Miller

What The Corpse Revealed

Murder and the science of forensic detection


St Martins Press, 1999. 3rd printing. VG/VG in a shiny Brodart sleeve. No marks or writing. Illustrated with photographs.  

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Michael Munn

The Hollywood Murder Casebook

St. Martin's Press 1987 1st Edition
VG/VG in Brodart sleeve. Not price-clipped.

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Dr. Joel Norris

Henry Lee Lucas

Zebra Books 1st Printing 1991
No marks or writing but the
spine is creased from normal
use. Solid copy.

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Edward Peters

Torture (expanded edition)

Penn 1999

New softcover.

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Hershel Prins

Criminal Behavior

Tavistock Publications 1982
2nd Edition First thus
VG/VG in Brodart protected wrapper.

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Ed Sanders

The Family
The story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion

Dutton 1971 BCE. VG/VG in clipped dust jacket protected by a Brodart wrapper. This is the first Book Club edition, and it includes The Process chapter which was removed from subsequent printings.

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Harold Schechter

Deviant
The shocking true story of Ed Gein

Pocket Books 1989
First Edition softcover. Square & solid paperback
with very mild creasing to spine and
tanned pages, particularly the inside covers.
It's about as tightly bound as a read paperback
can be. No marks or writing.

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Anne E. Schwartz

The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough
The secret murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer

Birch Lane Press 1992

VG/VG dj in Brodart wrapper. As-new copy.

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Ted Schwarz

Deadly Whispers

St. Martin's Press 1992

 

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Brad Steiger The Mass Murderer
Award Books
1st Printing - 1967
Paperback Original

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Dr. Herbert Streen
and Lucy Freeman

Our Wish To Kill
The murder in all of our hearts

St. Martin's Press 1991 1st Edition
VG/VG in Brodart protected wrapper

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Terry Sullivan

Killer Clown
The John Wayne Gacy Murders

Pinnacle 4th Printing 1994

Good condition.

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  Infamous Murders
Chartwell 1976
Near fine hb/dj

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Julian Symons A Pictorial History of Crime
1840 to the Present
Bonanza Books, Later Ptg
Good in a Good DJ

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Shiguro Takada

Contingency Cannibalism

Paladin Press 1999
As new.

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Cyril Wecht M.D., J. D.

Cause of Death

Onyx 1994 First Printing. Square & solid paperback with very mild creasing to spine and
tanned pages, particularly the inside covers.
It's about as tightly bound as a read paperback
can be. No marks or writing.

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Emlyn Williams

Beyond Belief
A Chronicle of Murder and its Detection

Random House 1968 BCE
VG OLD book with a better-than-good dust jacket protected by a Brodart sleeve. DJ has some wear and chipping at top and bottom of spine, which is sort of visible in the photo to the right.

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Colin Wilson and Pat Pitman

Encyclopedia of MURDER

G.P. Putnam's Sons 1961
First American edition.
This book is in generally very good
condition however it is an ex-lib with minimal
markings. There is a taped-down, unclipped
dust jacket with some patches missing. This is
a fairly scarce book.

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Colin Wilson & Damon Wilson

The Killers Among Us Book 2
Sex, Madness & Mass Murder

Warner Books 1997
Square & solid paperback
with very mild creasing to spine and
tanned pages, particularly the inside covers.
It's about as tightly bound as a read paperback
can be. No marks or writing.

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