Lust, power, madness and money drive us all in our daily lives, yet we know the difference between right and wrong, and most of us don’t act on our impulses. But there are people we mix with every day who are certifiable psychopaths, lacking empathy and remorse. Mix this cold-heartedness and disconnection from society with the pressures of everyday life and you have the makings of a serial killer. True Crime: Serial Killers details cold-hearted serial killers from Jack the Ripper to Blue Beard and La Bestia, right through to modern day horrors. From the earliest recorded accounts right up to the modern day and using shocking first-hand evidence, this book delves into the horrific psychology of multiple killers to expose to the reader the horrific reality of these cold-hearted psyches.

J. F. Derry is the atuhor of Darwin in Scotland. Claire Welch is the author of Cannibal Killers and Women Killers. Ian Welch is the author of Unsolved Crimes.

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PAST 1 – 8
Vlad the Impaler (Romania)
Elizabeth Báthory (Hungary)
Gilles de Rais (France)
Gilles Garnier (France)
Peter Stumpp (Germany)
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (Russia)
Lewis Hutchinson (Jamaica)
Micajah Harpe (USA)
Wiley Harpe (USA)
William Burke (Scotland)
William Hare (Scotland)
Thug Behram (India)
William Palmer (England)
Mary Ann Cotton (England)
John Flickinger (USA)
The Austin Axe Murderer (USA)
Amelia Dyer (England)
Maria Swanenburg (Netherlands)
Belle Gunness (USA)
William Gohl (USA)
George Joseph Smith (England)
Béla Kiss (Hungary)
Carl Großmann (Germany)
Jack the Ripper (England)
BATTERERS
Yang Xinhai (China) 9
Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour (Egypt) 10
Raya and Sakina (Egypt) 12
Abdul Latif Sharif (USA, Mexico) 14
Donald Neilson (England) 16
Levi Bellfeld (England) 17
Alexander Pichushkin (Russia) 19
Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy (USA) 21
BEHEADERS
William Lee Cody Neal (USA) 27
Edmund Emil Kemper III (USA) 31
Herbert Mullin (USA) 31
BOMBERS
Glennon Engleman (USA) 44
Theodore Kaczynski (USA) 45
SHOOTERS
Edward Theodore Gein (USA) 54
Robert (Willie) Pickton (Canada) 61
David Berkowitz (USA) 63
John George Haigh (England) 68
Stephen Griffths (England) 69
Richard Ramirez (USA) 73
Richard Leonard Kuklinski (USA) 76
Giuseppe Greco (Italy) 78
STABBERS
Luis Alfredo Garavito (Columbia) 79
Peter Tobin (England, Scotland) 80
Peter Manuel (Scotland) 82
Henry Lee Lucas (USA) 83
Ottis Toole (USA) 83
POISONERS
Beverley Gail Allitt (England) 86
Waltraud Wagner (Austria) 92
Javed Iqbal Mughal (Pakistan) 93
Georgia Tann (USA) 94
Miyuki Ishikawa (Japan) 94
Júlia Fazekas (Hungary) 96
Vera Renczi (Romania) 96
John Bodkin Adams (England) 97
Graham Frederick Young (England) 100
Arnfnn Nesset (Norway) 101
Edson Izidoro Guimarães (Brazil) 102
Orville Lynn Majors (USA) 102
Harold Frederick Shipman (England) 103
RIPPERS
Peter Sutcliffe (England) 107
Gordon Cummins (England) 111
Anthony John Hardy (England) 112
John Sweeney (England) 116
REAPERS
Henry Howard Holmes (USA) 123
John Wayne Gacy (USA) 126
Gerald Gallego (USA) 133
David Birnie (Australia) 137
Delfna González Valenzuela (Mexico) 140
María de Jesús González Valenzuela (Mexico) 140
KEEPERS
Leonard Lake (USA) 142
Charles Chi-Tat Ng (USA) 142
Gary Heidnik (USA) 146
Marc Dutroux (Belgium) 149
David Parker Ray (USA) 152
CANNIBALS
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Russia) 159
Dean Corll (USA) 162
Leonarda Cianciulli (Italy) 164
Pedro Rodrigues Filho (Brazil) 165
Shen Changping (China) 166
Shen Changyin (China) 166
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (Uzbekistan) 167
Albert Fish (USA) 167
STRANGLERS
Pedro Alonso López (Columbia) 172
Daniel Camargo Barbosa (Columbia) 177
John Reginald Christie (England) 178
Ahmad Suradji (Indonesia) 178
Jürgen Bartsch (Germany) 179
Kenneth Bianchi (USA) 180
Angelo Buono (USA) 180
Ian Brady (England) 181
Myra Hindley (England) 181
Paul Bernardo (Canada) 184
Karla Homolka (Canada) 185
Robert Black (Scotland) 185
Dennis Rader (USA) 187
Jack Unterweger (Austria) 188
Gary Leon Ridgway (USA) 189
Steven Gerald James Wright (England) 190
Jeffrey Dahmer (USA) 193
SMOTHERERS
Dennis Andrew Nilsen (England) 195
Fritz Haarmann (Germany) 199
Serhiy Tkach (Ukraine) 200
Donald Henry Gaskins, Jr (USA) 200
Frederick West (England) 201
Rosemary West (England) 201
OTHERS 208 – 212
The Lima Ripper (Peru)
The Axeman of New Orleans (USA)
The Cleveland Torso Murderer (USA)
Jack the Stripper (England)
The Zodiac Killer (USA)
The Capital City Murderer (USA)
The Monster of Florence (Italy)
The Highway of Tears Killer (Canada)
The Black Doodler (USA)
The Family Murderers (Australia)
The Original Night Stalker (USA)
The Toronto Hospital Murderer (Canada)
The Tynong Murderer (Australia)
The Frankford Slasher (USA)
The Stoneman (India)
The Hwaseong Murderer (South Korea)
The Beer Man (India)
The Rainbow Maniac (Brazil)
The Long Island Serial Killer (USA)
The Nanjing Killer (China)
The Orange County Killer (USA)
The Hollywood Ripper (USA)
The Dating Game Killer (USA)
The Grim Sleeper (USA)
The Speed Freak Killers (USA)