True Crime Casebook: Serial Killers

Investigate 27 horrifying cases in the recent history of true crime…

This book presents some of the most disturbing cases of the past hundred and fifty years, and the people who solved them. Each compelling case combines an account of what happened with contemporary photos that help set the scene.

Cases include: Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror, Fred and Rosemary West’s House of Horrors, John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown and Alexander Pichushkin, the Chessboard Killer.

Why did they kill and why did they initially avoid detection? Investigate the theories surrounding the case, media commentary and follow the trials. Look at forensic evidence and find out how the case was solved…