Synopses & Reviews
A gripping, if chilling, forensic examination of three savage serial killers who, among themselves, brutally murdered 28 innocent women
Michael Ross. Kenneth Bianchi. John Scripps. These are truly the servants of hell, three savage killers without a shred of soul between them. Michael Ross— "The Roadside Strangler," a terrifying sexual-sadistic predator, executed by lethal injection in 2005. Kenneth Bianchi—one of "The Hillside Stranglers," a rapist and serial killer, still serving a life sentence in Washington State. John Scripps—the British-born "Tourist from Hell," who slaughtered victims in Singapore and Thailand and watched them bleed before cutting their bodies up. The hangmans noose ended his spree. Christopher Berry-Dee interviewed both Ross and Bianchi in prison, witnessed Scrippss execution in Changi Jail, and has received the full cooperation of numerous law-enforcement agencies, including State Police in New York and Connecticut, Singapore Police, and HM Customs & Excise Special Investigations. Besides getting inside the characters of three serial killers, Emissaries of Satan also focuses on the irreparable damage caused by the three monsters, while acknowledging the dedicated men and women of law enforcement who work tirelessly to end the killing sprees of men like Ross, Bianchi, and Scripps and bring them to justice.
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The headline-grabbing crime. The grizzly facts in the coroner's report. The shocking revelations from the trial. Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal provides all these details plus one more: the murderer's first-person perspective Revealing quotes from convicted killers add an even more frightening element to these chilling accounts. A world-renowned investigative criminologist, author Christopher Berry-Dee goes deep into the bowels of the world's toughest prisons to face these monsters and hear their stories. Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal presents a disturbing and unflinching look into the homicidal mind.
Synopsis
Uncover the horrific accounts of the most vicious murders ever committed with the shocking words of the serial killers themselves. "The bloodstains . . . that happened when I stored one of the guys upsidedown . . . it usually ran out of his nose or mouth or something . . ." --John Wayne Gacy
"She kinda wanted it, ya know. Sex, an' stuff like that. Then I get started, an' she starts cryin' and wants her mom, so I suffocated her." --Arthur John Shawcross, The Genesee River Killer
"Killing a woman's like killing a chicken. They both squawk." --Kenneth Allen McDuff, Broomstick Murderer
"I ain't so bad. I've been with hundreds of men. I just ain't killed them all. Then you get a few dirty old men who go radical on me. What am I supposed to do? It was all their fault, and that's the God's honest truth." --Aileen Carol Wuornos, "Monster"
"I took her into the bedroom and killed her. She screamed for her mom and the last thing she saw was the face of her dead friend lying under the sheets next to her." --Kenneth Bianchi, The Hillside Strangler
Synopsis
COMBINES HORRIFIC ACCOUNTS OF THE MOST VICIOUS MURDERS EVER COMMITTED WITH THE SHOCKING WORDS OF THE KILLERS THEMSELVESThe bloodstains . . . that happened when I stored one of the guys upsidedown . . . it usually ran out of his nose or mouth or something . . .”
--John Wayne Gacy
She kinda wanted it, ya know. Sex, an stuff like that. Then I get started, an she starts cryin and wants her mom, so I suffocated her.”
--Arthur John Shawcross, The Genesee River Killer
Killing a womans like killing a chicken. They both squawk.”
--Kenneth Allen McDuff, Broomstick Murderer
I aint so bad. Ive been with hundreds of men. I just aint killed them all. Then you get a few dirty old men who go radical on me. What am I supposed to do? It was all their fault, and thats the Gods honest truth.”
--Aileen Carol Wuornos, Monster”
I took her into the bedroom and killed her. She screamed for her mom and the last thing she saw was the face of her dead friend lying under the sheets next to her.”
--Kenneth Bianchi, The Hillside Strangler
About the Author
Christopher Berry-Dee is the Editor of The New Criminologist and Director of the Criminology Research Centre. He has written numerous books on murderers and serial killers. He was also the research and interviewer for a 13-part TV series in the Uk entitled The Serial Killers.