Synopses & Reviews
Handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold—the only civilian to be invited to the United States Secret Service's Advanced Document Examination training program—draws on her extensive experience helping law enforcement agencies around the country on cases involving kidnapping, arson, forgery, murder, embezzlement, and stalking to take us inside the mysterious world of crossed t's and dotted i's.
In Sex, Lies, and Handwriting, Dresbold explains how a single sentence can provide insight into a person's background, psychology, and behavior. Throughout the book, Dresbold explores the handwriting of sly politicians, convicted criminals, notorious killers, suspected cheats, and ordinary people who've written to Dresbold’s “The Handwriting Doctor” column for help. She shows you how to identify the signs of a dirty rotten scoundrel and a lying, cheating, backstabbing lover. And she introduces you to some of the most dangerous traits in handwriting, including weapon-shaped letters, “shark's teeth,” “club strokes,” and “felon’s claws.”
Dresbold also explains how criminals are tracked through handwritten clues and what spouses, friends, or employees might be hiding in their script. Sex, Lies, and Handwriting will have you paying a bit more attention to your—and everyone else’s—penmanship.
Synopsis
Explains how to use handwriting analysis to interpret people's character traits, personalities, and backgrounds, and examines the handwriting of such dangerous individuals as Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, and Osama bin Laden.
About the Author
James Kwalwasser is the cocreator and editor of "The Handwriting Doctor" syndicated column. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
Table of Contents
ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Basic Concepts of Handwriting Profiling (a Fun Super-Condensed Mini Course)
1 Brainwriting 101
2 From the Erogenous Zone to the Twilight Zone
3 The Private I
4 How to Read a Signature
Part II: Stop Reading and Start Running!
5 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
6 Sabotage in Their Script
7 Cruel and Unusual Letters
8 Crackups and Meltdowns
9 The Dictator, the Mobster, and Me
10 Is That a Phallic Symbol in Your Handwriting or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
11 Crossing the Line
12 Tick...Tick...Tick...
Part III: The Forensic Files
13 Bad to the Bone
14 The Devil's in the Details
15 Mad Doctors
16 Busted by a Handwriting Detective
Part IV: Whodunits
17 Profile of an Axe Murderer
18 Who Wrote the JonBenÉt Ramsey Ransom Note?
19 The Letter from Hell
Part V: Let's Get Personal
20 The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But...
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