Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Peek Inside the Minds of the Most Disturbing Murderers What makes a cold, heartless murderer tick? In this book, investigative criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee takes readers through the acts of some of the most dangerous people who once walked among us. Then he digs deeper. Using the killers' own words, he reveals their twisted psyches. After spending years researching, interviewing and corresponding with imprisoned criminals, he paints a picture of how narcissism, jealousy, and sociopathy can make people commit horrifying and violent acts without remorse.
Highlighting some of the most infamous serial killers in history, as well as recently convicted murderers, this books explores the cases and psychopathies of murderers, including:
Oscar Pistorius, Olympic Murderer Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, the Hillside Strangler Harold Shipman, Dr. Death Kenneth Allen McDuff, the Broomstick Killer Melanie McGuire, the Suitcase Murder Synopsis
PEEK INSIDE THE MINDS OF THE MOST DISTURBING MURDERERS Hear from doctors, lawyers, relatives, and psychopaths themselves to see what makes killers tick.
"I have a nut ball...he's a real one-off...He's got a woman's breast in his jacket pocket, for Christ's sake."
--Phone call about Wayne Adam Ford, "The Killer with a Conscience"
"The depravity of this murder simply shocks the conscience of this court. One who callously destroys a family to accomplish her own selfish ends must face the most severe consequences that the law can provide."
--Sentencing statement for Melanie McGuire, "The Ice Queen"
"I felt nothin' ...There was nothing going through my mind until they were already dead...I mean, it was like watching it on TV]."
--Michael Bruce Ross
"Killing a broad doesn't make any difference to me. Killing ANY FUCKIN' BODY doesn't make any difference to me."
--Kenneth Bianchi, "The Hillside Strangler"
"He talked about the police searching for bodies in woods and rivers. He gave it, as his opinion, that the best way to get rid of a body was to put it in concrete on a construction site."
--Gilly Page on John Cannan
"Well, it was me all along. I would have killed and kept on killing...They had all the facts and now even the psychiatrists have got it all wrong."
&mdashPeter Sutcliffe, "The Yorkshire Ripper"
Synopsis
Dive inside the minds of some of the planet's most notorious serial killers, murderers and criminals in this mammoth true crime collection from acclaimed author Christopher Berry-Dee. Hear from doctors, lawyers, relatives, and psychopaths themselves to see what makes killers tick.
"I have a nut ball...he's a real one-off...He's got a woman's breast in his jacket pocket, for Christ's sake."
--Phone call about Wayne Adam Ford, "The Killer with a Conscience"
"The depravity of this murder simply shocks the conscience of this court. One who callously destroys a family to accomplish her own selfish ends must face the most severe consequences that the law can provide."
--Sentencing statement for Melanie McGuire, "The Ice Queen"
"I felt nothin' ...There was nothing going through my mind until they were already dead...I mean, it was like watching it on TV]."
--Michael Bruce Ross
"Killing a broad doesn't make any difference to me. Killing ANY FUCKIN' BODY doesn't make any difference to me."
--Kenneth Bianchi, "The Hillside Strangler"
"He talked about the police searching for bodies in woods and rivers. He gave it, as his opinion, that the best way to get rid of a body was to put it in concrete on a construction site."
--Gilly Page on John Cannan
"Well, it was me all along. I would have killed and kept on killing...They had all the facts and now even the psychiatrists have got it all wrong."
--Peter Sutcliffe, "The Yorkshire Ripper"