Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Liz Stride, Kate Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly might be contenders for the most written about women in all... Læs mere
Through a comparison of the tellings and retellings of two famous cases more than a century apart - the Jack the Ripper killings in 1888, and the murder trials of Steven Avery as documented in Making a Murderer - this book examines the complicated dynamics of criminal celebrity.
Decades before the coining of the term ""serial killer,"" H.H. Holmes murdered dozens of people in his now-infamous Chicago ""Murder Castle"". This book uses Holmes' writings and confessions to inspect how the Arch Fiend represented himself.
Examines over 30 of Stephen King’s works, revealing that the overall success of the characters in removing the supernatural threat from their towns, or perhaps defeating it entirely, does not depend fully on the path of action they choose.
The story of Jack the Ripper has had continual interest since he stalked the streets of Whitechapel during the Autumn of Terror... Læs mere