Reddit reviews The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

I can't believe I spent twenty minutes to track this down.

The change to Wikipedia was made in an anonymous edit last May, so I figured, okay, this story is not going to pan out.

The change had an actual citation, though: Schechter (2003). The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers. Ballantine Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-345-46566-5.

I checked it on Amazon, and did the Look Inside thing for Locusta. It was actually verbatim from the book, page 130, so it could have been removed for copyright reasons. The source of this specially-trained giraffe story in the book is one "Michael Newton," "crime maven," who appears to have written a number of books of crime anecdotes.

Edit: Michael Newton's profession must be noted.

My reading recommendations include, mainly, a lot of textbooks! Unlike a lot of the true crime novels, I've found that criminal psychology, criminology, victimology, forensics and other academic textbooks and research journals are generally far less sensationalistic than the true crime novels tend to be. here are some of the ones that I highly recommend.

Serial Murderers and Their Victims by Eric W Hinkley is a fantastic resource for the latest studies concerning serial murder, focusing on both the perpetrators and their victims. Now in its seventh iteration, this text has some of the most up to date statistics on serial killers in the US and worldwide.

Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters by Peter Vronsky is another similarly great book full of real life case studies of serial and spree killers and delves into the motives behind such aberrant behavior.

The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton has entries on hundreds of convicted serial killers.

The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers by Harold Schechter undoubtedly possesses a sensational bent, but I can't deny that the book is certainly thrilling to read in a morbid way, and I think any fan of true crime will like it very much.

Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters by Peter Vronsky explores the rare phenomenon of female serial killers.

Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives by Ressler, Burgess and Douglas is an important and easily-read psychological textbook on the sexual impulses that lead to violence.

Sexual Murder: Catathymic and Compulsive Homicides by Louis B Schlesinger is a similar book by a prominent forensic psychologist.

Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition: Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations by Vernon J Geberth is a manual for law enforcement professionals investigating sexually-motivated homicides by a renowned former-detective. The images and case studies are directly from the author's archive of case files. I will warn readers that some of the content in this book is highly disturbing, even for I, a person with an interest in the psychology of serial killers. All in all, a fascinating book for those who can stomach it.

Don't look at me, I read about it in a book called The Serial Killer Files

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345465660/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_pQiEzbJTXB558

I own these two books and I love them! I think she would too! They include stories about many serial killers and are very interesting!

The Serial Killer Files has a lot of different killers in it. It's hard to read continuously though, more of a reference and a way to discover new killers to read more about.

The Killer Book of Serial Killers has mostly the more well-known serial killers and really great overviews of their whole stories.

We have 'The Serial Killer Files' in the master bathroom.

Link on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Serial-Killer-Files-Terrifying/dp/0345465660/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1H6K1QVB94YD1K99V8MS