The Serial Killer Files
The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
by Harold Schechter
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THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY_x0092_S MOST HEINOUS!Hollywood_x0092_s makebelieve maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can_x0092_t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the much...
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