The Science of Serial Killers
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The Science of Serial Killers

The Truth Behind Ted Bundy, Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper, and Other Notorious Murderers of Cinematic Legend

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eBook - ePub

The Science of Serial Killers

The Truth Behind Ted Bundy, Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper, and Other Notorious Murderers of Cinematic Legend

About this book

Discover the real-life inspirations behind history's most infamous serial killers: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, and so many more. Gothic media moguls Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, authors of The Science of Monsters, The Science of Women in Horror, and The Science of Stephen King, and co-hosts of the Horror Rewind podcast called "the best horror film podcast out there" by Film Daddy, present a guide to the serial killers who inspired the movies and media we all know and love. Delve into the brutal truth behind horror's secret: many monsters portrayed on the silver screen are based on true murderers. Uncover the truth behind the real monsters of horror, answering such questions as:

  • What is the science behind serial killers' motivationslike Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy?
  • How did detectives discover the identities of criminals like the Boston Strangler and the BTK Strangler?
  • Has science made it possible to unmask Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer?
  • What is the science behind female versus male serial killers?

Through interviews, film analysis, and bone-chilling discoveries, join Kelly and Meg as they learn about the horrors of true crime through the decades.

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Index
Note: Illustrations are indicated by page numbers in italics.
A
Aamodt, Mike, 172–173
Abberline, Frederick, 12–13
abortion, 35–36
abusive relationships, 144–145
age regression, 104
alkaline hydrolysis, 109
Allen, Joan, 113
alligators, 227
Altinger, Johnny, 130–131
Amber Alert, 109–110
American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (television series), 141, 143–144
American Horror Story: 1984, 203–205
American Predator (Callahan), 157
America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster (McBrayer), 66–71
America’s Most Wanted (television show), 77, 79
Amirante, Sam, 110
Amityville Horror, The (Anson), 209
Amityville Horror, The (film), 209–211, 213–217
Amurao, Corazon, 197
AncestryDNA, 84–85
Anderson, Michael, 131–132
Andrews, Franklin R., 56
anomie, 75
antisocial personality disorder, 107–108
Antonio, Gino, 50
Archer, James, 55
Ariely, Dan, 141
Arsenic and Old Lace (play), 57–59
arson, 155–156
axe, 175–179
AxeMan of New Orleans, 176–178
B
Babbage, Charles, 164
Bakley, Bonnie Lee, 76
Ball, Joe, 224–228
Bandura, Albert, 63
Barber, Mike, 11–12
Bast, William, 4
Bell, Wayne, 225
Bence, Eli, 6
Bender, Frank, 77–79
Berkowitz, David, 97–103, 100, 123
Berridge, Virginia, 13
Bertillon method, 20
Black Dahlia, 123
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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Section One: Crimes of the Past
  8. Section Two: Foreign Murder
  9. Section Three: Women Killers
  10. Section Four: Double Lives
  11. Section Five: Hiding in Plain Sight
  12. Section Six: I Want to Be Famous
  13. Section Seven: Traveling Killers
  14. Section Eight: Never Caught
  15. Section Nine: Home Invasion
  16. Section Ten: The Strange
  17. Conclusion
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. About the Authors
  20. Endnotes
  21. Index