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The Science of Serial Killers

Name: The Science of Serial Killers
Author: Meg Hafdahl, Kelly Florence

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

Meg Hafdahl, Kelly Florence

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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

Meg Hafdahl, Kelly Florence

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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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Publisher

Skyhorse

Year

2021

ISBN

9781510764156

Topic

Scienze biologiche

Subtopic

Scienza generale

Index

Note: Illustrations are indicated by page numbers in italics.

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

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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