Books like Evil serial killers by Charlotte Greig

Dr. John Watson recounts Sherlock Holmes’s perilous pursuit of Jack the Ripper through the grim streets of nineteenth‑century London, revealing a forgotten historical investigation of a serial killer.

Former reporter uncovers the Zodiac killer's final crime in the California investigation that baffled investigators for decades.

The Serial Killer Files catalogs real‑world serial murderers—from John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy to historical figures—offering rigorous profiles, psychological insights, and details on crimes, motives, and societal impact.

In early 20th-century San Francisco, wealthy young Delia Martin can see ghosts and must travel west and east to help restless spirits, only to be drawn back by a serial killer’s condemned victim that knows her powers.

The Complete Jack the Ripper offers a factual, scholarly account of the 1888 Whitechapel murders, examining evidence, dispelling myths, and relating the case to contemporary crime and literature.

A concise compendium of notable serial killer cases, reviewing the infamous deeds of Bundy, Gacy, Nilsen, and Berkowitz while highlighting earlier luminaries such as Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler.

An investigative reporter tracks the long‑timed serial killer who has murdered women in South Central Los Angeles since the 1980s, uncovering the case’s alleged identity.

An analysis of the psychological roots of extreme violence, using genocide, war crimes, and mass murders as case studies.

TRUE CRIME. Serial Killers and Psychopaths by Charlotte Greig and John Marlowe.

A detailed examination of the unsolved Whitechapel murders of 1888 in London, exploring historical context, investigative efforts, and the enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper.

Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Over the past thirty years, serial killers have become iconic figures in America, the subject of made-for-TV movies and mass-market paperbacks alike. But why do we find such luridly transgressive and horrific individuals so fascinating? What compels us to look more closely at these figures when we really want to look away? Natural Born Celebrities considers how serial killers have become lionized in American culture and explores the consequences of their fame.David Schmid provides a historical account of how serial killers became famous and how that fame has been used in popular media and the corridors of the FBI alike. Ranging from H. H. Holmes, whose killing spree during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair inspired The Devil in the White City, right up to Aileen Wuornos, the lesbian prostitute whose vicious murder of seven men would serve as the basis for the hit film Monster, Schmid unveils a new understanding of serial killers by emphasizing both the social dimensions of their crimes and their susceptibility to multiple interpretations and uses. He also explores why serial killers have become endemic in popular culture, from their depiction in The Silence of the Lambs and The X-Files to their becoming the stuff of trading cards and even Web sites where you can buy their hair and nail clippings.Bringing his fascinating history right up to the present, Schmid ultimately argues that America needs the perversely familiar figure of the serial killer now more than ever to manage the fear posed by Osama bin Laden since September 11."This is a persuasively argued, meticulously researched, and compelling examination of the media phenomenon of the 'celebrity criminal' in American culture. It is highly readable as well."—Joyce Carol Oates

Scottish Yard detectives, hunting Jack the Ripper, are confronted by the Torso Killer, whose mutilated body parts leave police surgeons like Dr Thomas Bond on the brink of opium‑driven despair.