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Cannibal Killers: The History of Impossible Murders

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When I bought this book, I was expecting to be the stories of various cannibal killers throughout history. Indeed the book does cover, in pretty good detail, about 5 or 6 cannibal killers. However, the book also spends several chapters talking about the psychology behind cannibal and serial killers.

The various stories of the killers were chilling and a must read. The psychological portion of the book is a little "dry" to read, but explains a lot about cannibal and serial killers.

Ya, that pretty much sums it up, But it was such a great book. I could not put it down, from start to finish i was hooked. I think i freaked out my parents thought but oh well, it was an extrodinary book, written in a way that almost made it seem like a fiction novel, but it was all true, gives me chills just thinking about it.

This book is a well written, even wryly humorous at times, account of some of history's notorious cannibal killers. It describes all one would want to know about the individuals portrayed, and it ends with some summary information about what is known or theorized about cannibal killers as a species, so to speak. I recommend it to anyone with the stomach to inquire into this disturbing stuff, who is interested in an interesting and very readable overview of the subject.

I FOUND THIS BOOK SO HARD TO PUT DOWN ONCE I STARTED READING. IT SCARED ME TOTALLY TO THE POINT THAT I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO SLEEP. IF YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK WHICH I HOPE YOU DO LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT. THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK WAS WELL STUDIED, THE AUTHOR KNEW JUST HOW TO PUT IT ALTOGETHER TO WHERE IT WOULD MAKE YOU KRINDGE AND WANT FOR MORE. I DID, THE AUTHOR GOT INTO THE MINDS OF ALL THESE KILLERS AND LET YOU IN AS WELL. GREAT READING. SO HARD TO PHANTHOM THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENS IN LIFE SAD.

I don't even know how to give a rating on this book! It was well written and very informative, but I was horrified!

My curiosity on this has been put to rest. Good book, but very disturbing.

In an Aristotelian context, this book is aesthetic and epistemologically sound. I liked this book because I like to eat human flesh, but isn't that so SoKratiK of me? The ontological argument prepared me, in a way, for this book, and yet, insufficiently, somehow. If you think about this, you will see that I am right.