The Killers Among Us: Motives Behind Their Madness (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Colin Wilson (Author), Damon Wilson (Author) "WHEN JACK THE RIPPER KILLED FIVE PROSTITUTES IN THE EAST End of London in 1888, he became instantly the world's most infamous, and also its..." (more)
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Delves into the minds of the century's most demented serial killers and traces the patterns to their crimes, from Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson to lesser-known figures such as Russia's Andrei Chikatilo, who murdered fifty-five people. Reprint.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446603279
• ISBN-13: 978-0446603270
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #966,417 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful without sensationalizing, February 28, 1999

By A Customer

Let's face it, the chapters (each one dealing with a specific decade) were too long.I simply couldn't put the book down until I got to the end of the chapter, resulting in a tremendeous lack of sleep! This book is totally absorbing and gives the reader a simple to understand, thought-provoking insight into what may be involved in creating a serial killer. Despite the subject matter, the authors somehow manage to stick almost totally to the facts, without comment, and it is their completely clinical approach that makes the book so shocking yet insightful, without alienating the reader with sensationalist gore. The killers become human beings - no matter how depraved - and it is this realization that it is probably necessary to for us to understand, above all things, if we are to ever rid the world of such heinous crimes.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good but not great, March 27, 2001

By	tim camas (ft lauderdale, fl United States) - See all my reviews

i have read a few books about serial killers in the past and this one was mediocre. there were some good facts and information here, but the details of certain crimes were given one line while others were given entire pages. there were a few details that i did not know about several offenders. but, if you want to read a book that, i feel, is a classic, read "serial killers", by joel norris.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Audacious, April 12, 2002

By	Alejandra (Camarillo, CA) - See all my reviews

Ambition to kill is what these serial murderers live to
each day. Hatred, power, control, and vengeance is what
the motives of these powerful killers annihilate for.
Descriptive facts of how and why murderes killed gives
us a powerful insight to what they perceive.