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The Charles
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The Serial Killer
Letters: A Penetrating Look Inside the Minds of Murderers |
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| Jennifer Furio |
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The Charles
Press, Publishers |
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The Serial Killer
Letters: A Penetrating Look Inside the Minds of Murderers |
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| Jennifer Furio |
Ever since she was a young girl, Jennifer Furio, a young mother and Sunday School teacher from Bellingham, Washington, was surrounded by murder and by one seemingly random rape, torture and mutilation after another. These violent crimes, so oddly prevalent in the Pacific Northwest, were reported in her local newspaper and the scenes of the crimes were often near her house. Like most of us, Jennifer was frightened, repulsed and confused by these crimes. But, unlike most of us, she went to unusual lengths to find out why they happened in the first place. She went straight to the source—the killers themselves—and asked them point blank: “Why did you do it?”
So began an incredible correspondence and Jennifer’s journey into the dark and strange lives of 14 notorious serial killers—all in prison, many on death row. Their letters to Jennifer, transcribed and reproduced exactly as they were written—unedited and uncensored—are without a doubt unlike anything you have ever read—graphic, detailed descriptions of the atrocious crimes they committed (or claim they didn’t commit), the depraved lives they lived, their childhoods, their wives, their victims, their sexual likes and dislikes—and sometimes things you really don’t want to know. Included also are over 90 rare, never before seen photographs, as well as reproductions of many of the actual letters—showing handwriting (a graphologist’s dream!), drawings and other artwork that must be seen to be believed. This book offers an intimate look into the minds of the men responsible for the most unspeakable crimes in recent history.
The Serial Killer Letters, the first book ever to provide actual case studies of this type of criminal in the form of personal letters, is a major and pioneering addition to the psychological literature on serial killers and their crimes. By offering the actual words of the killers themselves, this book offers readers the opportunity to come to their own conclusions about what kind of people these men really are, what makes them tick and what turned them into human killing machines in the first place. In addition to true crime buffs, a wide variety of disciplines and professionals— including psychologists, criminologists, profilers, forensic psychologists, police people and corrections workers—will be grateful to have this unique opportunity to get an inside look at these most complex individuals.
The book includes letters from the following killers: Edward Spreitzer, Harvy Carignan, Roy Norris, Harrison T. Graham, Henry Lee Lucas, David Gore, Jeff Libby, Douglas Clark, Lawrence Bittaker, Bill Suff, Randall Woodfield and Robin Gecht (CLICK LAST TWO NAMES FOR EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK)
316 pages. Paper Edition Only. ISBN:
0-914-783-84-X.
LIST PRICE: $26.95
