Charlotte Greig

This striking hardback guide brings together shocking case histories of the world's most horrifying killers and their egregious crimes, illustrated throughout with chilling full-color photographs. Serial killers lead double lives. To those that know them best, they may seem normal, or even charming, yet beneath their pleasant exterior lurks a dark secret. When left to their own devices, they commit some of the most atrocious deeds imaginable, taking pleasure in the pain of their victims and rejoicing in their ability to killing sprees. Killer Psychopaths examines the lives, crimes, and motivations of these terrifying individuals. This terrifying volume features the gory deeds of such infamous criminals as: - Robert Pickton, the farmer who left the remains of his victims for his pigs to eat, - Harold Shipman, the quintessential Angel of Death who murdered more than 200 people over the course of his medical career, - Paul Knowles, The Casanova Killer who killed, raped and stole with abandon across the country, - Katherine Knight, who butchered, skinned and beheaded her husband before serving his corpse for dinner, - and Jack Unterweger, the celebrated journalist who covered his own murders for his day job. Fully illustrated with maps, photographs, illustrations, and information boxes with key facts on the killers and their crimes, this chilling book is the essential guide to those who decide to kill and kill again. ABOUT THE SERIES Sirius Illustrated Case Files are striking, photo-filled hardbacks, delving into sinister cases of true crime, conspiracies and the paranormal, offering a powerful glimpse into darker side of life.

There are few people alive who are so cruel, so heartless and so undeniably evil that they will kill again and again. Yet at any one time, there are between 25 and 50 active serial killers in the USA, and their chilling crimes have fascinated us since the days of Jack the Ripper. Here you will discover how these heartless killers committed their gruesome deeds, what motivated them to kill and how, eventually, they were caught. This collection features more than 50 compelling stories, including:• Ed Kemper, who dismembered the bodies of his victims once he had finished with them;• Ted Bundy, who abducted, raped and brutally killed more than 30 women;• Charles Manson, who led a cult of mayhem and murder;• Jeffrey Dahmer, who stored a human head in his freezer;• Randy Kraft, who was pulled over for drunk driving with a body in the trunk of his car;• Alexander Pichushkin, who aimed to kill a person for every square on the chessboard.

Bloody, violent, and sometimes spectacularly stage-managed, assassinations have become shocking landmarks in modern history, distinguished by their careful planning and cold-hearted detachment. Author Charlotte Greig explores some of the most notorious assassinations in history, looking in depth at the killers, their motives, and the impact the deaths of victims had on society. She investigates the controversies that have arisen where the killers' motives have been unclear or their ability to organize such a crime unaided has been questionable. From the assassinations of Rasputin, Franz Ferdinand, and John F. Kennedy to Gianni Versace, John Lennon, Benazir Bhutto, and Martin Luther King - along with near misses on Ronald Reagan, Andy Warhol, Margaret Thatcher, and Sergei Skripal - this fascinating book gives you the inside track on the drama, horror, and bloody aftermath of assassinations, some of which have changed the course of history.