The Serial Killer Files (70 page)

Of the various Web sites devoted to individual serial killers like Charles Manson and Ted Bundy (easily found by typing their names onto any search engine), the best is undoubtedly Tom Voigt’s Zodiac page ( www.zodiackiller.com ), a beautifully designed, exhaustive site devoted to this legendary, long-sought psycho.

Those with a particular interest in the most celebrated serial killer of all, Jack the Ripper, should check out the Web site called Casebook: Jack the Ripper ( www.casebook.org ). Advertising itself—justifiably

—as “the world’s largest public repository of Ripper-related information,” this site is conveniently divided into extensive, well-researched chapters on victims, suspects, witnesses, Ripper letters, police officials, press reports, and other key topics. An indispensable site both for advanced and beginning Ripperologists.

LETHAL LIVES: A TRUE-CRIME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ever since the 1970s, when the serial killer phenomenon exploded onto the cultural scene, there has been an avalanche of true-crime books on the subject. The following bibliography, which lists all available works on over one hundred individual cases, is meant for readers who’d like to learn more about the many infamous figures discussed throughout The Serial Killer Files.

Joe Ball

Radin, Edward D. Crimes of Passion. New York: Putnam Books (1953).

Elizabeth Bathory

McNally, Raymond. Dracula Was a Woman. New York: McGraw-Hill (1983).

Penrose, Valentine. The Bloody Countess. London: Calder & Boyars (1970).

Herb Baumeister

Weinstein, Fannie and Wilson, Melinda. Where the Bodies Are Buried (1998). New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Mary Bell

Sereny, Gitta. The Case of Mary Bell. London: Methuen (1972).

Sereny, Gitta. Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill—The Case of Mary Bell. New York: Henry Holt/Owl Books (1998).

Bender Family

Adleman, Robert H. The Bloody Benders. New York: Stein & Day (1970).

James, John T. The Benders in Kansas. Wichita: Kan-Okla Publishing (1913).

Robert Berdella

Jackman, Tom and Cole, Troy. Rites of Burial. New York: Pinnacle (1998).

David Berkowitz

Abrahamsen, David. Confessions of Son of Sam. New York: Columbia University Press (1985).

Calohan, George H. My Search for the Son of Sam. New York: Universe.com (2001).

Carpozi, George. Son of Sam: The .44-Caliber Killer NY: Manor Books (1977).

Klausner, Lawrence D. and Klausner, Larry. Son of Sam: Based on the Authorized Transcription of the Tapes, Official Documents, and Diaries of David Berkowitz. New York: McGraw-Hill (1981).

Terry, Maury. The Ultimate Evil. New York: Doubleday (1987).

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

Burnside, Scott and Cairns, Alan. Deadly Innocence: The True Story of Paul Bernardo, Karla Homolka, and the Schoolgirl Murders. New York: Warner Books (1995).

Davey, Frank. Karla’s Web. Toronto: Penguin (1995).

Pron, Nick. Lethal Marriage: The Unspeakable Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. New York: Bantam Books (1996).

Williams, Stephen. Invisible Darkness: The Strange Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. New York: Bantam Books (1996).

“Bible John”

Crow, Alan and Damson, Peter. Bible John: Hunt for a Killer. New York: First Press Publishing (1997).

Stoddart, Charles. Bible John: Search for a Sadist. Edinburgh: Paul Harris (1980).

Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris

Markman, Ronald and Bosco, Dominic. Alone with the Devil. New York: Doubleday (1989).

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

Goodman, Jonathan. Trial of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley: The Moors Case. London: David & Charles (1973).

Harrison, Fred. Brady & Hindley: Genesis of the Moors Murders. London: Ashgrove Press (1986).

Johnson, Pamela. On Iniquity: Some Personal Reflections Arising Out of the Moors Murder Trial. New York: Scribner (1967).

Potter, J. D. The Monsters of the Moors. New York: Ballantine (1966).

Sparrow, Gerald. Satan’s Children. London: Odhams (1966).

Williams, Emelyn. Beyond Belief. New York: Random House (1968).

Wilson, Robert. Devil’s Disciples. Poole, U.K.: Javelin Books (1986).

Jerome Brudos

Rule, Ann. Lust Killer. New York: Signet (1983).

Ted Bundy

Humphries, William. Profile of a Psychopath. Batavia, IL: Flinn (1999).

Kendall, Elizabeth. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy. Seattle: Madrona Publishers (1981).

Keppel, Robert. The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer. New York: Pocket Books (1995).

Larsen, Richard W. The Deliberate Stranger. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall (1980).

Michaud, Stephen, Aynesworth, Hugh, and Hazelwood, Roy. The Only Living Witness: The Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy. New York: Penguin Books (1989).

Michaud, Stephen and Aynesworth, Hugh. Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer. New York: New American Library (1989).

Nelson, Polly. Defending the Devil: My Story as Ted Bundy’s Last Lawyer. New York: William Morrow (1994).

Rule, Ann. The Stranger Beside Me. New York: Norton (1996).

Winn, Steven and Merrill, David. Ted Bundy: The Killer Next Door. New York: Bantam (1980).

Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi

O’Brien, Darcy. Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers. New York: New American Library (1985).

Schwarz, Ted. The Hillside Strangler. Garden City, New York: Doubleday (1981).

Harvey Carignan

Rule, Ann. The Want-Ad Killer. New York: New American Library (1999).

David Carpenter

Graysmith, Robert. The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate. New York: Dutton (1990).

Richard Trenton Chase

Biondi, Lt. Ray and Hecox, Walt. The Dracula Killer. New York: Pocket Books (1992).

Markman, Ronald and Bosco, Dominic. Alone with the Devil: Famous Cases of a Court Psychiatrist.

New York: Doubleday (1989).

Andrei Chikatilo

Conradi, Peter. The Red Ripper. New York: Dell (1992).

Cullen, Robert. The Killer Department: Detective Viktor Burakov’s Search for the Most Savage Serial Killer in Russian History. New York: Pantheon Books (1993).

Krivich, M. and Ol’gin, Ol’gert. Comrade Chikatilo: The Psychopathology of Russia’s Notorious Serial Killer. New York: Barricade Books (1993).

Lourie, Richard. Hunting the Devil: The Pursuit, Capture and Confession of the Most Savage Se-rial Killer in History. New York: HarperCollins (1994).

John Christie

Eddowes, John. The Two Killers of Rillington Place. London: Little, Brown (1994).

Furneaux, Rupert. The Two Stranglers of Rillington Place. London: Panther (1961).

Kennedy, Ludovic. 10 Rillington Place. London: Gollancz (1961).

Douglas Clark and Carol Bundy

Farr, Louise. The Sunset Murders. New York: Pocket (1992).

Hadden Clark

Havill, Adrian. Born Evil: A True Story of Cannibalism and Sexual Murder. New York: St. Martin’s (2001).

Carrol Edward Cole

Newton, Michael. Silent Rage: The 30-Year Odyssey of a Serial Killer. New York: Dell (1994).

John Norman Collins

Keyes, Edward. The Michigan Murders. New York: Pocket Books (1978).

Dean Corll and Elmer Wayne Henley

Gurwell, John K. Mass Murder in Houston. Houston: Cordovan Press (1974).

Hanna, David. Harvest of Horror: Mass Murder in Houston. New York: Belmont Tower (1975).

Olsen, Jack. The Man with the Candy: The Story of the Houston Mass Murders. New York: Simon & Schuster (2001).

Mary Ann Cotton

Appleton, Arthur. Mary Ann Cotton: Her Story and Trial. London: Michael Joseph (1973).

Whitehead, Tony. Mary Ann Cotton, Dead, but Not Forgotten. London: Whitehead (2000).

Dr. Thomas Neill Cream

McLaren, Angus. A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1993).

Jeffrey Dahmer

Baumann, Edward. Step into My Parlor: The Chilling Story of Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Chicago: Bonus Books (1991).

Dahmer, Lionel. A Father’s Story. New York: William Morrow (1994).

Davis, Don. The Milwaukee Murders: Nightmare in Apartment 213. New York: St. Martin’s (1993).

Dvorchak, Robert and Howlewa, Lisa. Milwaukee Massacre: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Milwaukee Murders. New York: Dell (1991).

Jaeger, Richard W. and Balousek, M. William. Massacre in Milwaukee: The Macabre Case of Jeffrey Dahmer. Oregon, WI: Waubesa Press (1991).

Masters, Brian. The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer. London: Hodder and Stoughton (1993).

Murphy, Dennis and Kennedy, Patrick. Incident, Homicide: The Story of the Milwaukee Flesh-Eater.

Boston, MA: Quimby World Headquarters Publications (1992).

Norris, Joel. Jeffrey Dahmer: A Bizarre Journey into the Mind of America’s Most Tormented Serial Killer. New York: Windsor (1992).

Schwartz, Anne E. The Man Who Could not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee’s Jeffrey Dahmer. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing. (1992).

Tithecott, Richard. Of Men and Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Construction of the Serial Killer.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press (1997).

Gilles de Rais

Bataille, Georges. The Trial of Gilles de Rais. Translated by Richard Robinson. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert (1965).

Benedetti, Jean. The Real Bluebeard: The Life of Gilles de Rais. New York: Stein & Day (1972).

Winwar, Frances. The Saint and the Devil: The Story of Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais. New York: Harper (1948).

Wolf, Leonard. Bluebeard: The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais. New York: Clarkson N. Potter (1980).

Albert DeSalvo

Banks, Harold. The Strangler!: The Story of Terror in Boston. New York: Avon (1967).

Frank, Gerold. Boston Strangler. New York: New American Library (1966).

Kelly, Susan. The Boston Stranglers: The Wrongful Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders. New York: Birch Lane (1995).

Westley Alan Dodd

Dodd, Westley Alan, Steinhorst, Lori, and Rose, John. When the Monster Comes out of the Closet: Westley Alan Dodd in His Own Words. Salem, Oregon: Rose Publications (1994).

King, Gary. Driven to Kill. New York: Windsor (1993).

Larry Eyler

Kolarik, Gera-Lind. Freed to Kill: The True Story of Serial Murderer Larry Eyler. New York: Avon Books (1992).

Albert Fish

Angelella, Michael. Trail of Blood: A True Story. New York: Bobbs-Merrill (1979).

Heimer, Mel. The Cannibal. New York: Lyle Stuart (1971).

Schechter, Harold. Deranged. New York: Pocket Books (1990).

Wertham, Frederic. The Show of Violence. Garden City, New York: Doubleday (1949).

Kendall Francois

Rosen, Fred. Body Dump. New York: Pinnacle (2002).

John Wayne Gacy

Cahill, Tim. Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer. New York: Bantam Books (1986).

Gacy, J. W. Question of Doubt: The John Wayne Gacy Story. New York: Craig Bowley Consultants (1991).

Kozenczak, Joseph and Henrikson, Karen. A Passing Acquaintance. New York: Carlton Press (1992).

Linedecker, Clifford L. The Man Who Killed Boys: A True Story of Mass Murder in a Chicago Suburb.

New York: St. Martin’s Press (1980).

Nelson, Mark and Oswald, Gerald. The 34th Victim. Westmont, Illinois: Fortune Productions (1986).

Rignall, Jeff. 29 Below. Chicago: Wellington Press (1979).

Sullivan, Terry and Maiken, Peter T. Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders. New York: Pinnacle Books (1983).

Gerald Gallego

Biondi, Ray and Hecox, Walt. All His Father’s Sins. New York: Pocket Books (1990).

Flowers, R. Barri. The Sex Slave Murders. New York: St. Martin’s (1996).

Van Hoffman, Eric. A Venom in the Blood. New York: Pinnacle (1999).

Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins

Gaskins, Donald and Earle, Wilton. Final Truth: The Autobiography of Mass Murderer/Serial Killer Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins. New York: Pinnacle Books (1993).

Hall, Frances S. Slaughter in Carolina. Florence, South Carolina: Hummingbird Publishers (1990).

Robin Gecht

Fletcher, Jaye Slade. Deadly Thrills. New York: Onyx (1995).

Ed Gein

Gollmar, Robert H. Edward Gein. New York: Pinnacle (1984).

Schechter, Harold. Deviant: The Shocking True Story of the Original “Psycho.” New York: Pocket Books (1989).

Harvey Glatman

Newton, Michael. Rope: The Twisted Life and Crimes of Harvey Glatman. New York: Pocket Books (1998).

Wolf, Marvin J. and Mader, Katherine. Fallen Angels. New York: Ballantine Books (1988).

Belle Gunness

de la Torre, Lillian. The Truth about Belle Gunness. New York: Gold Medal (1955).

Langlois, Janet. Belle Gunness: The Lady Bluebeard. Bloomington: Indiana University Press (1985).

John George Haigh

Bryne, Gerald. John George Haigh, Acid Killer. London: J. Hill (1954).

Briffett, David. The Acid Bath Murders. Sussex: Field Place Press (1988).

Dunboyne, Lord. The Trial of John George Haigh: The Acid Bath Murderer. London: William Hodge (1953).

La Bern, Arthur. Haigh: The Mind of a Murderer. London: W.H. Allen & Co., Ltd. (1973).

Robert Hansen

DuClos, Bernard. Fair Game. New York: St. Martin’s (1993).

Gilmour, Walter and Hale, Leland E. Butcher, Baker: A True Account of a Serial Murderer. New York: Onyx (1991).

Neville Heath

Selwyn, Francis. Rotten to the Core: The Life and Death of Neville Heath. London: Routledge (1988).

Gary Heidnik

Englade, Ken. Cellar of Horror. New York: St. Martin’s (1989).

Apsche, Jack. Probing the Mind of a Serial Killer. Morrisville, Pennsylvania: International Information Associates (1993).

William Heirens

Downs, Thomas. Murder Man. New York: Dell (1984).

Freeman, Lucy. Before I Kill More. New York: Crown (1955).

Kallio, Lauri E. Confess or Die: The Case of William Heirens. New York: Minerva Press (1999).

Kennedy, Dolores. William Heirens: His Day in Court. Chicago: Bonus Books. (1991).