Serial killers of the '70s : behind a notorious decade of death /
Fritsch, Jane,author.
The Co-Ed Killer, Son of Sam, Hillside Strangler, and Dating Game Killer--in many ways, terrifying serial killers helped define the 1970s. These fascinating profiles present notorious as well as lesser-known murderers of that decade. Beyond Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz, it includes such perpetrators as Coral Eugene Watts, "The Sunday Morning Slasher," who killed 80 women; Edmund Kemper, the "Co-Ed Killer"; and Rodney Alcala, believed to have killed as many as 130 people.
To many, the legacy of the 1970s is disco, Watergate and the oil crisis. But in many ways, terrifying serial killers helped define the 1970s. Fritsch provides profiles of notorious as well as lesser-known murderers of that decade. -- adapted from back cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.
Introduction -- Juan Corona -- Dean Allen Corll, Elmer Wayne Henley, and David Owen Brooks -- Rodney Alcala -- Edmund Kemper -- David Berkowitz -- Ted Bundy -- Vaughn Greenwood -- Herbert Mullin -- The Zebra killers -- Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono -- Patrick Wayne Kearney -- Coral Eugene Watts -- William Bonin -- John Wayne Gacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Excerpt from People v. Superior Court (Corona), 30 Cal.3d 193, November 16, 1981 -- Appendix 2. Excerpt from Rodney Alcala's appeal before the United States Court of Appeals, argued February 6, 2003 -- Appendix 3. Excerpt from John Wayne Gacy's appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, argued March 4, 1993.
The Co-Ed Killer, Son of Sam, Hillside Strangler, and Dating Game Killer--in many ways, terrifying serial killers helped define the 1970s. These fascinating profiles present notorious as well as lesser-known murderers of that decade. Beyond Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz, it includes such perpetrators as Coral Eugene Watts, "The Sunday Morning Slasher," who killed 80 women; Edmund Kemper, the "Co-Ed Killer"; and Rodney Alcala, believed to have killed as many as 130 people.
To many, the legacy of the 1970s is disco, Watergate and the oil crisis. But in many ways, terrifying serial killers helped define the 1970s. Fritsch provides profiles of notorious as well as lesser-known murderers of that decade. -- adapted from back cover
Serial murderers
Serial murder investigation
Serial murderers
Serial murder investigation
Nineteen seventies.