The encyclopedia of serial killers
By: Michael Newton.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Facts On File; Infobase Holdings, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Serial murderers -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: LIST OF ENTRIES: Allen, Howard Arthur -- “Angel makers of Nagyrev” -- “Angels of death” -- Archer-Gilligan, Amy -- Archerd, William Dale -- Arson and serial murder -- Artwork and memorabilia related to serial murder -- Atlanta “child murders” -- Ax man of New Orleans -- “Baby farming” : infanticide for profit -- “Bad seeds” : “natural-born” killers -- BAI Baoshan -- Ball, Joe-- Bathory, Erzsebet -- Berkowitz, David -- Bianchi, Kenneth Alessio and Buono, Angelo Jr. -- Bittaker, Lawrence Sigmund and Norris, Roy Lewis -- “Black widows” : female serial killer type -- “Bluebeard” killers : male serial killer type -- Bolber-Petrillo-Favato murder ring -- Bombing and serial murder -- “Boston Strangler” -- Brudos, Jerome Henry -- “BTK Strangler” -- Bundy , Theodore Robert [Ted] -- Cannibalism and serial murder -- Capital punishment and serial killers --  Carignan , Harvey -- Catoe, Jarvis R. -- “Chicago rippers” -- Chikatilo. Andrei Romanovich -- Childhood trauma as precursor of serial murder -- Christie, John Reginald Halliday -- Ciudad Juárez, Mexico : “serial killer playground” -- Clark, Douglas Daniel and Bundy, Carol Mary -- Cole, Carroll Edward -- Costanzo, Adolfo de Jesus -- Corrll, Dean Arnold -- Corona, Juan Vallejo -- Cross-dressing and serial murder -- Cults and serial murder -- Daglis, Adonis -- Dahmer, Jeffrey Lionel -- Denke, Karl -- “Disorganized” killers -- Douglas, John Edward -- Durant, William Henry Theodore -- Dutroux, Marc -- Edwards, Mack Ray -- Enriqueta, Marti -- Erskine, Kenneth -- Etheridge, Ellen -- Evans, Wesley Gareth -- Eyler, Larry W. -- Falling, Christine Laverne slaughter -- Fiction and film portrayals of serial murder -- Fischer, Joseph J. -- Fish, Albert Howard -- “Frankford Slasher” -- Franklin, Joseph  Paul -- “Freeway murders” -- “Freeway Phantom” -- Gacy, John Wayne Jr. -- Gallego, Gerald Armand and Charlene -- Garavito, Louis Alfred -- Gary, Carlton -- Gaskins, Donald Henry -- Gein, Edward Theodore -- Geography -- Gohl, Billy -- Goode, Arthur Frederick III -- Gore, David Alan and Waterfield, Fred -- Graham, Gwendolyn Gail and Wood, Catherine May -- Greenwood, Vaughn Orrin -- Gretzler, Douglas and Steelman, William Luther -- Groupies -- Gunness, Belle Paulsdatter -- Haarmann, Fritz -- Haigh, John George -- Hance, William Henry -- Hansen, Robert C. -- Harvey, Donald -- Heidnick, Gary Michael -- Heirens, William George -- History of serial murder -- Hoch, Johann Otto -- Homosexuality and serial murder -- Hospital for sick children (Toronto) -- Huang, Yong -- Incarceration of serial killers -- “Independence Avenue Killer” -- Insanity defense used by serial killers -- Ionosyan, Vladimir M. -- Iqbal, Javed -- Ireland, Colin -- “Ivan the Ripper” -- “Jack the Ripper” -- “Jack the Stripper” -- Jesperson, Keith Hunter -- Johnson, Milton -- Jones, Genene Ann -- Joubert, John J. -- Juvenile serial killers -- Kallinger, Joseph Michael -- Kearney, Patrick Wayne -- Kemper, Edmund Emil III -- Kiss, Bela -- Knowles, Paul John -- Kodaira, Yoshio -- Kordiyeh, Gholomreza Khoshruy Kuran -- Kraft, Randy Steven -- Kroll, Joachim -- Kurten, Peter -- Lake, Leonard and Ng, Charles Chitat -- Landru, Henri Désiré -- Lee, Bruce -- Lewingdon, Gary James and Thaddeus Charles -- Li, Wenxian -- “Linkage blindness” -- Long, Robert Joe -- Lopez Pedro Alonzo -- Lucas, Henry Lee -- Lupo, Michael -- “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” -- Malvo, Lee Boyd and Muhammad John Allen -- Manson family -- “Mask of sanity” -- “Mass murder” -- Medical murders -- Mikhasevich, Gennadiy -- Milat, Ivan Robert Marko -- Missing persons as potential victims -- Modus operandi of serial killers -- “Monster of Florence” -- “Moonlight Murderer” -- Motives for serial murder -- Mullin, Herbert William -- Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy -- Mythical murders reported in “nonfiction” sources -- Nash, “Trigger” -- Neeley, Alvin Howard and Judith Ann -- Nelson, Leonard Earle -- Nesset, Arnfinn -- Nilsen, Dennis Andrew -- Northcott, Gordon Stewart -- Ogorzov, Paul -- Okubo, Kiyoshi -- Olson, Clifford Robert -- Onoprienko, Anatoly -- “Orange Coast Killer” -- “Organized” killers -- Owen, Duane Eugene -- Pandy, Andras -- Panzram, Carl -- Paraphilia and serial murder -- Pardo, Manuel Jr. -- Paulin, Thierry and Mathurin, Jean-Thierry --  Petiot, Marcel -- Pistorius, Dr. Micki -- Profiling of unidentified killers -- “Psciópata, El” -- Quick, Thomas -- Quinn, Jane -- Quintiliano, Matthew -- Raghav, Raman -- Rais, Gilles de -- Ramirez, Richard Leyva -- Ranes, Danny A. and Larry Lee -- Rees, Melvin David -- Renczi, Vera -- Ressler, Robert K. -- Ridgway, Gary Leon -- Rijke, Sjef -- Robinson, John Edward Sr. -- Rodriguez Vega, Jose Antonio -- Ross, Michael B. -- Schaefer, Gerard John -- Sells, Tommy Lynn -- “serial murder” : defined -- Sex crimes and serial murder -- Shankariya, Kampatimar -- Shipman, Harold Frederick -- Sithole, Moses -- Snowtown, Australia, murders -- Sobhraj, Charles Gurmukh -- Soto, Erno -- “Southside Slayer” -- “Spree murder” -- Staniak, Lucian -- Stano, Gerald Eugene -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a cover for serial murder -- Suradji, Ahmad -- Sutcliffe, Peter William -- Team killers -- Terrell, Bobbie Sue -- Tinning, Marybeth Roe -- Toole, Ottis Elwood -- Trial of serial killers -- Trophies and souvenirs kept by serial killers -- Tuggle, Debra Sue -- “Tylenol Murders” -- Unsolved murders -- Unterweger, Jack -- Urdiales, Andrew -- Vacher, Joseph -- Vakrinos, Dimitris -- “Valley Killer” -- Vampirism and serial murder -- VICAP -- ViCLAS -- Victimology of serial murder -- Wang, Ganggang -- “Wanna-bes” -- Warning signs of violent tendencies -- Watts, Coral Eugene -- Weapons preferred by serial killers -- West, Frederick and Rosemary -- “West Side Rapist” -- Wilder, Christopher Bernard -- Women as serial killers -- Woods, Martha -- Wuornos, Aileen, Carol -- Xitavhudzi, Elias -- Yakima Reservation murders -- Yates, Robert Lee Jr. -- Yershov, Vadim -- York, George R. and Latham, James D. -- Young, Lila Gladys -- Yukl, Charles, William -- Zarinsky, Robert -- “Zebra Murders” -- “Zodiac” -- Appendix A : solo killers -- Appendix B : team killers -- Appendix C : unsolved cases.