The Gates of Janus
Subtitle: Serial Killing and Its Analysis
Contributors: Alan Keightley (Foreword); Peter Sotos (Afterword); Colin Wilson (Introduction)
Publisher: Feral House
Published: October 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780922915736
Subjects: Criminal or forensic psychology; True Crime; True Crime / Espionage; Murder - General; True Crime / Murder
First sentence: If we are to have a serious discourse on murder and some of its practitioners, we should first broadly define our terms.
Description: Known as "The Moor Murders", the case of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's torture, sexual abuse, and murder of a child and two teenagers in the early 1960s is thought to be the most appalling series of crimes ever committed in England.

To understand human character, one must first explore the depraved reaches of human consciousness. So believes novelist and true-crime writer Colin Wilson, who introduces Brady's book. Brady first explores human impulse based on his readings, observations, and life story. He then analyzes a dozen other serial crimes and serial murderers.