Evil
Evil knows know bounds; it comes in many shapes and sizes, crosses oceans, and sometimes can even be found lurking right next door. But what makes a person evil? Regardless of how one answers the question, one thing is certain—the public remains fascinated by true stories of murder and mayhem. In recent newscasts, neighbors of Phillip Markoff, the accused murderer known as the Craigslist Killer, acknowledged Markoff appeared to be the All-American boy, too nice to harm a fly. Psychology, science, and sociology combine with hundreds of illustrations, as well as detailed maps, to lure in readers to a brand new book from Hammond, EVIL: SPINE-TINGLING TRUE STORIES OF MURDER AND MAYEM (Hammond; Paperback; Size: 8 ½ x 9 ½; $19.99; 192 pages; ISBN: 978-0843-708769;
From leading true-crime researcher and writer Colin Wilson, and his son Damon Wilson, comes a frightening look at the monsters behind history’s most infamous murder cases. Chasing leads is as easy as cracking open this full-color book, Evil covers 60 individual cases of real-life murder and features facts and callouts for each murderer; readers will also find more than 20 maps detailing the locations where some of the most heinous criminals stalked their prey. Hammond uses its award-winning cartography to map out crimes in a geographical and cultural perspective. First of its kind, EVIL is a groundbreaking volume of blood-curdling investigations that takes readers on a journey back in time, while revealing key details and forensic evidence with rich full-color and black-and-white photography.
Divided into five sections, readers will swallow the details of some of the most horrific crimes in history:
• Historic Evil covers the assassinations of Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand; while also touching on other famous cases of murder, like that of Jean-Paul Marat, a French Revolutionary leader who was murdered by a woman in his bathtub—a tub that now lives at a waxworks museum in Paris.
• Monsters of Evil features information on the first serial killer ever, nicknamed “Bluebeard”
• Classic Cases depicts murders dating back to 1849, including America’s first murder case, and journeying into modern day with The Beltway Snipers, when the DC area was held hostage amid sniper shootings at gas stations and parking lots.
• Serial Killers From The Monster of the Andes to The BTK Killer to The Night Stalker, serial killers have reached household name status, but what makes a serial killer repeat their cold-blooded mayhem? Explore the psychology of serial killers in this truly spine-tingling section.
• Cold Cases detail famous unsolved murders, from Jack the Ripper to Lizzie Borden to the Boston Strangler; this section is sure to raise the hair on the back of readers’ necks as they read the gruesome details from high profile, sensational crimes.
Whether you’re looking to buy this for a true crime fan, or you want to up your trivia score, the Wilsons create one of the most definitive books in the field of criminology. In addition to facts and detailed maps, suggestions for further reading are included in the back of the EVIL: SPINE-TINGLING TRUE STORIES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM.
COLIN WILSON was born in Leicester, England, in 1931. A well-known lecturer and radio /TV personality, he is a recognized authority on criminology and the occult, and has written more than fifty books, and subjects ranging form true crime to philosophy to mysticism. He has also penned numerous articles and plays, and has contributed to many newspapers and journals.
DAMON WILSON was born in 1965 in St. Austell, Cornwall, England. He inherited his father’s interest in the subject of human potentiality and has recently spent years researching the paranormal. He has collaborated with his father, Colin, on The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries and has edited the Second Mammoth Book of True Crime and The Mammoth Book of the Supernatural.
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