It was the drugs that made him murder. He liked to experiment with fatal dosages to see how much they could take. Fascinated with death, he had watched his mother die when he was a child. Killing his elderly lady patients sustained his endless evil urges and nourished his insatiable impulse to recreate his mother’s death...Read about the shocking medical murders of Dr Harold Shipman, along with the horrific killings of Dr Thomas Neill Cream and Dr John Bodkin Adam...

His childhood dream of blood-drenched crucifixes possessed him as he drank his first victim’s blood. His prison experiments with mice were rehearsals for the real thing as he dissolved the corpse in an acid-filled oil drum. His insane plan was full-proof. How can you prove a murder if there is no body?Read about Acid Bath Murderer, John George Haigh, along with the shocking stories of the Brides in the Bath and the Bodies in the Barrels in this 3 in 1 True Crime Compendium. Three b...

'What is the real hip hop?''To whom does hip hop belong?''For what constructive purposes can hip hop be put to use?'These are three key questions posed by hip hop activists in Hip Hop Versus Rap, which explores the politics of cultural authenticity, ownership, and uplift in London’s post-hip hop scene. The book is an ethnographic study of the identity, role, formation, and practices of the organic intellectuals that populate and propagate this ‘conscious’ h...

Are women really the weaker sex?When we hear about a Serial Killer, we never consider the sex, we would immediately assume a man...right? But that's not always the case! Females are for the most part, the loving and caring protectors of our species and the ones that are more susceptible to danger. However, they are in fact the most dangerous because they are the least suspected of the Serial Killers. Like their male counterparts, they show no remorse and have no me...

His bullet-ridden, half-naked body was in the back-seat of the car while her naked body lay spread-eagled and slashed, her private parts and left breast missing. The District Attorney discovered what had happened to the breast when a piece was sent to her in a plastic bag. The Monster of Florence just couldn’t stop killing ...Read about the shocking double murders of the Monster of Florence, along with the horrific crimes of the Monster of the Andes and the Monster of Montmartre in...

A decapitated, disembowelled human carcass was strung up like a dead animal, and nine severed vulvae were found in a box with a belt made from female nipples. He admitted that not all fifteen bodies were his own kills; some were corpses that he had dug up from the local graveyard. Ed Gein just liked being with dead people...Read about the depraved necrophiliac Ed Gein, along with the horrific killings of fellow cannibals Albert Fish and Jeffrey Dahmer in this 3 in 1 True Crime Comp...

The brutal rapes and murders were never-ending. Everyone was a target; no one was safe. He raped a 6 year-old girl and slit the throat of a 75 year-old woman. He sodomized an 8 year old boy after killing his father and forcing his mother to perform oral sex. The Night Stalker was going crazy and the Devil was his master...Read about the shocking crimes of the Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez, along with the horrific stories of the Boston Strangler and Son of Sam in this 3 in 1 Tr...

Lured away from prying eyes, she had been raped and stabbed to death with a screwdriver. The attack was so frenzied, police knew the murderer must be covered in blood. The killer’s chilling communiqué to the police declared his evil intentions – “Beware! I shall make you weep.” The Red Spider’s urge to kill was out of control...Read about the shocking crimes of Lucian Staniak, the Red Spider, along with the horrific stories of the Green River Killer and the BTK Killer (`Bind them; ...

Her throat had been slashed twice from left to right, while a deep vertical wound had ripped her abdomen open from the breastbone, exposing her entrails to the heavens. Soon Scotland Yard received a letter from the killer, written in red ink, ending with words that would become forever feared – ‘Yours truly, Jack the Ripper.’Read about the notorious Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper, along with the horrific stories of the Yorkshire Ripper and the Rostov R...

Besotted, she would do anything for him. He photographed them having sex and cavorted naked as he tortured and murdered the children they had kidnapped. They recorded the torture sessions and took pornographic pictures of their victims before they died – naked, bound and gagged. Only the Moors Murderers knew where the bodies were buried...Read about the shocking Moors Murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, along with the horrific stories of Fred and Rosemary West and David and Cath...

The night after the double murder, his thirst for blood became unquenchable and when she said she'd rather die than have sex his chilling reply was instant: "Die then!" Soon rumours arose that the killer was drinking the blood of his victims; newspapers were quick to brand him the Vampire of Dusseldorf.Read about the horrific crimes of Peter Kurten, the `Vampire of Dusseldorf`, along with the chilling stories of the Vampire Rapist and the Vampire of Sacramento in ...

The bullets in her skull had been fired from three different directions, as if he had used her for target practice. Her brassiere had been pulled up and her jeans undone; the killer had taken her underwear as a trophy. The police were convinced he was murdering backpackers purely for pleasure...Read about the shocking backpacker murders of Ivan Milat, along with the horrific stories of Eric Edgar Cook and William MacDonald in this 3 in 1 True Crime Compendium. Three brutal serial k...