Sociology. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:A comprehensive examination into the frightening true crime history of serial homicide�??including information on America�??s most prolific serial killers such as:

Ted Bundy �?� �??Co-ed Killer�?� Ed Kemper �?� The BTK Killer �?� �??Highway Stalker�?� Henry Lee Lucas �?� Monte Ralph Rissell �?� �??Shoe Fetish Slayer�?� Jerry Brudos �?� �??Night Stalker�?� Richard Ramirez �?� �??Unabomber�?� Ted Kaczynski �?� Ed Gein �??The Butcher of Plainfield�?� �?� �??Killer Clown�?� John Wayne Gacy �?� Andrew Cunanan �?� And more...

In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome through fifteenth-century France on to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, the BTK killer, Henry Lee Lucas, Monte Ralph Rissell, Jerry Brudos, Richard Ramirez, �??Unabomber�?� Ted Kaczynski, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and the emergence of what he classifies as the �??serial rampage killer�?� such as Andrew Cunanan, who murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Vronsky not only offers sound theories on what makes a serial killer but also makes concrete suggestions on how to survive an encounter with one�??from recognizing verbal warning signs to physical confrontational resistance. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky�??s one-of-a-kind book covers every co