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Arthur John Shawcross (June 6, 1945 to November 10, 2008), also known as the Genesee River Killer, was an American serial killer active in Rochester, New York, between 1972 and 1989. Shawcross's first known murders took place in his hometown of Watertown, New York, where he killed a young boy and a girl. Under the terms of a plea bargain, he was allowed to plead guilty to one charge of manslaughter, for which he served 14 years of a 25-year sentence. Shawcross later killed most of his victims in 1988 and 1989 after being granted an early parole.

An account of the crimes of Arthur Shawcross describes how the paroled child killer shot, stabbed, suffocated, and strangled 16 Rochester, New York, prostitutes and examines how the legal system failed his victims.

There are two names etched into 1800’s history whose unspeakable crimes forged a darkness that will never be forgotten. Amelia Dyer, once seen as a nurturing, baby farming motherly figure, harbored a chilling secret that left a trail of innocent young lives lost, while establishing a reign of terror. In Chicago was the twisted mind of H.H. Holmes who lured his female victims into his infamous murder castle, a labyrinth of death and bloodshed, whose thirst for blood knew no bounds.