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Syväluotaava katsaus Aasian julmimpiin sarjamurhaajiin. Lokakuun viimeisenä päivänä vuonna 2017, muun maailman juhliessa Halloweenia amerikkalaisten jalanjäljissä, kohautti Japania sanomalehti Mainichi Shimbun julkaisema juttu Tokion esikaupunkialueelta löytyneistä ruumiista. Aivan tavanomaisen oloisen 27-vuotiaan Takahiro Shiraishi-nimisen nuoren miehen asunnosta oli löydetty kahdeksan pakastinta täynnä erilaisessa mätänemisen vaiheissa olevia ruumiinosia.

Дарья Николаевна Салтыкова по прозвищу Салтычиха и "Людоедка" (1730 — 1801) — русская богатая помещица, вошедшая в историю как изощрённая садистка и серийная убийца, в отношении которой было доказано убийство 138 подвластных ей крепостных крестьян. Решением Сената и императрицы Екатерины Второй в 1768 году была лишена достоинства столбовой дворянки и приговорена к смертной казни, но позже мера наказания была изменена на пожизненное заключение в монастырской тюрьме, где осуждённая и умерла.

Til Halloween i 2017 beskrev en kryptisk artikel i en japansk avis, at politiet havde anholdt en mistænkt, efter de havde fundet ni lig i hans lejlighed uden for Tokyo. Den anholdte var en ung mand med et umiddelbart normalt liv, og ingen af naboerne havde haft fantasi til at forestille sig, at den mærkelige lugt fra mandens lejlighed stammede fra menneskelige rester.

Politiet og politikerne indså snart, at de aldrig havde oplevet en lignende forbrydelse på japansk jord, og der var ingen retningslinjer for, hvordan den makabre sag skulle håndteres …

In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby. He grabbed an oak log from a stack of firewood, slipped through a back door with a broken padlock, and headed upstairs.He began twisting doorknobs. Room 9 was open, and he quietly and quickly killed one of my sleeping sorority sisters. Across the hall, he found another unlocked door and murdered again. Then, he turned the knob to my bedroom and found it was open. I remember the attack vividly. But Bundy wasn’t my first brush with death, and he wasn’t my last.

When Peter Sutcliffe spoke those words to his wife Sonia following his arrest in 1981, it marked the end of a killing spree which had terrorised northern England for five years. The nation had been appalled yet gripped by the Ripper and was now fascinated by the man behind the headlines. But despite millions of words being written about the case since his arrest 40 years ago, the full Peter Sutcliffe story has never been told–until now.

Lindsey always knew she wanted to be a detective. Her inspiration came after reading about the murders committed by Ted Bundy, who grew up in her hometown of Tacoma, Washington. Also seared into her memory was the 1986 murder of a young girl who'd been out for a bike ride when she went missing. The teen was later found murdered, but the case was never solved. The senseless killing of an innocent young girl would leave a black cloud over Tacoma for three decades.

In 2019, Adrian Langenscheid's debut book, True Crime Deutschland, was published and rose from nowhere to the top of the winner's podium in the genre-relevant categories. Almost 2 years and 6 books later, Langenscheid is one of the best-known true crime authors in Germany. For the seventh work in his successful series, the bestselling author once again researched some of the most spectacular German criminal cases of recent decades.

The Co-Ed Killer, Son of Sam, Hillside Strangler, and Dating Game Killer—in many ways, terrifying serial killers were as synonymous with the 1970s as Watergate, disco, and the oil crisis. This fascinating collection of profiles presents the most notorious as well as lesser-known serial murderers of that decade. Beyond Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz, it includes more obscure killers like Coral Eugene Watts, known as “The Sunday Morning Slasher,” who killed 80 women; Edmund Kemper, the "Co-Ed Killer"; and Rodney Alcala, who is believed to have killed between 50 and 130 people between 1971-1979.

I 1997 blev den 11-årige Jun Hases afhuggede hoved fundet hængt op i et gitterværk ved hovedindgangen til en skole i Kobe. I munden havde han en seddel, hvor der med rødt blæk stod, at politiet skulle prøve at finde ham. Det viste sig, at morderen var en kun 14-årig dreng, og at Jun var langt fra hans første offer. DØDEN I SKOLEGÅRDEN er en del af true-crime serien MORD I JAPAN, hvor du får de sande historier om nogle af de mest opsigtvækkende mord i landet med den oprejsende sol. Du får et indblik i det mytiske land gennem nogle af de mest spektakulære drab.

I årene 1988 og 1989 fandt nogle af de mest grusomme mord i Japans historie sted. Den unge mand Tsutomu Miyazaki kipnappede i perioden 4 piger, der blot var mellem 4 og 7 år gamle. Han lemlæstede og dræbte dem på brutal vis. Bagefter forgreb han sig seksuelt på ligene, og han gik så langt, at han spiste en af sine ofres hånd. Det gjorde ham til den mest forhadte skikkelse i Japan og i pressen fik han tilnavne såsom rottemanden, Dracula og den lille pigemorder.

I midten af 1970’erne begik seriemorderen Ted Bundy en række brutale voldtægter og drab i USA. Han blev fanget og tiltalt for mord, men det lykkedes ham at flygte under retssagen i 1977 og igen lidt senere på året. Han nåede at begå tre mord til inden, han blev dømt til døden i 1979. CIGARETFLUGTEN er en del af FAMØSE FANGEFLUGTER, en true crime serie om menneskers trang til frihed. Det er sande fortællinger om kriminelle, der kæmper for at undslippe den monotone tilværelse bag tremmer på de mest udspekulerede måder.

Après le succès des tomes 1 et 2 de Gardez l’œil ouvert, la youtubeuse Victoria Charlton revient avec un ouvrage aussi intrigant que captivant. Dans ce nouvel opus, tueurs en série, kidnappeurs et malfaiteurs en tout genre nous entraînent dans les arcanes du crime. Avec la délicatesse et la rigueur qui la caractérisent, l’autrice prend la peine de discuter avec les proches de certaines victimes, ouvrant ainsi à ses lecteurs des perspectives uniques sur des affaires irrésolues.

How to Find Zodiac includes an exclusive interview between author Jarett Kobek, true crime aficionado Rebecca Lavoie, and host of True Crime Obsessed, Patrick Hinds. This title encourages you to forget everything you think you know about the infamous killer as it reinvestigates what's possible within the case and poses a new suggestion of who's to blame.

Under åren 1988 och 1989 ägde några av de mest brutala morden i Japans historia rum. Den unge mannen Tsutomu Miyazaki kidnappade fyra flickor som bara var mellan 4 och 7 år gamla, lemlästade och mördade dem. Han misshandlade sedan liken sexuellt och åt till och med upp den ena handen på ett av sina offer. Detta gjorde honom till den mest hatade figuren i Japan och i pressen fick han smeknamn som Råttmannen, Dracula och Den lilla flickemördaren. MANGAMÖRDAREN är andra delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

Personer som kan medla mellan de tre världarna i det indonesiska universumet kallas "dukun", för trollkarlar eller shamaner, och sägs ha extraordinära förmågor som förs vidare från mästare till lärlingar. Ibland innebär inte mästarens död att lärlingen förlorar kontakten med mästaren. Välsignelsen från den avlidne mästaren kan också ge lärjungen kraft att höja sig till en ny nivå. Det finns särskilda ritualer för att kalla på en död mentor, och om en länk mellan världarna uppstår kan lärlingen få ofattbara krafter. Ibland slutar mötet väldigt illa.

Are Psychopaths natural born killers or is society somehow to blame? Many killers have expressed feelings of alienation and have shown evidence of harboring violent fantasies before they commit to killing. Either way, these people are often created by the society they live in. We need to question ourselves and our society to find the answers to why these people kill. It is a mad world mankind has created and such a world is bound to create mad offspring—but for these psychopathic couples, murder is just a game.

The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 have remained unsolved for over 130 years and hundreds of theories have been suggested as to the killer's identity. Despite numerous books claiming to unmask the infamous Victorian villain, none have come close…until now. The authors of this book are all members of H Division Crime Club, the world's largest body of experts on the Jack the Ripper murders. They have all come together for the first time in history to deliver their own personal research into each suspect and to finally nail down the identity of the man known as Jack the Ripper.

Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit mit Berichten von spannenden historischen Kriminalfällen. Wie in ihrem Podcast Früher war mehr Verbrechen skizzieren die beiden Prähistorikerinnen Nina Batram und Katharina Kolvenbach mögliche Lösungen weit zurückliegender Fälle und Cold Cases und deren Relevanz für die heutige Zeit - dabei stets respektvoll, mit viel Empathie und Sachverstand. Sie beleuchten z. B. eine mordende Familie, eine Giftmörderin, eine falsche Ehefrau, einen intriganten Adelsmörder und den vielleicht bekanntesten Serienmörder der Geschichte: Jack the Ripper.

In March 2011, a major police investigation was opened in the search for missing Swindon local, Sian O'Callaghan. When taxi driver Christopher Halliwell was arrested, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher didn't expect what happened next. After the body of another missing girl, Becky Godden-Edwards, was uncovered, the police had two murders on their hands and one suspect, but how many more unsolved murders could Christopher Halliwell be responsible for?

Women have committed some of the most disturbing serial killings ever seen in the United States. Yet scientific inquiry, criminal profiling, and public interest have focused more on their better-known male counterparts. As a result, female serial killers have been misunderstood, overlooked, and underestimated. In this riveting account, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison draws on original scientific research, various psychological perspectives, and richly detailed case studies to illuminate the stark differences between female and male serial killers’ backgrounds, motives, and crimes.