Case Closed: Serial Killers Captured

When a Serial Killer is active in a community it is extremely scary for everyone. This book focuses on Serial Killers who have been captured and some of the most notorious and ruthless killers in history.

Serial killers stay close to home and their victims are random. Dennis Rader found all his victims in Kansas not far from the Wichita home he shared with his wife and two kids. Rader, the president of his local church, knocked on his victim's doors and they simply let him in. John Wayne Gacy, met many of his 33 victims, all young men and boys, at charity events where he appeared dressed a clown. After luring them to his house and murdering them he stuffed them under his Cook County, Illinois home. Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River Killer, was convicted of strangling 49 random women he met in Washington. He confessed to killing 71 but authorities believe the number of victims could be over 90. Jeffrey Dahmer of Milwaukee admitted to killing and cannibalizing 17 young men and boys before he was arrested.

Need a true crime hit? This should not disappoint serial-killer junkies but don't expect sensationalist accounts of these creeps. The victims are the most important and tragic figures in these cases and the author makes sure they are acknowledged with respect. Lots of good introduction to the most notorious serial killers, such as:

John Wayne Gacy - The Killer Clown
Ted Bundy
Donald Henry Gaskins - The Redneck Charles Manson
Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer
Jeffrey Dahmer - The Milwaukee Monster
Dennis Rader - The BTK Killer
David Berkowitz - The Son of Sam
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo - The D.C. Snipers
Tsutomu Miyazaki - The Little Girl Murderer
Andrei Chikatilo - The Butcher of Rostov
Ottis Toole and Henry Lee Lucas - The Homosexual Crime Team