Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel's Mysterious Murderer: By The New York Times 11
Whitechapel Startled by a Fourth Murder: By The New York Times 14
Dismay in Whitechapel; Two More Murdered Women Found: By The New York Times 16
The London Paranoiac; By The New York Times 17
The Whitechapel Crime; No Clue to the Perpetrator of the Latest Murder: By The New York Times 20
A Warning to Whitechapel: By The New York Times 21
Jack the Ripper Again: By The New York Times 22
Chapter 2 First American Serial Killer: H. H. Holmes
May Be Charged with Murder: By The New York Times 23
Holmes Killed Pietzel: By The New York Times 25
The Williams Girls' Fate; Probably Murdered and Burned by Holmes at Chicago: By The New York Times 28
Accused of Ten Murders: By The New York Times 30
Still Another Victim: By The New York Times 35
Holmes Had Sharp Knives and Saws; They Were Sharpened Just Before Howard Pietzel Died: By The New York Times 36
The Case Opened: By The New York Times 37
Holmes Is Found Guilty: By The New York Times 48
Holmes Cool to the End: By The New York Times 54
Bones of Holmes's Victims: By The New York Times 59
Chapter 3 Son of Sam: David Berkowitz
Police Get a 2d Note Signed by 'Son of Sam' in .44-Caliber Killings: By The New York Times 60
'Son of Sam' Adds Four Names in New Letter, Police Disclose: By The New York Times 62
Cry for Help Wakes Up a Brooklyn Neighborhood Eric Pace 63
Who Is Really Behind That .44? Police Pursuing Many Theories Howard Blum 66
Suspect in 'Son of Sam' Murders Arrested in Yonkers Robert D. McFadden 70
The Suspect Is Quoted on Killings: 'It Was a Command … I Had a Sign' Howard Blum 74
Suspect Is Emerging as a Study in Extreme and Varied Contrast Robert D. McFadden 79
Letter from Berkowitz Says He Killed 6 Persons: By The New York Times 84
Judgment on Son of Sam: By The New York Times 85
Chapter 4 John Wayne Gacy
4 More Bodies Found Under House of Contractor, Bringing Total to 9 Douglas E. Kneeland 86
Bodies Found at Illinois Suspect's House Total 21: By The New York Times 92
Parents of Missing Youths Hope, Fear - and Wait Douglas E. Kneeland 94
Suspect in Mass Deaths Is Puzzle to All Douglas E. Kneeland 99
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to 7 Murder Counts at Hearing on Sex Attacks Douglas E. Kneeland 108
Gacy Is Found Guilty of Killing 33, Record for U.S. Mass Murder Nathaniel Sheppard Jr. 110
Man Who Killed 33 Is Executed in Illinois John Kifner 113
Chapter 5 Jeffrey Dahmer
Milwaukee Police Once Queried Suspect James Barron 117
17 Killed, and a Life Is Searched for Clues James Barron Mary B. W. Tabor 121
Clues to a Dark Nurturing Ground for One Serial Killer Daniel Goleman 129
Milwaukee Jury Says Dahmer Was Sane Dirk Johnson 134
Loving Jeffrey Dahmer Frank Rich 138
Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison Don Terry 141
Chapter 6 B.T.K.: Dennis L. Rader
Letter From Killer Jo Napolitano 145
As Serial Killer Reaches Out, Fear Grips Wichita Monica Davey 146
Arrest Is Made in Series of Killings in Kansas Monica Davey 150
Computer Disk Led to Arrest in Killings, Pastor Says Monica Davey 155
Suspect in 10 Kansas Murders Lived an Intensely Ordinary Life Monica Davey 159
Kansas Suspect Pleads Guilty in 10 Murders Jodi Wilgoren 168
Shadows at Home: Living Where B.T.K. Killed Michael Wilson 172
10 Life Terms for B.T.K. Strangler as Anguished Families Condemn Him in Court Jodi Wilgoren 176
The Serial Killer's Co-Author Rachel Shteir 180
Chapter 7 The Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara Hunted, and Was Haunted by, the Golden State Killer Alexandra Alter 187
Search for 'Golden State Killer' Leads to Arrest of Ex-Cop Thomas Fuller Christine Hauser 193
What We Know About Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer Suspect Matthew Haag 198
Do Serial Killers Just Stop? Yes, Sometimes Jan Hoffman 203
The Golden State Killer Left a Trail of Horror With Taunts and Guile Dan Barry Tim Arango Richard A. Oppel Jr. 206
Glossary 213
Media Literacy Terms 214
Media Literacy Questions 216
Citations 217
Index 222