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The plea of insanity in criminal cases can be traced back at least to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, which dates from 1755-1759 BC. It is a complicated defence, and its origins in modern law lie with the 'M'Naghten Rules' of 1843, formulated by British judges as a jury instruction in cases where a plea of insanity had been entered. Daniel M'Naghten shot and killed one Edward Drummond, believing him to be the British Prime Minister, Sir Robe...

Bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee returns with a companion volume that delves even deeper into the evil world of psychopaths and their hideous crimes. In Talking with Psychopaths: Beyond Evil, criminologist Berry-Dee combines sections on killers whom he has known, interviewed, or corresponded with, with studies of psychopathic serial killers from the past, including Peter Kurten, the Dusseldorf Monster, John Christie, a murderer and nec...

What is it like to write letters to a serial killer? What tactics does an investigator use to get an interview with a monster? What do these killers, locked behind bars, have to say? See for yourself? Talking with Psychopaths: Letters from Serial Killers is the unique study of criminals in their own words based on bestselling true crime author and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee's extensive interviews with convicted serial murderers. Step ...

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Letters from Serial Killers is a unique study of the criminal mind based on the author's extensive correspondence with convicted serial murderers. Such a collection is extremely rare, and among the killers whose correspondence is examined are: Arthur John Shawcross, aka 'The Genesee River Killer', Phillip Carl Jablonski, aka 'The Death Row Teddy', Melanie Lyn McGuire, aka 'The Ice Queen', Harvey 'The Hammer' Louis Carignan, aka 'The Want-ad K...

Bestselling writer and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee turns his attention to a new kind of victim: the wives or partners of serial murderers who remained unaware of exactly who they had fallen for until after their other half's arrest or, in some cases, conviction, for multiple murders.

Letters from Serial Killers is a unique study of the criminal mind based on the author's extensive correspondence with convicted serial murderers. Such a collection is extremely rare, and among the killers whose correspondence is examined are: Arthur John Shawcross, aka 'The Genesee River Killer', Phillip Carl Jablonski, aka 'The Death Row Teddy', Melanie Lyn McGuire, aka 'The Ice Queen', Harvey 'The Hammer' Louis Carignan, aka 'The Want-ad K...

Frauen morden anders als Männer. Während Männer oft zu roher Gewalt neigen, gehen Frauen oftmals heimtückischer und raffinierter vor. Der weltweit angesehene britische Kriminologe Christopher Berry-Dee widmet sich einem der letzten großen Tabus und taucht in die Abgründe der weiblichen Psyche ein. In Wie Serienmörderinnen denken deckt er auf, warum und wie Frauen in Serie töten. Ob Beverley Allitt, die als Kinderkrankenschwester u. a. ein sieb...

Ein Sportler, ein Hausarzt oder ein Liebhaber - Mörder wie Oscar Pistorius, Harold Shipman oder Michael Bruce Ross haben gezeigt, dass in jedem Menschen ein psychopathischer Killer stecken kann. Der weltbekannte britische Kriminologe Christopher Berry-Dee hat zehn inhaftierte Psychopathen, darunter auch berüchtigte Serienmörder, zu ihren Motiven befragt. In diesem Buch beschreibt er jeweils ihre besonderen Fähigkeiten - wie etwa ihr Charisma ...

The UK's number one true-crime author examines a different kind of murder victim: the unwitting romantic partners of monstrous killers.

The leading writer and criminologist directs his uncompromising gaze on a growing phenomenon - so-called 'rampage killers', whose random multiple killings invariably leave entire communities in shock and mourning.

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The leading writer and criminologist directs his uncompromising gaze on a growing phenomenon - so-called 'rampage killers', whose random multiple killings invariably leave entire communities in shock and mourning.

Inside the minds of the world's most depraved serial killers

Intimate conversations with mass murderers who became stars of the big screen.

What could drive someone to kill and eat a fellow human being? This book examines the most notorious cases of serial killer cannibalism from Sawney Bean and Albert Fish to Jeffrey Dahmer and Andrei Chikatilo. It also details an array of more peculiar cases: Fritz Haarmann, who drank the blood of his victims before selling the meat on the black market, Issei Sagawa, the "refined cannibal, " who became a celebrity in Japan, Armin Meiwes who adve...

Was läuft im Kopf eines Serienmörders ab? Wie kann sich ein freundlicher, harmlos wirkender Zeitgenosse von einem auf den anderen Moment in ein abscheuliches Monster verwandeln, das bestialisch foltert und mordet, und sich danach wieder verhalten, als wäre nichts geschehen? Der weltbekannte Kriminologe Christopher Berry-Dee hat über viele Jahre Kontakt zu inhaftierten Serienkillern aufgebaut und sie ausführlich befragt. Herausgekommen sind dab...

The world?s most sinister sexual psychopaths ? in their own wordsWith over twenty-five years? experience interviewing more than thirty of the most dangerous male and female serial killers of contemporary times, this latest book from the bestselling author explores the darkest corners of these thrill-killers? minds But this will be no nightmare from which one awakens, for in the cases that follow, the victims never wake up again. But as all law...

Berry-Dee interviews six convicted murderers, providing details and background for each case. Follows the success of "Talking With Psychopaths & Savages" and "Talking With Female Serial Killers".

Bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is back with a companion volume that delves even deeper into the savage world of psychopaths and their hideous crimes.