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Killer among us : public reactions to serial murder / Joseph C. Fisher.

Killer among us : public reactions to serial murder / J...

Killer among us : public reactions to serial murder / Joseph C. Fisher.

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Killer among us : public reactions to serial murder / Joseph C. Fisher.

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Full title

Killer among us : public reactions to serial murder / Joseph C. Fisher.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997.

Date

1997.

Call Numbers

N364.1523/58

Record Identifier

74VvpPAp63xb

MMS ID

991005157549702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 236 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. Introduction. Richard Raymond Valenti: Folly Beach, South Carolina (1973-1974) -- 2. Serial Murder: Public Reactions -- 3. The Common Denominator. Albert Henry DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler: Boston, Massachusetts (1962-1964) -- 4. The Coed Killer and Clairvoyant. John Norman Collins: Ypsilanti, M...

Publication information

Publisher

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997.

Place of Publication

Connecticut

Date Published

1997.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

What do Jack the Ripper, The Son of Sam, Wayne Williams, Jeffrey Dahmer, The Boston Strangler, and The Coed Killer John Norman Collins have in common with this obscure case? What connects the people of London, New York, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Boston and Ann Arbor, Michigan to those in the tiny town of Folly Beach? Drawing upon 20th-century media cover...

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Full title

Killer among us : public reactions to serial murder / Joseph C. Fisher.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-230) and index.

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Call Numbers

N364.1523/58

Record Identifier

74VvpPAp63xb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvpPAp63xb

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ISBN

0275955583 (alk. paper)

9780275955588 (alk. paper)

DDC

364.1523

MMS ID

991005157549702626

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