The Golden Age of Serial Killers. 56 Maniacs from Ed Gein to Jeffrey Dahmer

Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, Harvey Glatman, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer… These and many other maniacs, famous worldwide, terrorized America from the 1950s to the 1990s. Why did this period become the era of the flourishing serial killers? How did... World War II influence the surge in serial killings and why are many maniacs the children of war veterans? How do the maniacs of the 'golden age' differ from killers of previous and subsequent eras, and whose crimes are the most terrible? How did the 'golden age' of serial killings give rise to profiling and why has it remained in the past? Criminal historian, Ph.D. Peter Vronsky, comprehensively exploring the phenomenon of 'star' maniacs, answers all these questions. His voluminous and captivating book shows why the horrifying crimes of famous serial killers have become a pop culture phenomenon and continue to stir our consciousness.