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  • Deviant

    From the author of “top-drawer true crime” (Booklist) books comes the definitive account of Ed Gein—the man whose shocking crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs.The year was 1957. To his Wisconsin neighbors, Ed Gein was a slight, Midwestern farmhand with a twisted little smile. To an unsuspecting nation, he would become one of the most notorious crime ... Read more

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  • 50 States of Murder

    An Atlas of American Crime

    From the true crime author of Murderabilia, a geographic telling of some of the most notorious but lesser-known murders for each US State.Filled with hundreds of entries organized by location, 50 States of Murder is a lively and chilling work of storytelling and an authoritative survey of the homicidal history of the United States—perfect for any true-crime obsessive. Certain crimes are impossible ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dr. Werthless

    **He Studied Murder And Nearly Killed the Comics Industry!From the team behind the award-winning “Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?” comes a nonfiction graphic novel examining Dr. Fredric Wertham, of one of the most polarizing figures in pop culture history.**Wertham wrote Seduction of the Innocent (1954), asserting that comic books were a cause of juvenile delinquency. His testimony before ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Murder by the Numbers

    199 Chilling Tales of True Crime

    The expert author of Murderabilia brings a fresh new approach to the irresistible subject of true crime with this statistic-based telling of some of the most notorious murders of all time.Veteran true crime master Harold Schechter presents hundreds of chilling tales of murder and mayhem told through the fascinating lens of numerology. Each story begins with a number or statistic, followed by a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Deranged

    The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer

    Harold Schechter brings his expertise to the shocking true story of a murderer in the early 20th century with Deranged, which reveals the life and crimes of Albert Fish, a grandfatherly type who kidnapped and murdered countless children.“America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (The Boston Book Review), Harold Schechter shatters the myth that violent crime is a modern ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Murderabilia

    A History of Crime in 100 Objects

    From veteran true crime master Harold Schechter comes a unique look into the history of crime told through the dark objects left behind.The false teeth of a female serial killer from 1908, the cut-and-paste confession of the Black Dahlia killer, the newly cracked cipher of the Zodiac killer, the shotgun used in the Clutter family murders, which were made famous by Truman Capote's true crime ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Killer Colt

    Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend

    An in-the-room account of John Colt's scandalous nineteenth-century murder trial from "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" ( Boston Review).In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John's rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Edgar Poe and the Frontier Fiend

    An Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Tale

    In this historical murder mystery Harold Schechter revisits the chilling world of Edgar Poe and the Mystery Museum. During the sweltering summer of 1845, the savage murder of two girls shocks the citizens of Manhattan. Edgar Allen Poe, despite the grisly subject matter of his own writings, is just as shaken by these horrendous bloody crimes as the panic-stricken public. Suspicion of the killer’s ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Devil's Gentleman

    Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century

    From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter, whom The Boston Book Review hails as “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers,” comes the riveting exploration of a notorious, sensational New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier age, and the explosively dramatic trial that became a tabloid sensation at the turn of the century ... Read more

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  • Psycho USA

    Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of

    AMERICA’S MOST COLD-BLOODED!In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath who’s gotten ink for spilling blood, there’s a bevy of all-but-forgotten homicidal fiends studding ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Butcher's Work

    True Crime Tales of American Murder and Madness

    A Civil War veteran who perpetrated one of the most ghastly mass slaughters in the annals of U.S. crime. A nineteenth-century female serial killer whose victims included three husbands and six of her own children. A Gilded Age “Bluebeard” who did away with as many as fifty wives throughout the country. A decorated World War I hero who orchestrated a murder that stunned Jazz Age America. While ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Nevermore

    Praised by Caleb Carr for his "brilliantly detailed and above all riveting" true-crime writing, Harold Schechter brings his expertise to a marvelous work of fiction. Superbly rendering the 1830s Baltimore of Edgar Allan Poe, Schechter taps into the dark genius of that legendary author -- and follows a labyrinthine path into the heart of a most heinous crime.NevermoreA literary critic known for his ... Read more

    $15.99 USD