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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - H. H. Holmes - America's First Notorious Serial Killer Real Name: Herman Webster Mudgett - H. H. Holmes was an alias. Born May 16, 1861 in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Holmes is one of the most infamous figures in American criminal history, often called America's first modern serial killer and first big-city serial killer. He was a con artist, bigamist, and medical school graduate who moved to Chicago in the 1880s. There he built a three-story building in the Englewood neighborhood, which would later become known in newspapers as the 'Murder Castle.' The Murder Castle: >After his arrest, sensational newspaper reports claimed the building was designed as a killing factory, with soundproof rooms, trap doors, chutes to the basement, a gas chamber, a crematorium, and a dissecting table. Many of those details were exaggerated by the press, but police did find evidence of murder and fraud. His Crimes: >His method was usually financial - he would take out life insurance policies on victims, swindle them, then kill them. Capture and Death: >He was tried for only one murder, that of Benjamin Pitezel, convicted, and sentenced to death. He was hanged on May 7, 1896 in Philadelphia. He was 34.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Theodore Robert Bundy remains one of the most infamous serial killers in American history, not only for the brutality of his crimes, but for the stark contrast between his public image and his private life. Born Theodore Robert Cowell on November 24, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont, Bundy was by all outward appearances charming, intelligent, and ambitious. A law student, former psychology major at the University of Washington, and one-time political campaign worker, he used his clean-cut looks and articulate personality to gain trust and avoid suspicion. Between 1974 and 1978, Bundy carried out a series of murders, kidnappings, and assaults across seven states - Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, California, and Florida. He typically targeted young women, often college-aged, luring them by feigning injury or impersonating an authority figure before abducting them to a second location. While he confessed to 30 homicides shortly before his execution, law enforcement believes the true number of victims may be higher. Bundy's case became a national spectacle for two reasons. First, he escaped from custody twice in Colorado in 1977, continuing his killing spree while on the run. Second, his trials in Florida in 1979 and 1980 were among the first to be televised nationally, turning the courtroom proceedings into a media event and cementing his notoriety in American culture. After years of denials and manipulation of the legal system, Bundy was convicted of multiple murders, including the 1978 Chi Omega sorority house murders at Florida State University and the murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach. He was executed in the electric chair at Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989. The story of Ted Bundy is studied not just as a criminal case, but as a case study in criminal psychology, forensic science, media coverage of crime, and the dangerous misconception that evil is always easily recognizable.…