Tennessee Serial Killer 1902
With so much new material from which to choose, a volume many times the size of the original might easily have been prepared. In time, older cases will no doubt emerge. Accordingly, while the previous edition dated records of the first known serial killer from the first century A.D., we now know that compulsive predators were active in ancient Rome as early as 331 B.C. Not all of those cases and killers are “new,” however, since expanded study of serial crime has shed light on many older cases that were unrecognized or poorly reported when the first edition went to press. The first edition included data on 1,621 specific serial murder cases this edition contains 2,309 (a net increase of 42 percent in the span of five years). Much has happened in the field since I completed the original work in early 1999, as evidenced by the increased volume of cases reported.
TENNESSEE SERIAL KILLER 1902 UPDATE
Preface to the Second Edition I appreciate the opportunity to update and expand The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Dennis NilsenĪppendix C: Unresolved Cases 455 Bibliography If I did it to others, I could experience the death act over and over again. If I did it to myself I could only experience it once. I killed them as I would like to be killed myself, enjoying the extremity of the death act itself. There was no sadistic pleasure in the killing. Afterwards it was all sexual confusion, symbolism, honoring the “fallen.” I was honoring myself. I worshiped the art and the act of death, over and over. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at Text and cover design by Cathy Rincon Printed in the United States of America VB Hermitage 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper.įor Janice Gail Knowlton, survivor and friend. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. HV6245.N49 2006 364.152’3’03-dc22 2005003800 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Includes bibliographical references and index. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Newton, Michael, 1951– The Encyclopedia of serial killers / by Michael Newton.-2nd ed. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Second Edition Copyright © 2006, 2000 by Michael Newton All rights reserved.