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The World's Worst Crimes: An A-Z of Evil Deeds Kindle Edition

by Charlotte Greig (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 952 ratings
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'But I am a monster. I am the "Son of Sam". I am a little brat. When father Sam gets drunk he gets mean.... Sam loves to drink blood. "Go out and kill," commands father Sam.'
- David Berkowitz

Evil has many faces. Serial killers, drug kingpins, rapists, and simple murderers fill the pages of this horrifying collection. The actions of these terrible men and women are so vile you will find it hard to believe what they did.

The World's Worst Crimes features many of the worst criminals of human history, including:

· Carlos the Jackal, a terrorist who carried out a series of bomb attacks in Europe, but soon came to enjoy the violence for its own sake.
· Harold Shipman, who killed over 236 of his patients, taking advantage of his privileged position as a family doctor.
· The 6' 9" Ed Kemper, who captured unfortunate hitchhikers before he raped, murdered, and dismembered them.
· Jeffrey Dahmer, who tortured and killed his victims before eating them.

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Charlotte Greig graduated with an MA in Intellectual History, and started freelancing as a writer and editor for a variety of magazines and newspapers, including the NME and the Guardian.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CZ1316P
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcturus (May 11, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 11, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 11088 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
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Cathy R
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder Mayhem
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2013
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I found this book hard to put down. Extremely interesting, extremely gruesome. However, felt very sorry for the victims and their families.
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Adnil45
4.0 out of 5 stars Crime Scene Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013
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I wasn't sure what I was getting when I started reading "World's Worst Crimes" but I have to say that it is quite compelling. This is a series (thus A - Z) short informational articles describing the worst crimes and the perpetrators through the years. It is shocking, unbelievable, and disturbing what some people actually do to other humans....
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TJ SCHOENLEIN
3.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy Research - way too many errors
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018
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Pay no attention to the title “ THE WORLDS WORST CRIMES - not even close. Yes - there are some very nasty people listed here.
A couple pages per case is what you get. I have no problem with that if the facts are correct - they are not. Just two examples of what I’m talking about. They have PAUL BERNARDO’s victim, Kirsten French, listed as 17 when murderd - actually she was 15 yrs. another one - llse Koch (The Bitch of Buchenwald) as dying in prison in 1971. Actually she hanged herself using strips of bed sheets in 1967. I think you get the picture here...sloppy research.
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fernacks
5.0 out of 5 stars Evil presonified
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2015
This book shows the true evil that is endemic in today's world. The utter evil and savagery of some people is almost unbelievable.I have a book on Kindle, "By Fair Hand" that illustrates the wickedness of female killers in Britain but they are like friends of the family compared to many of those in this book. Well put together and allows a true insight into the murderous mind. Bill Franks author of "Iniquity" and others.
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JR
4.0 out of 5 stars WORST CRIMES
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2013
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this type of information is see how bad people were and are today and are going to be in the future. Its going to be like this until the end of time which we have no idea will be.
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jim w
3.0 out of 5 stars So So
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013
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Book was okay but somewhat more mundane than I expected. Not nearly as suspense filled as I had hoped. Good book to read when you go to bed because it will make you sleepy very quickly.
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4.0 out of 5 stars creepy
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2013
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The book is really creepy and gives a bit of a look into the minds of serial killers. Worth a look for people who like true crime.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2013
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I read the book on kindle and it had interesting story's in it. The problem was it lost a lot of words from page to page and you had to guess was being said. Very often
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wayne phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2023
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Good read
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Nightreader
3.0 out of 5 stars Kurzer, etwas oberflächlicher und ungenauer Überblick über eine große Anzahl berühmter Verbrechen
Reviewed in Germany on March 15, 2019
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Gut geeignet für Leute, die zum erstenmal die Nase in das Thema "How nasty can you get?" hineinstecken, flotte Nebenher-Lektüre für Kenner, die das alles ohnehin schon wissen, aber nicht up to date und, wie ein Kollege schrieb, ziemlich sloppy heruntergehudelt. Unbedingt mit seriöser Lektüre ergänzen.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Kurzer, etwas oberflächlicher und ungenauer Überblick über eine große Anzahl berühmter Verbrechen
Reviewed in Germany on March 15, 2019
Gut geeignet für Leute, die zum erstenmal die Nase in das Thema "How nasty can you get?" hineinstecken, flotte Nebenher-Lektüre für Kenner, die das alles ohnehin schon wissen, aber nicht up to date und, wie ein Kollege schrieb, ziemlich sloppy heruntergehudelt. Unbedingt mit seriöser Lektüre ergänzen.
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Eckybun
4.0 out of 5 stars Many familiar, a few different
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2013
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As an avid reader of true crime books, I find many books like this tend to summarise the same crimes over and over. Although this book does contain a lot of the crimes detailed in other books, there are a number that I had not read about before and which I am sure will be of interest to others who have read a lot of true crime book. This is also an excellent book for newer enthusiasts as it details many of the most infamous crimes and is a good book to use to find stories which you may want to read about in greater depth. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who wants a great amount of detail about the crimes as there are only a few pages on each one.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Easy read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2019
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Very short accounts but you do get most of the data on each case.
Would recommend it as a quick read
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Ms D O'Regan
5.0 out of 5 stars could have been a lot thicker
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2023
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this book was good though it could have been a lot thicker, more detail could have gone into each case, still enjoyable though
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