Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Henri Desire Landru -- The axeman of New Orleans -- Earle Nelson -- The Manson family -- Ian Brady and Myra Hindley -- Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi -- Jeffrey Dahmer -- Dorothea Puente -- Gary Ridgway -- Andrew Cunanan -- Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka -- Westley Allan Dodd -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The Axman of New Orleans specialized in killing grocers of Italian descent in the 1910s, apparently to promote jazz music. Dorothea Puente was a little old landlady who murdered her tenants, but kept cashing their government checks. the Manson family terrorized California in the 1960s, as did the Hillside Stranglers a decade later. Twelve serial murder cases, occurring in the eight decades between the 1890s and 1990s, had one thing in common: significant presence of the mass media. This book examines these cases, and the way the media became involved in the investigations and trials of each."--Jacket.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
Greenwood eBooks
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Title
Serial murder and media circuses.
International Standard Book Number
9780275990640
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mass media and crime, Case studies.
Murder in mass media, Case studies.
Serial murder investigation-- History, Case studies.