Forfansoftruecrime,thisfourthentryintheProfilesinCrimeseriespresentshistory’smost“elite“serialkillers--mastermurdererswhostretchedthepsychicenvelopeandrackedupthelargestnumberofvictims.Historicalinscopeandinternationalinbreadth,thiscollectionoftrue-crimestorieschronicles15ofthemostinfamous“extremekillers“whoeverlived--thosewiththelargestnumberofconfirmedkills,inmanycasesmorethan50.Thesubjectsrangefrom15th-centuryFrenchchildkillerGillesdeRais,purportedlythemodelforthefolklegendof“Bluebeard,“toHenryLeeLucasandOtisToole,whoinspiredthefilmHenry:PortraitofaSerialKiller;toSamuelLittle,America’smostprolificserialkillerwith60confirmedand93claimedmurdered,toMikhailPopkov,dubbed“TheWerewolf“byRussianmediaforhavingslainmorethan70womenbetween1992and2010.
