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October 26, 2025

The Monsters We Make by Rachel Corbett

October 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Monsters We Make by Rachel Corbett

An insightful if slightly uneven look at serial killers and their analysts

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October 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Rachel Corbett, The Monsters We Make, Ted Bundy, Ted Kaczynski, serial killers, criminal profiling, true crime, history, american history
April 02, 2025

The Scientist and the Serial Killer by Lise Olsen

April 02, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Scientist and the Serial Killer by Lise Olsen

The quest to identify the last victims of one of America’s worst serial killers

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April 02, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Scientist and the Serial Killer, Lise Olsen, Dean Corll, Candyman, serial killer, crime, true crime, American history
March 24, 2025

Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold

March 24, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold

A new history of the infamous Crippen murder case centers on the women of the story

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March 24, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Hallie Rubenhold, Crippen, Story of a Murder, true crime, English history
January 11, 2025

Postmortem by Courtney Lund O'Neil

January 11, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Postmortem by Courtney Lund O'Neil

A new account of the long shadow cast by an infamous serial killer.

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January 11, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Postmortem, Courtney Lund O'Neill, John Wayne Gacy, serial killerm, true crime, Rob Piest, Kim Byers
February 22, 2021

American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

February 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

A new history of the unprecedented surge in serial killers in the second half of the 20th century.

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February 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Health & Psychology, History
Peter Vronsky, American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, serial killers, true crime, American history, Steve Donoghue
September 02, 2019

Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe

September 02, 2019/ Olive Fellows
Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe

Monroe ruminates about what might motivate today's women to consume a diet of violent crime stories.

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September 02, 2019/ Olive Fellows/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Society & Culture
Rachel Monroe, Scribner, cable television, media, true crime, crime fiction
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