Ice Cold Killers The Rituals Of Murderers

From singling out victims at bus stops, targeting women with long, blonde hair, saving trophies, or dismembering and even eating their victims, each serial killer set a unique ritual for their murder, and these rituals are what betrays them in the end. Serial killers often begin with a few unplanned murders, where they experiment with which actions give them the greatest release. Moving on they start to carefully select their victims, either by stalking them or staking out special locations where their victim – such as prostitute or child – can be found alone. But after a while the killer's hunt for satisfaction makes him overconfident. Follow on the heels of the police in their hunt for four relentless serial killers. These stories contain gruesome details and are not suitable for children.

What makes a serial killer? There is a huge difference between killers who kill once in the heat of the moment, mass murderers who slaughter many people at once, and serial killers who follow a specific pattern to kill carefully selected victims. A serial killer is an ice-cold predator who enjoys the hunt, is driven by ritual or a particular impulse, and who becomes increasingly dependent on the release that the murder provides. A serial killer’s brain demands multiple victims. German killer Volker Eckert was morbidly obsessed with women’s long hair. Jeffrey Dahmer achieved sexual release by dismembering people and eating selected pieces. Alexander Pichushkin was preoccupied with chess and decided to murder 64 people, one per square on a chessboard. Finally, David Berkowitz believed that demons ordered him to kill. The stories told here reveal what drives serial killers and how they carry out their murders. The content is violent and gruesome and certainly not for children.

A Valkyrie with Haphazard Magic A Fallen Angel Seeking Redemption An Unlikely Crime-Solving Duo Kara is going on her first undercover assignment for the Paranormal Apprehension and Detention Agency, and she couldn't be more excited. That is until she discovered not only was it a couples retreat, but the location was at the top of a snowy mountain! Yeti shifter, Milo Iceman, and his witchy wife, Rozalind, are eager to discover who's killing off guests at their wonderland resort. Posing as a struggling married couple, Zane and Kara must surreptitiously question possible suspects...all while participating in the retreat's quirky marriage-bonding activities. In between axe throwing and magical obstacle course runs, Zane and Kara team up to track down the killer. Can the two paranormal detectives work together to solve this case? Or will they end up clueless and frozen in their tracks?

The relationship between traditional myths, fairytales and current fiction novels featuring women as crime-solvers is examined in this critical study. Using theories from Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung and others, the author asserts that plots and imagery in these novels conform to quest narratives outlined in classical myths and traditional fairytales. Narcissus, Medusa, Orpheus and Orestes are a few of the figures emerging in today's mystery fiction. Among the mystery authors discussed are Patricia Cornwell, Amanda Cross, Sue Grafton, P.D. James, Sara Paretsky and Julie Smith. After establishing the anatomy of a mystery, the text discusses many myths, rituals and rites associated with mysteries, including myths of identity, religion and rites of initiation.

Human beings have always been cruel, savage, and murderous. Is that all about to change? Human history can be seen as a catalog of coldhearted murders, mindless blood feuds, appalling massacres, and devastating wars. Creatively and intellectually, there is no other species that has ever come close to equaling humanity’s achievements, but neither is any other species as suicidally prone to internecine conflict. We are the only species on the planet whose ingrained habit of conflict and perpetual warfare constitutes the chief threat to our own survival. In An End to Murder, the Wilsons assess whether human beings are in reality as cruel and violent as is generally believed. The book explores the possibility that humankind is on the verge of a fundamental change: that we are about to become truly civilized. Covering a wide-reaching history of violence from the first hominids to the twenty-first century, the book touches on key moments of change while also indicating where things have not changed since the Stone Age. It follows the history of violence from fifteenth-century baron Gilles de Rais (“Bluebeard”), the first known and possibly most prolific serial killer in history; to Victorian domestic murder, the invention of psychiatry, Sherlock Holmes, and the invention of forensic science; the fifteenth-century Taiping Rebellion in China, in which more than twenty million died; World Wars I and II; more recent genocides and instances of “ethnic cleansing”; and contemporary terrorism. As well as offering an overview of violence throughout our history, the authors explore the latest psychological, forensic, and social attempts to understand and curb modern human violence.

Detective Kate Reilly continues to have the bad dreams that are somehow linked to the murder of her parents that occurred almost eighteen years ago. The dreams haunt the very little sleep she has as she tries to juggle the heavy workload alone, while her partner, Andrew Stephens recuperates in Hospital but it is not long before they are back on the beat together chasing another serial killer. Oliver Watkins was the Elements serial killer, a murderer who had stalked and brutally murdered the women of another city fourteen years earlier. Now he has a fan who is hoping that he could move from serial rapist to serial killer and be as famous as Watkins. Watkins is keen to be a mentor to his eager protégé and teach him the way to kill, Watkins relishes in the idea of being the puppetmaster in the shadows.

The peaceful town of Snowfield is rocked by a series of brutal murders. The victims are all found with a single, unexplainable wound: a small, perfect hole in the back of their heads, as if something sharp and impossibly cold had passed through them. As Detective Eric Matthews and his partner, Detective Emily Jones, investigate, they soon discover that the murders are connected to a sinister figure known only as the Snow Killer.

They thought they had all the power—until she took it from them. Now a Scottish police detective must find a vigilante in the midst of a media storm… A killer hunts abusive spouses, blogging about their sins post-kill. Soon the bloodshed—and the brazen posts—draw the attention of Police Scotland’s CID. This murderer works with surgical preparation, precision, and skill, using a unique weapon of her own and never leaving a trace of evidence behind. Edinburgh’s DI Kathy McGuire, nearing the end of her career, begins the hunt as a media frenzy erupts. But McGuire might have met her match in a woman who is either driven by desperation to take the law into her own hands—or simply an ice-cold killer.