Serial Killers: Murder without Mercy

I do not know how many books have been written on murders and murderers but it must run into thousands as it is a subject which continues to fascinate. Serial Killers: Murder Without Mercy covers 31 serial killers in 28 chapters (several of the killers worked in pairs).

The eldest serial killers in the book are William Burke and William Hare the infamous body snatchers of the 1820s who supplied the medical profession with corpses for anatomical dissection. After delivering the first murdered corpse to Dr Robert Knox they were sent on their way with the encouraging message “we'll be...