Harold Schechter
AMERICAâ€™S MOST COLD-BLOODED!, Â , In the horrifying annals of American crime, the infamous names of brutal killers such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Berkowitz are writ large in the imaginations of a public both horrified and hypnotized by their monstrous, murderous acts. But for every celebrity psychopath whoâ€™s gotten ink for spilling blood, thereâ€™s a bevy of all-but-forgotten homicidal fiends studding the bloody margins of U.S. history. The law gave them their just desserts, but now the hugely acclaimed author of ,The Serial Killer Files, and ,The Whole Death Catalog, gives them their dark due in this absolutely riveting true-crime treasury. Among Americaâ€™s most cold-blooded youâ€™ll meet, Â , â€¢ Robert Irwin, â€œThe Mad Sculptorâ€: He longed to use his carving skills on the woman he lovedâ€”but had to settle for making short work of her mother and sister instead., Â , â€¢ Peter Robinson, â€œThe Tell-Tale Heart Killerâ€: It took two days and four tries for him to finish off his victim, but no time at all for keen-eyed cops to spot the fatal flaw in his floor plan., Â , â€¢ Anton Probst, â€œThe Monster in the Shape of a Manâ€: The ax-murdering immigrantâ€™s systematic slaughter of all eight members of a Pennsylvania farm family matched the savagery of the Manson murders a century later., Â , â€¢ Edward H. Ruloff, â€œThe Man of Two Livesâ€: A genuine Jekyll and Hyde, his brilliant scholarship disguised his bloodthirsty brutality, and his oversized brain gave new meaning to â€œmastermind.â€, Â , Spurred by profit, passion, paranoia, or perverse pleasure, these killersâ€”the Witch of Staten Island, the Smutty Nose Butcher, the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, and many othersâ€”span three centuries and a host of harrowing murder methods. Dramatized in the pages of penny dreadfuls, sensationalized in tabloid headlines, and immortalized in â€œmurder balladsâ€ and classic fiction by Edgar Allan Poe and Theodore Dreiser, the demonic denizens of ,Psycho USA, may be long gone to the gallowsâ€”but this insidiously irresistible slice of gothic Americana will ensure that theyâ€™ll no longer be forgotten.
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Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of