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The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers (American Serial Killers) Kindle Edition

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The Shocking True Crime Stories of the 12 Worst Serial Killers in American History

David Berkowitz: Known as the “Son of Sam,” Berkowitz was a deeply disturbed young man who prowled the streets of New York dispensing death with his .44 caliber revolver.

William Bonin: One of a trio of deadly psychopaths who trawled the freeways of Southern California during the late 70’s and early 80’s. Bonin was a depraved child killer who abducted, raped and tortured more than 20 teenaged boys.

The Boston Strangler: Albert De Salvo took the fall but most experts agree that he was not the Strangler. So who was the real killer? And how did he get away with the series of brutal murders that so terrified the citizens of Boston?

Ted Bundy: Charming, intelligent and lethal, Bundy is America’s most notorious serial killer, a deadly fiend who cut a swathe of destruction across the country, raping, killing and committing necrophilia on his young victims.

Dean Corll: Along with two willing teenaged accomplices, Corll orchestrated what was at the time the biggest murder spree in American history, raping torturing and killing at least 25 young boys.

Jeffrey Dahmer: Hideously depraved killer who preyed on young homosexual men in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, cannibalizing them and conducting bizarre experiments on their bodies.

Albert Fish: He looked like a frail old man, but Albert Fish was actually a psychotic child killer and torturer, with a taste for human flesh.

John Wayne Gacy: Cold-hearted killer who raped, tortured and strangled at least 33 young men, burying their bodies in the crawlspace of his Chicago house.

Randy Kraft: The least well known of California’s three “Freeway Killers.” And yet Kraft was both the most prolific and the most depraved, responsible for the torture killings of as many as 67 young men.

Dennis Rader: Known as the “BTK Killer” (after his M.O.: Bind, Torture, Kill) Radar held the citizens of Wichita, Kansas in a state of fear for over 30 years, during which time he claimed 10 known victims.

Richard Ramirez: A satanic burglar who went by the terrifying sobriquet, “The Night Stalker,” Ramirez raped, battered, shot and stabbed his victims during a bloody reign of terror in 1980’s Los Angeles.

Gary Ridgeway: As the horrific “Green River Killer,” Ridgeway engaged the Washington police in a deadly game of cat and mouse, claiming more that 60 victims over two decades.

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Book Series by Robert Keller

Most of my works cover serial killers, while the “Murder Most Vile” series covers individual true crime stories. These are the main collections;

American Monsters
50 American Serial Killers You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Murder Most Vile
Human Monsters
British Monsters
Australian Monsters
Canadian Monsters
German Monsters
Cannibal Killers
Plus various other standalone books, including the The Deadly Dozen, which is available as a free download on Amazon, and Serial Killers Unsolved, which you can get for free when signing up to my mailing list.

Robert Keller’s True Crime eBook Categories:

Serial Killers
True Crime
Serial Killer Biographies
Murder and Mayhem
True Murder Cases
Serial Killer Case Files
True Crime Short Stories

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00K2DP62W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 30, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3734 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 179 pages

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As a twelve year old, I borrowed a book from the library that I thought was a vampire novel. It turned out to be the true story of British "vampire" serial killer, John Haigh (amazing the things they'll let a 12 year old check out!). Nonetheless, I was fascinated, and even though the librarian wouldn't let me take out any other books on the subject, I became a true crime junkie, burning my way through True Detective magazines by the dozen.

Forty years later, I feel as though I've investigated more cases of murder than most homicide detectives, studied more serial killers than your average profiler, and spent more time than a conference full of psychologists trying to understand what every true crime buff really wants to know; Why do they do it?

My books feature the cases that interest me most. I hope that you will find them equally fascinating.

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Lynched

Informative Yet Truly Graphic!!

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017

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For readers interested in true crime, especially in serial killers, this is one of the top ten of those types of books that I've found to be written in complete, great detail. The biography of each serial killer is well documented, with the history of their family roots and upbringing, and then finishing off with the investigations that ended their reigns of terror. It's mind-boggling the horrors they brought upon their victims. Personally, it's difficult to understand how these human beings could do such unthinkable acts to unsuspecting, innocent people. Although an interesting book, the pages within are filled with extremely graphic descriptions of torture and murder - not for the faint of heart!

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Lanie

Interesting and Well Written Serial Killer Read

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2016

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I chose this book to read because the subject matter sounded interesting to me. There are quite a few things that I really liked about this book. First was the no muss, no fuss approach. The author gets directly to the point throughout the entire book. There's no fluff and filler to make the book longer than it needed to be. The information is well presented and I really appreciated that.

The choices of serial killers in this book was good. While I am no real fan, collector or buff of this type of thing I did find a few individuals covered that I had never heard of.

I also liked the fact that the information given about how each individual killer did in their victims was described but not embellished with gore.

This book read well, didn't take a long time to read, kept my attention and I didn't feel like I wasted my time when it was over. I would definitely read another Robert Keller book again if given the chance.

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she wolfen

Interesting but little new info.

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022

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It is an interesting book , well written but with very little new information. I would KILL for a book full of new and true tales of serial murderers,something truly interesting and provacative but not this time, not this book.....

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2016

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This book kept me up some times thinking about some of the stuff it contains. I can not believe that these killers got away with there sick crimes for so long before they were finally caught. Ive heard about a few of them but never got the full desription of what they done and how they doe it and hokw many times they done it. This book is a true life horror movie or worse than a horror movie cause this stuff is real. Welp take note if this book doesnt make you think about what lerks around out there then Idont think nothing will. But its a well writen book and gives great discriptions of the killers. I would recomend this book to almost any one except young kids. Its going to take a long time before I everfor get about this book if ever. Great wake up call book, and to the point. 5 stars

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W. Shattuck

Not for the faint of heart

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015

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I am an avid reader of true crime books and Rober Keller is now one of my favorite writers. A lot of the info I already knew but there was a lot I'd not read before. My worst nighmare was not Bundy or even Gacy but a cruel, sadist animal named Dean Corll (whom I'd not heard of until I read this book). The book is quite graphic and it is sickening to know how someone can do such unspeakable things to another human being. If you have the stomach for the macabre, then you will certainly enjoy this one. I have now moved on to another of Mr. Keller's books, Serial Killers Unsolved. I will review that at a later date.

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Sandy Dallabrida

... to say that a book about serial killers is good bedtime reading but this book totally was

Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2016

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It might seem odd to say that a book about serial killers is good bedtime reading but this book totally was. I tore through this book pretty quickly and enjoyed every minute of it. Keller outlines a nice group of serial killers, admittedly the worst based on his own personal opinion. As someone who has read quite a bit about serial killers over the years, I was pleasantly surprised that Keller had selected some for his list that were unknown to me. Keller does a good job of mixing some lesser known serial killers with the more commonly known ones.

If you are looking for a book that explores the "why" of serial killer mentality or the reasons why any of these particular serial killers did what they did, this is not the book for you. But if you are looking for the "who" and the "what" and the "when" and the "where" and even the "how" then this book will give you a good overview of Keller's pick of the 12 worst serial killers. It's not going to tell you what makes a serial killer tick but it will tell you about some of America's best psychos and is definitely worth a quick read if you're interested in the topic.

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2022

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Good book a lot of information about them all ,excited to read volume 2. I give it a big thumbs up

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