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Demented — The Mind of the Serial Killer

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Our fascination with the serial killer plays upon latent anxieties concerning our own willingness to commit foul play. Best-selling serial killer biographer, Professor Harold Schechter, discusses accounts of history’s most notorious human predators.

Harold Schechter is an American true crime writer who specializes in serial killers. He attended the State University of New York in Buffalo where his PhD director was Leslie Fiedler. He is professor of American literature and popular culture at Queens College of the City University of New York.

 

Links to our guest, Dr. Harold Schecter ~

Hell’s Princess — New book by Harold Schecter about Belle Gunness – “Butcher of Men”

Harold Schecter Website — bio, books, contact info and news …