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Book Review By Talea
The World's Most Infamous Murders-A Detailed and Disturbing Anthology of Depravity and Murder by Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell

The World's Most Infamous Murders provides a vivid insight to some of the most notorious murders of all time. This is not a book for the squeamish as detailed criminal accounts are present in each biography. The book spans the course of the 20th Century and includes the like of Lizzie Borden, Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy. Read about Bonnie and Clyde's notorious robbery and killing spree. Or the Vampire of Dusseldorf who admitted to at least 68 crimes and was sentenced to death nine times at his trial. Photos of the murderers, victims and crime scenes are present throughout the book. Each chapter gives you an inside view of the criminal mind, the crime, the investigatio , the trial and the end result. Some even include what the convict had for his/her last meal. Names have not been changed and locations are included. This book has 35 criminal biographies and various snippets of many others.


Plot & Themes
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1900+

Subject of Biography
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Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - scared
Graphic sex in book? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
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