Bitchin’ Book of Serial Killer Trivia Vol. 1 is packed with bizarre facts, criminal psychology, forensic oddities, serial killer myths, quizzes, cannibal cases, FBI insights, and some of the strangest details ever uncovered in true crime history. Designed for readers who love learning unusual, shocking, and little-known facts, this volume combines education, entertainment, and dark curiosity into one massive collection of serial killer trivia.
Explore notorious killers from around the world, uncover bizarre investigative details, test your knowledge with quizzes, and discover the strange patterns that connect some of history's most infamous offenders. Learn about cannibals, poisoners, lust killers, bombers, organized offenders, disorganized offenders, famous cold cases, and unsolved mysteries. Along the way, you'll examine criminal psychology, forensic science, profiling concepts, offender behavior, and common myths that continue to circulate in true crime culture.
Whether you're a casual true crime fan or a devoted crime-history enthusiast, this volume offers hundreds of fascinating facts, surprising insights, and challenging questions designed to make you think differently about violent crime and the people who commit it.
Inside this volume:
Armin Meiwes — “The Rotenburg Cannibal”
Edmund Kemper — “The Co-Ed Killer,” “The Coed Butcher”
Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. — “The Hillside Stranglers”
Anthony Sowell — “The Cleveland Strangler”
Robert Hansen — “The Butcher Baker”
Joel Rifkin — “The Long Island Killer”
Randy Kraft — “The Scorecard Killer”
Harvey Glatman — “The Lonely Hearts Killer”
Moses Sithole — “The ABC Killer”
John Reginald Christie — “The Rillington Place Strangler”
Joseph Kallinger — “The Shoemaker”
Robert Maudsley — “Hannibal the Cannibal”
Dirty Killers
FBI Profiling
John Wayne Gacy — “The Killer Clown,” “Pogo the Clown”
Robert Ben Rhoades — “The Truck Stop Killer”
Medical Issues and Serial Murder
West Mesa Murders
The Macdonald Triad
Jeffrey Dahmer — “The Milwaukee Cannibal”
Aileen Wuornos — “Damsel of Death”
Pattern Recognition Quiz — Advanced
Peter Kürten — “The Vampire of Düsseldorf”
Herbert Mullin
Dennis Rader — “BTK”
Who the Killer Is
David Berkowitz — “Son of Sam”
Nannie Doss — “The Giggling Granny”
Amy Archer-Gilligan — “The Poisoning Murderess”
Jack the Ripper — “The Whitechapel Murderer”
Zodiac Killer
Texarkana Phantom Killer
Why Zodiac and the Texarkana Phantom Were Not Alike
Brains and Criminal Behavior
Cary Stayner — “The Yosemite Killer”
Herbert Baumeister — “The I-70 Strangler”
Albert Fish — “The Gray Man,” “The Werewolf of Wysteria”
Mary Ann Cotton — “Britain’s First Female Serial Killer”
Theodore Kaczynski — “The Unabomber”
Last Meals
Guess the Serial Killer
Dean Corll — “The Candy Man”
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev — “Metal Fang”
Gary Ridgway — “The Green River Killer”
49 Things That at Least Five Serial Killers Had in Common
Nicolas Cocaign — “The Cannibal of Rouen”
Jerome Brudos — “The Lust Killer,” “The Shoe Fetish Slayer”
Rodney Alcala — “The Dating Game Killer”
Gerard Schaefer — “The Killer Cop”
From forensic science and criminal profiling to cannibalism, psychology, victim selection, investigative breakthroughs, and bizarre offender behavior, Bitchin’ Book of Serial Killer Trivia Vol. 1 delivers an entertaining and educational deep dive into the world of true crime.
