The Cases That Haunt Us - Hardcover

Douglas, John; Olshaker, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684846004 ISBN 13: 9780684846002

Publisher: Scribner, 2000

Synopsis

The nation's most successful "profiler" of the criminal mind analyzes some of the most vexing cases in criminal history, from Jack the Ripper's unsolved murder spree to the ongoing JonBenet Ramsey drama.

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Review:

Confident in his opinions and systematic in his examination of high-profile whodunits, FBI veteran John Douglas proves his worth once again as one of the world's best psychological detectives. You may think you've read all there is about Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden, and the Lindbergh kidnapping, but Douglas has a few surprise conclusions in his modern analysis of these gripping crimes. By applying criminal personality profiling techniques he developed while stalking more current killers, Douglas provides a fresh, sage outlook on some disturbing history. He also sheds new light on San Francisco's Zodiac Killer, the Black Dahlia murder, Bambi Bembenek, the Boston Strangler, and the continuing mystery of who killed 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey. Douglas sometimes reveals his chief suspect; other times he simply narrows down who the killer is not. In the JonBenét mystery (in which Douglas was hired by the Ramseys to find the killer), he presents a convincing case for why he believes the girl's parents are not guilty of murder. Douglas is founder of the FBI's Serial Killer Profiling Unit. His method of solving a crime by entering the mind of the killer inspired Thomas Harris's book The Silence of the Lambs. In this dissection of our most sensational crimes, Douglas proves that reality can be more horrifying than fiction. --Jodi Mailander Farrell

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About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684846004
• ISBN 13: 9780684846002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352