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What makes serial killers engage

in their grisly pursuits? Who are
yo Ui r p a Mm Ss SWwWea these multiple slayers whose hun- :
ting grounds are our highways, our f A
parks,-our schools and our homes? your way to

WITH SWEEPING pessimism, Voltaire opined that, ee eda «=6|d #h6U€6ALAWATI
history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and them before they begin their f
misfortunes,’ while Shakespeare penned, “The web of our murderous rampages? Do they feel | ff Play Sateflte Showdown Trivia Tuesday
life is of a mingled yarn, good and evil together.’’ any sort of remorse for their ac- j seoumulited for he mann wins you
se i i i F two return air tickets to Hawaii.
The criminal act and the crimi- a dismal future. Nie ns or are such feelings as alien, Play Countdown Trivia Mondays,
nal actor continue to find an en- Dreams of playing professional The problem with most books a Wedneadirys and Fridays from 6:30pm
thusiastic audience even in this baseball were sublimated inan —— about serial killers is that, with few eA tenes great Bars.
supposedly enlightened age. Why early marriage and the necessity of exceptions, they focus on the ORNS T etl . i
the exploits of persons who prey supporting his wife and widowed —_ crimes and psychology of a f a a " Pubic Television Ati's Best
on their own species should hold mother-in-law during the Depres- _ specific individual rather than this , PLUS more of everything youve always
such a strong fascination for their sion. class of human predator as a 2 é cote 42 enjoyed. Qualty educational, cutura and
‘potential victims is better an- Decades later, Marshall’s frustra- whole. As noted, however, there ze . informative documentaries, plays.
swered by psychiatrists than book tions, responsibility for nursing a are exceptions and Serial Killers - us : anelnite Shaw,
reviewers, but there isno denying. _terminally-ill wife and the knowl- The Growing Menace by Joel N “eo Ltioet Raud, Hoh van chiaren's programs ble |
that such a fascination exists and, edge that he was not the father of ris is sucha Bie y pe or — and more. ca ,
if anything, is increasing. : their only (and deceased) child fi- ‘Seria’ Killers (Dolphin/
nalty cause somet! ing to snap. Doubleday; 249 pp.; $25.95 in
MIKE : Rage boils up like bile and Her- hardcove surveys known dataon J mT TTT eee ae
STEELE . man Marshall unleashes 50 years ~— such murderers as Charles Man-
. of suppressed anger in a violent son, Henry ‘Lee Lucas and other
episode that leaves bodies strewn —_ convicted serial killers.
i roughout his Houston haunts. Explored are commonalities of
book reviewer dite recenatine Man is of education, intelligence, family
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This week, BOOKS NOW ex- Herman Marshall — whether per- backsiou nd and ear clues to the
plores the dark side of humankind —_ sonal habits, fears or thwarted sonalities
witha chilling look at serial killers goals — that lurk beneath the . Norris, a founding member of
infact and fiction. __ veneer of satisfaction and con- the International Committee of
Joseph Wambausgh is undoubt- tentment in all of us. Neuroscientists to Study Episodic
edly one of the most poputar Robertson has the uncommon Aggression, serves up the atest
crime writers of modern times, ability of precisely probing the clinical theories on why serial
with such titles in print as The most sensitive regions ofthe ~ killers do what they do, and pir-
Onion Field, The Blue Knight, The psyche to expose raw wounds we _poinis potential warning signals
New Centurions and The Choir- = may have thought long healec that may indicate an individual is a
boys. : . . over, or of which we were cuir nascent murderer.
_ His newest work, The Blooding, _fortably unaware. Is Serial Kiflers relevant? Unfor-
is the factual examination of one - You'll admire Robertson’s tunately the answer is ‘yes’: the
of the most massive manhunts descriptive skills and praise his FBI estimates that there are now at
ever undertaken in Britain anda uncanny ear for dialogue, but least 500 serial killers roaming the
scientific rea oun that dont be surprised if, on finishing streets of our American neighbor
ni ‘ a bru - this (o) ve an i i~ _ i i
series of rape-murders that ter- OO YOU Nave aN TEP TESS and the number 's growing.
rorized a small English village dur-

a ever al ‘MARTIN HONISCH

Morrow/Macmillan of Canada;

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