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What drives attractive male cousins to rape and kill ten young women? Why do an altar girl and her boyfriend lure innocent victims into their customised torture van? "Couples who kill" comprise only twenty per cent of killers, but they often murder serially and are responsible for particularly inhumane deaths. Sadistic friends, psychotic sisters and an increasingly pathological mother-son team are amongst those profiled in this exploration of the world's most deviant duos. There are infamous British cases, such as the Moors Murderers and the Wests, as well as many equally disturbing but less well-known ones. In the third of this series, which focuses on the psychology of murderers, Carol Anne Davis explores the formative influences of these killers and their deadly dynamics. Comprising of thirteen in-depth case studies and exclusive interviews with experts and one of the Wests' surviving victims, "Couples Who Kill" provides an unequalled study of this disturbing subject.
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Couples Who Kill profiles twenty six British and American murderers, many of them serial killers. Each profile explores the killer's background, the relationship with their co-killer, the homicides, and what has happened since the trial.
There are also fifteen case studies in themed chapters such as British Couples Who Kill Children and Bizarre Couples Who Kill, the latter including cases from Germany, Mexico and France.
Several of the couples were sadistic lovers, others were friends or close relatives. Yet even those who swore undying love had often turned on each other by the time they went to trial.
Because couples who kill are often lust murderers, the victims were mainly in their teens or early twenties. But there are exceptions - the oldest victim was seventy seven, the youngest only a few minutes old.
Though the cases are harrowing, there is occasionally hope: one teenage killer, hugely influenced by his much more damaged girlfriend, has studied psychology in prison for many years now, apparently understands his earlier pathology and genuinely seems to have turned his life around.
Once again I'm grateful to the authority figures I consulted, including a man who met serial killer Charles Ng and a woman who was abducted by Rose & Fred West. I also interviewed a crime writer who'd co-authored a book with a Home Office pathologist who autopsied one of the victims of a particularly vicious and largely forgotten British triple killer.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A shocking tale!,
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This review is from: Couples Who Kill: Profiles of Deviant Duos (Hardcover)
In this utterly chilling book, Carol Anne Davis skilfully walks the tightrope between either bombarding the reader with unnecessary detailed trivia or gory sensationalism and instead, faithfully chronicles the depravity that mixed and same-sex couples descend to, from the 19th Century to the present day.Her research has been meticulously carried out over a period of years and for English readers in particular, the full horror of the crimes carried out by Brady and Hindley and also the almost sub-human Fred West and his wife are recent enough to be in many reader's memories. Fifty-eight people who were involved in a whole catalogue of murders for monetary gain, sexual gratification or purely for the thrill of it, are recorded in this thoroughly well-written book, which is the stuff that nightmares are made of. To that section of society who is resolutely opposed to the death penalty, I venture to suggest that after reading this book, they will change their mind; if I were of their persuasion, I would. Highly recommended - although not for those of nervous disposition!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Another page turner,
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This review is from: Couples Who Kill: Profiles of Deviant Duos (Hardcover)
I'd enjoyed this author's previous books but was worried that this one would go on and on about the moors murderers and the wests. I even checked it out in a bookstore before buying it on amazon. But I needn't have worried as there are lots of new cases here including some British serial killers I hadn't heard of. And she has more information on the American cases than anyone else I've read. The sadistic aspects are shocking but because you're told about the killers childhoods, you at least understand why they do what they do.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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very interesting book,
By sufferkate "sufferkategothic" (Liverpool UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Couples Who Kill (Paperback)
I previously read "women who kill" and "children who kill" because I am very much interested in serial killers and those books definitely serve the purpose. You have some big mediatic cases but also some relatively unknown stories which makes it fascinating.you get an insight on the crimes but also on the background of the killers and the aftermath of what they did.
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