Extreme Killers: Tales of the World's Most Prolific Serial Killers

Historical in scope, this collection chronicles 15 of the world&;s most infamous &;extreme killers&;&;those with the largest number of confirmed kills. The subjects range from 15th-century French child killer Gilles de Rais, purportedly the model for &;Bluebeard,&; to Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole, who inspired the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, to Samuel Little, America&;s most prolific serial killer, to Mikhail Popkov, dubbed &;The Werewolf&; by Russian media for having slain more than 70 women.
For fans of true crime, this fourth entry in the Profiles in Crime series presents history&;s most &;elite&; serial killers&;master murderers who stretched the psychic envelope and racked up the largest number of victims. Historical in scope and international in breadth, this collection of true-crime stories chronicles 15 of the most infamous &;extreme killers&; who ever lived&;those with the largest number of confirmed kills, in many cases more than 50. The subjects range from 15th-century French child killer Gilles de Rais, purportedly the model for the folk legend of &;Bluebeard,&; to Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole, who inspired the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer; to Samuel Little, America&;s most prolific serial killer with 60 confirmed and 93 claimed murdered, to Mikhail Popkov, dubbed &;The Werewolf&; by Russian media for having slain more than 70 women between 1992 and 2010.