September Spotlight

 

I have read a Harlod Schechter True Crime every year for the last two years, and I'm not about to ruin that streak this year. His books are the ones you feel a little odd saying you enjoy because of the nature of what Schechter writes. Especially with the first book I read two years ago, Maniac, which is about the first recorded Mass Murderer. Still, I do really enjoy the way Schechter puts these stories together. I've read a total of three books by Schechter, one in college as a reference to a paper I wrote (a long story), and I still have about six, or seven, of his books on my TBR that I want to read. Schechter is one of my favorite True Crime authors and an instant buy for me. This might be the one I finally physically own, because just for the photos and illustration. 

From veteran true crime master, Harold Schechter comes a unique look into the history of crime told through the dark objects left behind. The false teeth of a female serial killer from 1908, the cut-and-paste confession of the Black Dahlia killer, the newly cracked cipher of the Zodiac killer, and the shotgun used in the Clutter family murders, which were made famous by Truman Capote's true crime classic In Cold Blood —these are more than simple artifacts that once belonged to notorious murderers. They are objects of fascination to the legion of true crime obsessives around the world. And not merely for fleeting dark thrills, but because they represent a way to better understand those whom we typically label monsters in lieu of learning how they actually became one.

In Murderabilia, veteran true crime writer Harold Schechter presents 100 murder-related artifacts spanning two centuries (1808–2014), with accompanying stories of various lengths. A visual and literary journey, it presents a history unlike any previously told in the true crime genre, one that speaks to the dark fascination of true crime fans while also presenting a larger historical timeline of how and why we continue to be captivated by the most sensational crimes and killers among us.
 

HAPPY READING!!