Killers Caught
272 pages | paperback |
They thought they had gotten away with murder. They were wrong.
Discover the vital clues, the crucial evidence, the lucky breaks, the chases, the painstaking detective work, the unlikely heroes that led to the capture of serial killers such as “The Good Nurse” poisoner Charles Cullen, finally detected by a young colleague; Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, revealed by false license plates; Night Stalker Richard Ramirez, spotted by a 13-year-old boy; Hotelier of Death H. H. Holmes, apprehended selling his victims’ skeletons…
Killers Caught reveals the downfall of these ruthless individuals, as well as the stories of how many more of crime’s most notorious and prolific murderers were brought to justice.
- True crime has never been more popular than it is today, as evidenced by the astonishing number of podcasts, TV shows, and documentaries dedicated to the genre
- Focus on the killers' capture introduces a reassuring “feel-good” aspect usually missing from true-crime accounts
- In the last six years, almost 200 true-crime podcasts have launched, and the genre regularly occupies many of the spots on the Top 20 podcast chart in iTunes (“True Crime Podcasts,” 2016; “#Toppodcast,” 2018)
- More than 1.6 million print copies of true-crime books were sold in the US in 2018 (Time Magazine), according to TCM chart via Nielsen Bookscan
- The latest in DK’s series of successful true-crime paperbacks, a series that includes Unsolved Murders, Behind the Horror, Cults Uncovered, Mysteries Uncovered, and Conspiracies Uncovered
- Explores the events leading up to capture and conviction of more than 20 of the world's most notorious killers
- 16-page image-packed color section gives context to the cases
