Murder Down Under

Notorious Australian Serial Killers

Anthony Ferguson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

213 Seiten

2021
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476682846 (ISBN)

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Notorious, numerous and varied, serial murderers from Australia have an eclectic record of crimes, methods and trademarks. Scrutinizing these murderers at length, this book aims to identify characteristics exclusive to Australian serial killers, connecting the crimes with the continent's geography, culture and social structure.

Featured are murderers like the "Granny Killer" John Wayne Glover, William "The Sydney Mutilator" McDonald and "Backpacker Killer" Ivan Milat. Also covered are well-known events like the Snowtown Murders and killer couples like David and Catherine Birnie. Unique in the true crime genre, this book studies fictional Australian murderer Mick Taylor to examine how pop culture portrayals develop the distinct psychology of killers from "down under."

Anthony Ferguson is an author and editor living in Perth, Australia. He has published over forty short stories and non-fiction articles in a range of magazines and anthologies in Australia, Britain and the United States and is the secretary of the Australasian Horror Writers Association.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Age of Motiveless Murder

1. Bushrangers, Blaggards and Bastards

2. Deemania: Frederick Bailey Deeming and the Origins of the Killer-Celebrity in 19th-Century Australia

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3. The Itinerant Schoolgirl Strangler

4. The Brownout Strangler

5. The Mutilator: Dead Man Walking

6. The Night Caller

7. In the Court of the Tattoo King

8. The Lonely Hearts Killer

9. Truro: The Absent Protagonist

10. The Beauty Queen Killer

11. The Birnies and the Killer Couple Trope

12. No More Grannies

13. The Backpacker Murders

14. The Frankston Serial Killer

15. Snowtown and the South Australian Nightmare

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16. Mick Taylor and the Tyranny of Distance

Conclusion: The Golden Age of Serial Killing

About the Contributors

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2020
Zusatzinfo	11 photos, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-13	9781476682846 / 9781476682846
Zustand	Neuware