About the Book
Murders committed by people working in teams are just as gruesome as those committed by killers who work alone - or even worse. The author shows that it is just as chancy to accept a ride offered by a couple as it is to hop into a car driven by a single male. And, while we may like to assume that women are nurturers, in fact, their participation in such crimes often heightens the cruelty and sadism. In Team Killers , Jennifer Furio has set out to examine this terrifying phenomenon, building on the topics that are explored in her previous books, The Serial Killer Letters: A Penetrating Look Inside the Minds of Murderers and Letters from Prison: Voices of Women Murderers. Simply stated, couples or groups that kill are most often found to have perverted tendencies as individuals, but it is only when they come together that their combined personality becomes lethal. The French have coined the expression folie a deux to indicate a delusion shared by two emotionally-linked persons. The book shows that in all the teams, one dominant member orchestrates the activities and relies on a submissive, easily-manipulated partner to assist. It looks at both men and women: are there differences between male teams, mixed teams and female teams?
Table content
Assigning Responsibility in Collaborative Killings 5 INTRODUCTION - Studying Team Killers 15 Part I. Male/Female Team Killers 23 Rosemary and Frederick West 27 Catherine and David Birnie 37 Debra Denise Brown and Alton Coleman 41 Cynthia Coffman and James Gregory Marlow 53 Caril Ann Fugate and Charles Starkweather 59 The Moors Murders ' Myra Hindley and Ian Brady 67 Judith Ann and Alvin Neelley 75 Carol Bundy and Doug Clark 79 Charlene and Gerald Gallego 91 Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez 97 Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo 103 � � PART II. FEMALE/FEMALE TEAM KILLERS 113 Gwendolyn Graham and Catherine Wood 115 Amelia Sach and Annie Waters 121 The 'Angels of Death' ' Two Nurses 125 � � PART III. MALE/MALE TEAM KILLERS 129 Dean Corll and Wayne Henley 131 Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris 135 The Hillside Stranglers 141 Charles Ng and Leonard Lake 151 David Gore and Fred Waterfield 159 � � PART IV. FAMILY AND GROUP KILLERS 167 The Zebra Killings 169 The Chicago Rippers 173 The Lainz Hospital 181 The Manson Family 187 � � After Thoughts 197 References 201
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