True Crime Investigations
In this gripping new series, author and veteran detective, Keith Wright turns his talents to some of history's most horrendous serial killers. Drawing on his decades of experience in the CID, Wright brings a detective's eye to the crimes and their suspects, using primary evidence to uncover startling new revelations. Detectives are placed under the microscope, conspiracies are brought to light and perpetrators are unmasked as Wright pulls back the curtain on the killings and the investigations of some of the very first serial killers.
Much has been written about America's most prolific serial killer, H. H. Holmes. Here, former CID Detective Sergeant and crime writer Keith Wright offers a new take and uncovers issues hidden beneath the surface.
The ghoulish Whitechapel Club, The World's Fair, The US's most prolific serial killer, his 'murder castle', and a Presidential candidate all congregate in Chicago in 1893, and all impact one another. The odds of all these events occurring simultaneously, each interwoven by circumstance, are high, but nonetheless true.
H.H. Holmes was a charmer, a womaniser, a fraudster, a sadist, and a serial killer. More than that, he was a proximity killer. When possible, he liked to prolong the death and be close enough to witness his victims' futile struggles and inevitable slow demise. It is an advanced and rare type of voyeurism.
We have the full story, including dramatic scenes and reconstructions, new discoveries, a full explanation of why a particular premise is favoured by the detective, and a comprehensive chronology of all known historical facts for the purists to ponder.
The book includes actual statements and confessions from Holmes. It features witness statements, letters, and direct testimony from the time. There is also a study of Holmes in action and his unique way of operating as a narcissistic, sadistic psychopath.
Veteran Detective Sergeant Keith Wright makes a compelling case, cracks open the investigation, and finally, it all makes sense.
His knowledge as a detective combines with his writing skill. He puts you in the room with H. H. Holmes, both when he is most charming and when he is driven by psychopathic sadism.
It is a fascinating, fresh look at the horrors that have baffled and intrigued for almost 150 years.
When I started writing this book, I did not expect to solve America's first-ever serial killer case. But here we are. The murders are officially classed as unsolved, but the killer, for the first time, is revealed here, within the pages of this book.
We are reshaping American crime history.
As a veteran detective of twenty-five years, I have seen a lot of blood and gore, but never like the horrors that the Servant Girl Killer wreaks on his victims. He is the epitome of a nightmare, sneaking into your bedroom late at night with a bloody great axe and slamming it blade first into your forehead while you are still asleep. Dead or alive, your torment is only just beginning.
He murders men, women and girls, but it is females he seeks to violate; killing men is just a means to an end, if they are in the way.
It is a fascinating case, and there is no doubt that mistakes were made by a novice police force who had never heard of such a thing as a serial killer in Austin, Texas, back in 1885. The police make fundamental errors in failing to identify the killer's motive, treating each murder as independent of the other, and their blind reliance on another piece of evidence; the fulcrum of the case, which is not what it seems. It is a red herring.
This book is perhaps unique in solving such a historic case, and I hope it offers a sliver of justice for the victims, and that they can finally rest in peace.
My aim is for the book to be thought-provoking and informative; the story is incredible, and the way the truth comes out, I trust, will be of interest too.
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