Where did serial killers come from and who was the first “registered” maniac in history? What categories do they fall into according to their motives and how does this affect their crimes? How did the most famous murderers in history get caught and how did profiling help? What makes them kill again and again? How to survive when you meet a maniac? Everything you ever wanted to know about the phenomenon of serial murder is found in crime historian Peter Wronski's massive study. Meticulously researched and filled with gripping stories of some of the world's biggest killers, from Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy and Gary Ridgway, Serial Killers from A to Z" seeks to explain the madness that drives them. It also shows why we are so obsessed with true crime, maniacs and psychopaths.