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Just when you thought it was safe to walk alone in the dark.In a decade of neon nightclubs, mass consumerism, political unrest, dance-pop, and shell suits, it was the rising body count of serial killers that was striking fear into the hearts of ordinary people.The Frankford Slasher. The Connecticut River Valley Killer. Gary Ridgway. Ahmad Suradji. Hadden Irving Clark. Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Wesley Shermantine. Loren Herzog. Robert Black. The Texas Killing Fields. Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. Robert Pickton. David Parker Ray. The Colonial Parkway Murders. Norman Simons. Brian Shofer. Timothy Wilson Spencer. Michel Paul Fourniret. Denis Rader. Andrei Chikatilo. The Golden State Killer. Roger Kibbe.The above and hundreds more are connected by just one year; 1987.The book contains details on various murders and true crime, including encyclopedic information on over 100 serial killers who were active in 1987 alone. There are also another 200 events that have been added to the 1987 timeline for reference and cultural significance. With a minimum of 300 entries, this is one true crime book that needs to be in your collection.It's not only serial killers that infested 1987 like a plague. You'll also find snippets and facts on unsolved murders, cold cases, mysterious disappearances, mass murders, spree killers, national disasters, conspiracies, executions, the first DNA conviction, and the squirrels that shut down the Nasdaq Stock Exchange!You'll also find discussion points including; movies that influenced killers, the rise of DNA technology, and various unsolved serial killing sprees. The book is fully researched and referenced, complete with appendices and a bibliography of all studies and data cited within these pages.If '1978: Year of the Serial Killer', was a masterpiece, then 1987 is its big brother.(Paperback release in August 2019. Book is written in British English, with American English used only in the descriptions of American locations and American quotes.)From the author of '1978: Year of the Serial Killer'.

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