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Hey /lit/ I don't come here often but I was wondering are there any autobiographies written by serial killers? I'd be very interested in reading one.

>> No.3858525

Mein Kampf

>> No.3858527

Final Truth : The Autobiography of a Serial Killer

About Pee Wee Gaskins

>> No.3858537

I don't think such literature exist.

>> No.3858573

>>3858525
Didn't kill anyone.

>>3858508
Not an autobiography but the less sexy half of the Moors murderers wrote a book in which he pyscho-analyses other serial killers called "The Gates of Janus"

>> No.3858673

>>3858573

Just himself, like the coward she was.

>> No.3858700

Not really a "serial" killer per se but "If I Did It" comes close.

>> No.3859154

There's a book about Ted Bundy written by someone who knew him. She actually started working on the book about the crimes before Bundy was captured and revealed as the killer.

>> No.3859170

The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer is all that comes to mind, about Richard Kulinski

>> No.3859174

Devil in the White City offers multiple quotes and anecdotes by the serial killer after he is arrested.

>> No.3859277

unabomber manifesto

>> No.3859308

>>3859170
Not a serial killer... Big difference in motivation of the murders.

>> No.3859318

There's Carl Panzram's "diary."

>> No.3859335

>>3859154
Was that 'The Killer Beside Me'?

>> No.3859343

>>3859335
The Killer Next Door, I think is the title.

>> No.3859371

>>3859343
Found it
'The Stranger Beside Me'

>> No.3859395

>>3859308
I thought Kulinski was a serial killer who did contract work on the side for financial support

>> No.3859441

>>3859371
Ah, yeah.

>> No.3859447

>>3859395
He did contract hits, which is different than serial-killing, in that money was the motivation for the deaths; while, with serial-killing, it's more to satiate a psychological urge, of some kind -- usually sexual; but, there are rage killings. So, if you look at the psychology of a hitman v. a serial-killer, you'll see a vast difference in the reasons as to why they kill, which is what, technically, separates them.

>> No.3859456

>>3859447
Hit-men are serial killers. They fall into the "comfort" subclassification of the "hedonistic" type. They're just serial killers that kill for money.

>> No.3859464

>>3859447
I get what you're saying, but from what I know of Kuklinski he did the gangland contract hits as a job, but in his spare time killed serially for his own amusement

>> No.3859473

>>3859456
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SerialKiller

>Hedonistic — Someone who kills for lust, thrill, or comfort/profit. The first two kill principally because they enjoy it; lust-based killers get sexual satisfaction out of murder, while thrill-based ones simply find it exciting. Comfort/profit killers are the type who kill to maintain or fund a life of luxury, or otherwise for money; hitmen and assassins fall into this category, but it usually refers to cases of fraud, embezzlement, or robbery that involves killing somebody. Women serial killers are usually comfort killers, though not all comfort killers are women.

>> No.3859486

>>3859464
He was most-likely a mixed case, considering he said he tortured animals as a child and did kill some people in anger, prior to contract hits.

>> No.3859503

>>3858525

He wasn't a serial killer.