Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 True-Crime Obsessions 1
5. 2 The Serial Effect 13
6. 3 Modern True Crime 29
7. 4 Serial Killers and Notorious Murderers 51
8. 5 Missing Persons and Unsolved Murders 79
9. 6 Wrongful-Conviction Narratives 105
10. 7 Fear, Justice, and the Experience of Modern True Crime 135
11. Bibliography 161
12. Index 177
13. About the Book 181