Anthony Ferguson

Murder Down Under

Notorious Australian Serial Killers

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Produktbeschreibung

Notorious, numerous and varied, serial murderers from Australia have an eclectic record of crimes, methods and trademarks. Scrutinizing these murderers at length, this book aims to identify characteristics exclusive to Australian serial killers, connecting the crimes with the continent's geography, culture and social structure. Featured are murderers like the "Granny Killer" John Wayne Glover, William "The Sydney Mutilator" McDonald and "Backpacker Killer" Ivan Milat. Also covered are well-known events like the Snowtown Murders and killer couples like David and Catherine Birnie. Unique in the true crime genre, this book studies fictional Australian murderer Mick Taylor to examine how pop culture portrayals develop the distinct psychology of killers from "down under."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Exposit Books
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781476682846
• ISBN-10: 1476682844
• Artikelnr.: 61828339

Autorenporträt

Anthony Ferguson is an author and editor living in Perth, Australia. He has published over seventy short stories and non-fiction articles in Australia, Britain and the United States. He wrote the novel Protéeacute;gé, the non-fiction books, The Sex Doll: A History, and Murder Down Under, edited the short-story collection Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror and coedited the award-nominated Midnight Echo #12. He is a committee member of the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA), and a submissions editor for Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (ASM). A four-time nominee, He won the Australian Shadows Award for Short Fiction in 2020. His short story collection, Rest in Pieces will be published by IFWG in August 2023.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Age of Motiveless Murder
1.
Bushrangers, Blaggards and Bastards
2.
Deemania: Frederick Bailey Deeming and the Origins of the Killer-Celebrity in 19th-Century Australia delete delete delete
By T.C. Phillips
3.
The Itinerant Schoolgirl Strangler
4.
The Brownout Strangler
5.
The Mutilator: Dead Man Walking
6.
The Night Caller
7.
In the Court of the Tattoo King
8.
The Lonely Hearts Killer
9.
Truro: The Absent Protagonist 10.
The Beauty Queen Killer 11.
The Birnies and the Killer Couple Trope 12.
No More Grannies 13.
The Backpacker Murders 14.
The Frankston Serial Killer 15.
Snowtown and the South Australian Nightmare delete delete delete
By Claire Fitzpatrick 16.
Mick Taylor and the Tyranny of Distance Conclusion: The Golden Age of Serial Killing About the Contributors Bibliography Index