The Best New True Crime Stories

Serial Killers

By: Mitzi Szereto

Narrated by: Kate Mulligan, Traber Burns

A serial killer - your neighbor, friend, even your spouse?

Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the 20th century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a very long time and can be found in every corner of the globe - and they're not just limited to the male gender either. Some of these predators have been caught and brought to justice whereas others have never been found, let alone identified. Serial killers can be anywhere. And scarier still, they can be anyone.

Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers reveals all-new accounts of true crime serial killers from the contemporary to the historic. The international list of contributors includes award-winning crime writers, true-crime podcasters, journalists, and experts in the dark crimes field such as Martin Edwards, Lee Mellor, Danuta Kot, Craig Pittman, Richard O. Jones, Marccie Rendon, Mike Browne, and Vicki Hendricks.

If you are a fan of true crime books such as I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Mindhunter, The Devil in the White City, or Peter Vronsky's Sons of Cain; you will want to listen to Mitzi Szereto's The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers. This book will leave you wondering if it's ever really possible to know who's behind the mask you're allowed to see.

©2019 by Mitzi Szereto (P)2019 by Blackstone Publishing

Not the best book

The storyline is good I like the information and how it's explained from both sides I think that it could have been performed better warmed better let you work with what you got

Some good, some bad

Multiple stories of serial killers from around the globe and throughout time. I was intrigued by some and by some not so much. I liked that they were told from a different person for each and each by a different type of person in relation criminal. Worthy reading but hit or miss entertaining...I say with with sadness regarding the topic and only in the meat of the actual words written.

Great writing

I enjoyed the stories some of which I knew from tv shows or books. Some information was new and interesting.

ok

ok not great, readers could be for animated when changing speakers. it was average. average

Great stories, soporific reading.

Listening to these two readers struggle with names of places and people made this a very trying listen.

The narrator

This dude sounds EXACTLY like Sargent Bosco (Bobs Burgers fans know what im talkin about).

Inconsistent

Overall, this was a decent read. It suffers from inconsistent writing quality. Some of the sections were meandering and didn’t seem to maintain a narrative thread. Others were just fine. The narration was good, but nothing special.

Nicely done!

Multiple stories about serial killers around the world. l enjoyed the diversity of the authors and styles. All stories are well written. Nicely done!

Must read or listen

This is all serial killers and I think there was only one story I've heard before.,..want something exciting and new.....this is it. I will definitely listen 2 or 3 more times.

Concise overviews of prolific cases

I really loved the length of each story. Long enough to give the details, short enough to not be too overwhelming.