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"Better to Reign in Hell : Serial
Killers, Media Panics and the FBI" by
Stephen Milligen
Credited with superhuman intellect and abilities, the "serial" sex killer emerged in the 1980s as a dominant figure in American popular culture. In a decade marked by conservative politics and resurgent fundamental Protestantism, the serial killer was accused of attacking the traditional values underpinning American society and proved a suitable symbolic harbinger to manipulate public fear for political gain. Read more
"Against All Odds : Escape from Sierra Leone" by
Phil Ashby
By 1990, Sierra Leone, once hailed as the 'Athens of West Africa', had degenerated into a savage battlefield, overtaken by rebel forces in a devastating civil war. Assigned to spearhead the mission as UN peacekeeper was Major Phil Ashby. But by 2000, the rebel occupation he had worked so diligently to disarm rose again to control an astounding two-thirds of the country. The enemy's mission: get rid of the outside opposition first. Read more
"I: The Creation of a Serial Killer" by
Jack Olsen
In February 1990, Oregon State Police arrested John Sosnovke and Laverne Pavlinac for the vicious rape and murder of 23-year-old Taunja Bennet. Pavlinac had come forth and confessed, implicating her boyfriend and producing physical evidence that linked them to the crime. Authorities closed the case. There was just one problem. They had the wrong people... Read more
