BEYOND THE HEADLINES

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(192 0 0 1)>Ever wonder about the truth behind the sensationalized headlines when it comes to history's most infamous killers?</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(192 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>So did author Jeff Ignatowski a nationally known speaker on the psychology of serial killers who turned that curiosity into his meticulously researched book </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>BEYOND THE HEADLINES: <em>True Crime's Myths and Legends</em>.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>     </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>  </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>More than a collection of dramatically told true crime stories Ignatowski's anthology challenges and explores the integrity of widespread myths surrounding infamous personalities such as Jack the Ripper Dennis Rader Elizabeth Bathory Ed Gein and Ted Bundy. It provides a deeper understanding of their stories through historical insight criminological analysis and a careful separation of fact from fiction.  </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>  </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>[Many true crime anthologies] simply summarize information about each killer and leave it at that. Here you'll read the briefest of synopses before you get to the heart of each account. The myths and legends... -From the foreword by author E.J. Hammon</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Having spent years counseling incarcerated youth offenders and studying serial killer psychology through his collaboration with other true crime and forensic psychiatry experts Ignatowski examines in </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>BEYOND THE HEADLINES</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> how these narratives have been molded by and in turn shaped public beliefs and media representations.     </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>  </span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>BEYOND THE HEADLINES </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>invites readers to reconsider what they think they know about these monsters and their crimes. By challenging conventional narratives readers will come away with a deeper understanding. </span></p><p><br></p>