1. America's fascination with multiple homicide
Multiple murder in popular culture
The selling of multiple murder
The impact of celebrating murderers
2. Defining multiple murder
A typology of multiple murder
3. An anatomy of serial murder
Prevalence of serial murder
A profile of the typical serial killer
4. With deliberation and purpose
When killing is thrilling
On a deadly mission of terror or revenge
The sociopathic personality
The culture of sociopathy
Empathy and serial killers
Borderline personality disorder
Compartmentalization and dehumanization
Insanity in the relationship
Partnerships of men and women
Killing for companionship
The functions of cannibalism
Desire for total control and ownership
Normal and abnormal fantasies
The impact of pornography
9. The making of a serial killer
Inordinate need for power
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
The appeal of dangerous cults
Satanism and serial murder
Vulnerable victims preferred
Catching the serial killer
Reducing linkage blindness
13. For love, money, or revenge
A profile of mass killers
Profiting from mass murder
A profile of the family annihilator
Profile of the workplace avenger
The impact of frustration
Workplace murder by proxy
Externalizing responsibility
Screening out problem workers
18. Hate-motivated mass murder
Settling a grudge with a gun
Minority against majority
Long-standing mental illness
20. Remembering the victims.
