A review by trin
Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard of by Harold Schechter

3.0

The interesting parts of this book attempt to analyze while some criminals and some crimes have stayed matters of public obsession, while others, just as horrific, have faded away. I wish the book were weighted somewhat more to this content, and not to the schlocky list of atrocities the cover suggests, but there was some fascinating media analysis in here. Also, as fucked up as a lot of modern true crime coverage has become, this book proves it has always been thus -- and at least no one is writing epic poems about popular murders anymore. At least I think -- I hope! -- they're not.