A History of British Serial Killing: The Definitive His… (2024)

This book is written by Professor David Wilson, he is a Criminologist and a former prison guard/prison warden, he is a interesting person & I like documentaries he makes, books he writes.
So far in his book, he is disregarding some types of victim groups, people that are addicted to drugs & alcohol, or people that are into B.D.S.M and not very really experienced.
Unfortunately there are a lot of men in the B.D.S.M community that are a misogynist, sexual narcissist, emotional sad*st, sexual sad*st and they use their interest in B.D.S.M to disguise their real intentions which is to exploit, emotional/verbally manipulate, coerce, control and abuse women, children, animals in various ways.
I wish Criminologists would consider looking into this aspect of serial killers, domestic violence/abuse as a reason, or in the opinion of the misogynist, sexual sad*st, sexual narcissist they are entitled or justified to abuse women, animals & children.
Obviously not all men are like this, but a lot of them are in the B.D.S.M community unfortunately and they target women like me, due to being a little bit naive, too trusting of men sometimes due to how charming, manipulative and coercive they are.
Not being experienced in-person with B.D.S.M, being shy, sexually repressed are all reasons why a predatory sexual sad*st, sexual narcissist, or emotional sad*st would target any man or woman that is a sensitive person, vulnerable in some way, easier to manipulative, coerce, control, abuse in various ways.

It's creepy to me that there were 4 active serial killers in England a year before I was born (in 1987) Ted Bundy was executed two years after I was born in 1989 as well.
Serial killers were active in various places in the era I was born in, so I feel like it was my destiny to be a true crime fan.
I don't have Hybristophilia, i'm not a Hybristophile I don't idolize, romanticise, sexualize or fetishize serial killers like some serial killer "fans/groupies do"
It's a sick, disturbing paraphilia, or to some people it's a fetish which is absolutely disgusting, since real people were tortured, mutilated, sexually assaulted and mercilessly murdered.
The victims of crime/serial killers that are living, or dead should be remembered, treated with respect, they didn't deserve what happened to them, or the way they were treated.
The surviving victims of crimes have the right to privacy, due to going through a traumatic experience, which they survived, but now they are forever scarred, mutilated, traumatized by what they have experienced.
It must be therapeutic but painful to talk about what they have experienced, it's sad that people have PTSD due to what they have endured/experienced due to encountering a serial killer.
Knowing someone that is a murderer is surreal, I know from my own experience that it doesn't feel real, even though it happened, I'll never forget my murderous paranoid, schizophrenic teacher that murdered his mother.
Something that in my opinion, that is not considered is that a minority of people that are either poor or unemployed could become a vigilante/serial killer as a act of revenge for being marginalised, living on the "fringes of society"
Being poor & unemployed is not by choice for a lot of people and it includes myself.
In my opinion a person that is poor, unemployed, that has been rejected by society, that isn't accepted/respected for who they are as a person, would be justifiably enraged, bitter, angry about the way they have been unfairly treated in a way that wasn't deserved or justified & for no apparent reason their whole life, just because they are poor.
I've never understood why the amount of money a person does or doesn't have relates to their
self-worth as a person or worthiness of being accepted/respected as a person, being worthy of being someone's friend or girlfriend just solely based on your appearance, how much money you have.
Why does money relate to a person's self-worth, what does that have to do with if a person or group of people will accept you/respect you as a person, or want to get to know you as a person & for being your genuine, authentic self?
People that are poor & unemployed are judged, shamed, ridiculed, vilified, demonized, they are always judged in a inaccurate, incorrect, unfair, not deserved or justified way, due to the opinion, perception, attitude society has in general of the poor and unemployed.
For clarification not everyone that is poor, unemployed is a sex worker, a criminal scumbag, that creates and peddles drugs to kids/people in general, they are involved in gang activity or committing crimes either. Not all poor, unemployed people are addicted to drugs and alcohol either. It's about time, that society changes the perception, attitude, mentality that they have towards the poor, unemployed, not all poor and unemployed people are "lazy and don't want to have a job" and anyone that states this is a narcissist, it disgusts me.
I'm poor, currently unfortunately unemployed but I've had several jobs, I don't have perfect health, i'm not a criminal I obey the law, i'm not addicted to drugs, alcohol, i'm not a sex worker either.
I'm not involved in any criminal activity, or gang related activity either.
I struggle to get a job due to poverty, lack of varied experience, & maybe due to lack of some qualifications, not all people that are poor, unemployed are the same and it's about time that society changes how they perceive the poor, the unemployed because we are the most at risk, of developing addictions (food addiction, drug/alcohol addiction, self-harm/self-mutilation, depression/anxiety, suicidal ideation, murder, domestic violence & abuse)
We are the most likely to be a victim of crime(s) such as sexual assault, murder, because people assume that we are not likely to be missed, or cared about by anyone, just due to our circ*mstances which is outside of the control of anyone that is poor, unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, i'm not poor, unemployed by choice, it's an existence more than a life, it's depressing, very difficult. A lot more respect, compassion, should be shown to the poor, unemployed, marginalised, ignored minority of people in society. You don't know the circ*mstances of individual people that are poor, unemployed so you have no right to judge people or to have the narcissistic expectation/entitlement to expect people that are poor/unemployed to justify their existence, the way they live their life, or what people have to do to survive, to make ends meet.
You have no right to unfairly, inaccurately, judge or shame anyone especially just because they are poor, unemployed.
Your opinion, perception, mentality and attitude towards the poor, unemployed is not deserved, justified, not wanted/needed, it's inaccurate/incorrect, accusatory, offensive, insulting, condescending and disgusting dueto the entitlement people feel due to having more money that people in the most deprived areas of England.
People feel superior & a sense of narcissistic, classist, condescending, entitlement to judge, poor shame, bully people for their circ*mstances, poverty, unemployment when for a lot of people their circ*mstances are outside of their control.
So unfortunately they are often ignored, hated, shamed, labelled/treated like they are a scumbag or criminal, when that only applies to a minority of people, it doesn't apply to everyone that is poor or unemployed.
People should be judged morally, ethically, psychologically, based on their their mentality, personality & how they treat people/animals or based on their opinion, perception of themselves & society in general, instead of judging, shaming, bullying people for their appearance, for being poor & unemployed. Judged, shamed, bullied for not being perfect, in every conceivable way, then your rejected, discarded, forgotten about.
People in general that are poor & unemployed are a lot more likely to become a vigilante/serial killer due to being marginalised, not accepted for being their genuine, authentic self, not being respected, taken seriously, being ignored, not seen or heard just because they are poor, unemployed, "a have not"
People are becoming desperate, due to inflation, the rise in the cost of food and especially during the pandemic lockdown, i'm surprised that weren't any murders, or crimes committed during the pandemic lockdown.
Now there are security tags on particular food to prevent theft, or sometimes people look the other way when someone is sadly desperate enough to steal food, for themselves or their family.

A fantastic update of a previously written book. I'm not sure whether it's a smart move to release with whatever small changes that have been made here or whether it would have made more sense to write a new book - perhaps one that took a crime from each country of the author's choice for each chapter and analysed the way the murder and murderer behaved from a cultural standpoint to give readers an idea of the differences between, say, the US and Germany, or the UK and India, that kind of thing would really grasp my imagination - maybe I should try it, but I only have a degree in Criminology, two decades old, rather than the experience and exposure of Wilson... but, oh, I'd love to write that... if only I could afford to get that MA and PhD studied... too old now, obviously, but what a PhD a worldwide comparison would make!
Anyway, enough of unfulfilled dreams! After all, there are two tragedies in life, the first being to never achieve your dreams. The second, to achieve them... so I'd rather the first tragedy personally! I'll leave the second to people who want to be known and feted!
I'm not criticising when I say about the new rather than the old, there's always room for an update on any theory (after all, time changes all theories with further information), and I didn't read the first edition in 2009 anyway, so it's new to me, but I've read these updated books before, and it seems the author often simply tags a little on the end of each chapter and a new preface, leaving the rest 'as is'.
I enjoyed this, it gave me a lot to think about. When looking at serial killers, we do often sacrifice the victims in order to study the killer, they seem to get forgotten many a time. I have seen many documentaries and many books where they're not, however, so it's not universal. Many books and docs about Bundy, for instance, do talk about victims and often the credits roll with pictures and names of those women unfortunate enough to help a disabled man. Perhaps that says more about him than society - we want to have others to help us when we need it, strangers or not, and we want to help others when we can. Yet it's people like that who make everyone think twice about being a 'good neighbour'...
I enjoyed this book, and the victims of such men should always be remembered, not as cautionary tales, but by their attributes in life and their families' remembrances.
Thanks for writing this book, however, I did enjoy reading it. I even missed the Olympic closing ceremony for it... not that I'd have watched that anyway, but I did miss the last two Brit Golds, and I still don't mind!