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Talking With Psychopaths and Savages
- Beyond Evil
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
'I wrapped duct tape around her mouth and her nose and watched her suffocate to death . . . then I went back to work' - former Colonel David Russell Williams of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 2010
Sunday Times-bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is back with a companion volume that delves even deeper into the savage world of psychopaths and their hideous crimes. This time, however, he combines sections on killers whom he has known, interviewed or corresponded with, with studies of psychopathic serial killers from the past, including Peter Kürten, the 'Düsseldorf Monster', John Christie, responsible for the killings at 10 Rillington Place; and Neville Heath, a ladykiller in every sense of the word.
The result is a chilling narrative that sets the forensic examination of killers and their crimes within the context of murder in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, an examination of the evil mind set against the insoluble problem of identifying psychopaths who kill.
This is not an audiobook for the squeamish, but it is undeniably fascinating in its portrayal of just what one human being will do to others - while all too often moving among us unnoticed and unhindered. If their crimes seem as incomprehensible as they are horrific, it is undeniably true that the world's most savage killers may be much closer than we think . . .
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- Ian M
- 04-03-21
Great book
Well narrated and written brilliantly, it’s finally a look at the psychopathic mind without pulling any punches. One of the best of the genre I’ve ever read.
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- vicki
- 10-02-24
A good listen
some of the narrators voices are a tad comical but certainly an interesting jump into the madness of some of the worlds meanest minds
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- Christer F.
- 10-11-21
Its okay
I listen to the whole book.
sometimes it gets a bit boring. Like he's reading a report.
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- Peter Stephenson
- 24-12-20
TERRIFYING.
At first very annoying the deadpan, matter of fact delivery is entirely appropriate to the subject matter - of people doing unspeakably awful things who don't basically give a damn. The delivery conveys that lack of emotion on the part of the perpetrator. It's like listening to the inner thoughts of homicidal and sadistic robots. To understand how these people work you have get you head round personal gratification untempered by morality or empathy. It is a very unpleasant place to be - but someone has to do the job. I don't envy the author but I think what he is trying to convey deserves our respect and is worthy of our time. The discussion can be very discursive at times but that does shed light on what can be understood from other cases. This is a story from the dirty and dusty psychological coal face rather than the tidy and clean mine engineer's office. It is a journey into darkness that I believe anyone with the moral fibre for it should take - so they can re-emerge into the light better informed, even if saddened, about what goes on in the hidden places. If it covers what has been written about before then I haven't read any of it, so as a first step into the darkness it seems to work very well.
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- Miss Sabina Carr
- 19-02-20
Stop, Start ruins the topic
As another reviewer said, the book feels like it never really gets started. The constant quotes, birthplaces and dates stall the narrative.
I have no doubt the author is an expert, however it feels like he never completely shares, instead the constant gloating that “he knows more than anyone else!” just jars. Wasn’t for me unfortunately.
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- Liz Scaife
- 02-09-21
Ok but….
More than 40% of the content is written in his previous book. Whilst still interesting, it’s a bit repetitive.
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- John L
- 28-03-20
Perfect listening if this is your thing
loved it esp. as a retired police officer and aware of some of these cases. only downside I would say was the authors betrayal of various accents make and female. But worth a listen.
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- Noemie
- 21-10-19
Extremely interesting
I love this writer's style, all his books are written with honesty and openness, he writes with depth and interest on each of the criminal minds he has studied, but does not use a lot of the jargon one often finds in such books, instead he is down to earth and this makes his books far more interesting. I have not read a book by Christopher Berry-Dee i did not find interesting and in depth, I highly recommend all of his books. The narrator chosen for this works very well, his time and pitch are lovely and even making him very easy to listen to, a lovely smooth voice.
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- bek
- 30-11-19
fantastic
great narrator ,what an interesting book , so insightful, live the different accents ,liked tone and pace good for me
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- kremator
- 23-12-21
Enjoyable... if that's possible..
Found this a bit difficult to listen to at times...
The narrators accents left a lot to be desired... sorry!
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