All that is wicked : a Gilded-Age story of murder and the race to decode the criminal mind / Kate Winkler Dawson.
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TextPublisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2022]Description: xi, 304 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593420065
- 0593420063
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Edward Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer whose crimes spanned decades and whose victims were chosen out of revenge, out of envy, and sometimes out of necessity. He could talk his way out of any crime... until one day, Rulloff's luck ran out. By 1871 Rulloff sat chained in his cell - a psychopath holding court while curious 19th-century 'mindhunters' tried to understand what made him tick. From alienists (early psychiatrists who tried to analyse the source of his madness) to neurologists (who wanted to dissect his brain) to phrenologists (who analysed the bumps on his head to determine his character), each one thought he held the key to understanding the essential question: is evil born or made?
"Acclaimed crime historian, podcaster, and author of American Sherlock Kate Winkler Dawson tells the thrilling story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intelligent to be killed"--and the array of 19th century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to finally understanding the criminal mind"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.