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FIVE EVIL WOMEN—Joanna Bourke

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers by Dan Zupansky

Jun 8, 202666:59Society & Culture

Why do certain women become icons of evil? This book offers the first comparative, non-sensationalist account of five of the most reviled women in the modern Anglophone world: Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Aileen Wuornos,...

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FIVE EVIL WOMEN—Joanna Bourke is an episode from True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers by Dan Zupansky. Why do certain women become icons of evil? This book offers the first comparative, non-sensationalist account of five of the most revil...

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