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Killing For Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Serial Murders by Debi Marshall (Paperback, 2006)

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Two bodies buried in a suburban backyard. A further two found in the bush. But the killers were not insane. Marshall covers the exhaustive trials and interviews the lawyers who ran them. More recently, she published Lambs to the Slaughter.

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The bestselling account of one of South Australia's worst series of crimes - the bodies in the barrels. The bestselling account of one of South Australia's worst series of crimes - the bodies in the barrels. A disused bank vault holding eight dismembered bodies immersed in barrels of acid. Two bodies buried in a suburban backyard. A further two found in the bush. Such was the findings of one of South Australia's most horrific murder trials. Informed by material never seen before - an interview with Bunting's last lover Elizabeth Harvey, and with the Crown's key eye-witness James Vlassakis and with details of the torture and crimes not previously released - this is a tensely woven and microscopic examination of tawdry lives and tragic deaths. Four men who tortured and killed for fun, for power. Four men who kept each other's dark secrets for years. By the time the police investigation concluded, the story had invited comparison with the nightmare of Rosemary and Fred West, the British House of Horrors. Details of what the killers did to their victims before and after their deaths were deemed so depraved that suppression orders were in place throughout the trial. But the killers were not insane. They made deliberate choices to kill and lived in a culture of complete anarchy, sadistic violence, deviance and chaos. Journalist and author Debi Marshall explores the killers' psychopathic makeup in minute and harrowing detail. She charts the victims' exposure to generational paedophilia, incest, unemployment and hopelessness. Marshall covers the exhaustive trials and interviews the lawyers who ran them. Through interviews, she captures the voices of the victim's families and examines the police and forensic investigation and then wades into the social structure that spawned the people in this story. This book was used as a primary source for the acclaimed Australian feature film, Snowtown.

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Publisher
Random House Australia
ISBN-13
9781740512480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
Debi Marshall
Publication Name
Killing for Pleasure: the Definitive Story of the Snowtown Serial Murders
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Law
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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199mm
Item Width
132mm
Item Weight
338g

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Debi Marshall
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia

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by sydneysi09 Mar, 2012
Horrific reading yet compulsive.
This book is compulsive reading. After seeing the film SNOWTOWN, I wanted to gain more insight into these terrible crimes and this book delivers. A truly horrific story which touches on so many dark issues. Not for the faint hearted.
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by baf0808 Oct, 2011
Disturbing, chilling, heart breaking but couldn't put it down
After watching the movie 'Snowtown' I had many unanswered questions and wanted to know more about what made these evil bastards tick. A very well researched, detailed account of the crimes. Highly recommended but also very disturbing. Debi Marshall should be congratulated for a fine piece of work.

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