There are many myths about serial killers: that they are all dysfunctional loners; all white males; only motivated by sex; that they all travel and operate across a wide area; cannot stop killing; are all insane, or evil geniuses; and that they all want to get caught. Showing the surprising diversity of these apex predators, this illustrated guide profiles such figures as Dennis "BTK" Rader, the Green River Killer, and Britain's Dr Harold Shipman, while noting other cases from Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Iran, South Africa, and elsewhere.