Inside History Collection

In this series, you are taken back to the dramatic events, who have shaped world history for better or for worse. From the construction of the first cathedrals in Europe of the plague to the landing in Normandy in 1944. From the crusaders' bloody marches towards Jerusalem to the daring pilots who gave man air under his wings. Along the way, you will be enlightened in an entertaining way as to why the events took shape as they did. This series has the dramatic narrative as its focal point. You not only get an overview of history's most significant events, but also captivating human destinies, spectacular feats, and history's greatest heroes and villains brought to life.

Serial killers get a thrill from slaying

Police intensify the hunt for serial killers • Serial killers are people of habit who often kill according to established patterns, a fact exploited by the police. With the help of forensic analysis, personal profiles and communication strategies, investigators are constantly honing their methods to catch those who are driven to kill again and again.

Impotence led to mutilation of children: Profile caught sex-crazed killer • 1985 In November 1985, Soviet police called upon psychiatrist Aleksandr Bukhanovsky for a special task. For a decade, investigators had tried in vain to catch a sadistic serial killer. Based on the plentiful macabre information in the police reports, Bukhanovsky drew up a psychological profile of the killer. The profile turned out to be eerily accurate – and soon the Butcher of Rostov’s days were numbered.

Buried corpses in his own backyard: Handyman murdered for decades • 2006 On 29th September 2006, police found the mutilated body of a young woman under the floorboards of St Patrick’s Church in Glasgow. The discovery was the result of one of the most sadistic crimes in British history. The body was treated with such cruel brutality that police felt sure that whoever had taken the woman’s life was a driven serial killer.

Ridgway dumped strangled women in the river: Serial killer hated prostitutes • 2001 In 1982, a large number of women – mainly prostitutes – began to disappear in the Seattle area. Some were later found murdered in Green River. Nineteen years later, DNA analysis identified the fearsome perpetrator, leading to the arrest of vehicle spray painter, Gary Ridgway.

Father and churchgoer was sadistic psychopath: Bind, torture, kill! • 2004 No one had any idea why Dennis Rader suddenly started sending mocking letters to the police. Perhaps he wanted to relive the sadistic murders he’d committed two decades earlier. In the letters, Rader boasted of his crimes and taunted the police for never having arrested him. But time – and technology – were against the killer.

A serial killer’s brain is shaped by genetic defects and abuse • Nerve signals run in unique ways through serial killers’ brains, which is what allows them to kill with ice-cool intent and without remorse. The act of killing plays out a fantasy that demands each attack follows a ritualistic pattern that gives each serial killer their own unique signature.

Fascination with hair led to murder • 1974 In the German town of Plauen, a boy was playing with his sister’s doll. He treated it well, especially its hair, which was long and beautiful. One day he began rubbing himself against his mattress with the doll in his hand. That was when Volker Eckert had the first orgasm of his life. Before long, his new-found fetish would make him kill.

Milwaukee Monster was obsessed with the human body • 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was no ordinary child. He loved picking up dead animals from the road and examining their anatomy. The boy kept the body parts of cattle in jars. As an adult, Dahmer felt an increasing sexual urge to study the human body up close – to take it apart, taste it and...