29 Best nonfiction books like Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

Cover of Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

By: Harold Schechter

3.76

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter , here is a list of 29 books like this:

Cover of The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart, Susan D. Mustafa

1. The Most Dangerous Animal of All

By: Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerA San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller Soon after his birthmother conta… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I know that sometimes things should be left in the past, that knowing isn't always better. Sometimes the truth is so horrible that it must be uncovered in bits and pieces, snippets here and there, ab…"

-Gary L. Stewart, The Most Dangerous Animal of All

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2. The Dillinger Days

By: John Toland

3.87

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

For thirteen violent months in the 1930s, John Dillinger and his gang swept through the Midwest. Th… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #1) by Ann Rule

3. A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #1)

By: Ann Rule

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ann Rule's Crime Files books have delivered the very best in true crime reading since A Rose for He… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Fred & Rose West: Britain's Most Infamous Killer Couples

By: Ryan Green

3.81

Format: 259 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Want-Ad Killer

By: Ann Rule

3.59

Format: 378 pages,

After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipula… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Harold Shipman: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Serial Killer by Ryan  Green

6. Harold Shipman: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Serial Killer

By: Ryan Green

4.09

Format: 129 pages,

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

7. The Truro Murders: The Sex Killing Spree Through the Eyes of an Accomplice

By: Ryan Green

4.04

Format: 323 pages,

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8. Obeying Evil: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre Through the Eyes of a Killer

By: Ryan Green

4.00

Format: 208 pages,

Obeying Evilpresents the shocking true story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the most disturbing family … read more

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9. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

10. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid

11. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Professor & the Coed: Scandal & Murder at the Ohio State University (True Crime) by Mark Gribben

12. The Professor & the Coed: Scandal & Murder at the Ohio State University (True Crime)

By: Mark Gribben

3.63

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

In the sweltering summer of 1929, the people of Columbus, Ohio, were enthralled by news of the Ohio… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner

13. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

By: James Renner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

14. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

By: Harold Schechter

3.76

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer book and Harold Schechter's Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery by Earl Swift

15. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder by Ken Englade

16. Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

By: Ken Englade

4.09

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm by Mark Sebastian Jordan

17. The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm

By: Mark Sebastian Jordan

3.74

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This chilling true crime history reveals the story of a young woman in nineteenth century rural Ohi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm by Ryan  Green

18. You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm

By: Ryan Green

3.80

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

In the fall of 1994, Erich Baumeister (13), was playing in a wooded area of his family’s estate, wh… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Widow: The True Story of Giggling Granny Nannie Doss by Ryan  Green

19. Black Widow: The True Story of Giggling Granny Nannie Doss

By: Ryan Green

4.08

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1927, Charley Braggs arrived home to find two of his children dead. The doctor who observed the … read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Obsession: The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly by Richard Hammer

20. Beyond Obsession: The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly

By: Richard Hammer

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The chilling true story of a beautiful violin prodigy, her devoted boyfriend, and the devastating f… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

21. Anger Is My Middle Name: A Memoir

By: Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkn… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
  • audiobook
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22. Mommy Deadliest (Pinnacle True Crime)

By: Michael Benson

3.96

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It looked like a suicide. A man's corpse on the bathroom floor—next to a half-empty glass of anti-f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime) by Dave Shampine

23. The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime)

By: Dave Shampine

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Lowcountry Murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle: A Cold Case Solved (True Crime) by Shuler

24. The Lowcountry Murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle: A Cold Case Solved (True Crime)

By: Shuler

3.78

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

  For decades, evidence of the 1978 murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle lay in the evidence room at th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Sinclair: The World's End Murders Through the Eyes of a Killer by Ryan  Green

25. Sinclair: The World's End Murders Through the Eyes of a Killer

By: Ryan Green

4.09

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

On 15th October 1977, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott left the World's End pub after a fun-filled n… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in the Neighborhood by Ellen J. Green

26. Murder in the Neighborhood

By: Ellen J. Green

4.28

Format: 352 pages, None

On September 6,1949, twenty-eight-year-old Howard Barton Unruh shot thirteen people in less than tw… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Little Girls Lost: True tales of heinous crimes (Dark Webs True Crime #4) by Eileen Ormsby

27. Little Girls Lost: True tales of heinous crimes (Dark Webs True Crime #4)

By: Eileen Ormsby

4.04

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Girls... Lost Forever An 11-year-old girl never makes it home from a Halloween party. Whe… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo by Kimberly Tilley

28. Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

By: Kimberly Tilley

4.19

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 27, 1903, Buffalo residents awakened to the shocking headlines that Ed Burdick, the wea… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Why were you anxious to be divorced from your husband?"

-Kimberly Tilley, Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

"Can’t you understand that while Arthur remains in Buffalo, I’ve no confidence in you? You’ve done everything to prove you cannot be trusted. You love him and you have no love for me. Have I ever repr…"

-Kimberly Tilley, Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

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29. Killer Kids Volume 1: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill

By: Robert Keller

4.10

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill, including; Kip Kinkel : Voted by his classmates, the… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Trust Me: The True Story of Confession Killer Henry Lee Lucas by Ryan  Green

30. Trust Me: The True Story of Confession Killer Henry Lee Lucas

By: Ryan Green

3.93

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

On June 5, 1983, Henry Lee Lucas was arrested for the unauthorised possession of a handgun. The pol… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses) by Emily Zarka

31. Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses)

By: Emily Zarka

3.41

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Monster stories aren’t just meant to entertain. They’re meant to inform, even educate. Above all, t… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Want-Ad Killer

Ann Rule

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

3.74

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Small Sacrifices

Ann Rule

4.25

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Ann Rule

3.59

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Harold Schechter

3.76

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Drop Dead Dangerous: The Lethal Attraction of Road Trip Killer, Paul John Knowles (True Crime)

Ryan Green

3.88

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