The following is an excerpt from my 2005 book Vulture: Profiling Sadistic Serial Killers. Believe it or not, we all know sadists. Some of them are our bosses, our spouses, our parents, siblings, ...

9 months, 2 weeks - Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny”—a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes ...

The dawn of the 21st Century has found much of modern society obsessed with occult mysteries, sadistic violence, and evil. Everything from cartoons and video games to recorded music and major ...