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	Patriotic Gore
		Schechter reveals his own passions with an account of the Davy Crockett craze of 1954-55, created by a Disney series he describes as stunning in its "sheer brutality" and its "shootings, stabbings, scalpings, stranglings." It was regarded as "wholesome family entertainment" back in the day.
		Schechter tags the critics of media violence as a group of "hysterical" know-nothings with an "almost willful blindness." This is where his book falls short.
		Schechter continually invokes the critics of violent media as if they were a creepy phantasm of the Gothic novels he describes, but never cites them or systematically addresses their arguments.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201380_pf.html (861 words)

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		There is little in Dr. Harold Schechter's demeanor to suggest someone immersed in the subjects of murder and gore, but his office decorations -- which include several skeletons, a small corpse on a stretcher, a rubber version of a dismembered foot and his complete collection of serial killer trading cards -- might provide a hint.
		Schechter, a soft-spoken literature professor and author who lives with his wife and two daughters on a quiet street here, is considered an expert on crime.
		Schechter said that the crowds that went to see ''The Silence of the Lambs,'' a movie about a cannibalistic killer, were generally law-abiding people who would never act out their violent impulses but were instead able to ventilate taboo feelings toward violence and sex by watching the movie.
	www.abjectfilms.com /news2.html (953 words)

	Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer! - Celebrity Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Schechter is a professor of American culture at Queens College (CUNY) who takes an academic interest in the history of violent folklore: "Our pop entertainments aren't necessarily more brutal than those of the past," he writes.
		Harold Schechter's account of "the Gray Man," Albert Fish, is a stranger-than-fiction nightmare that is both noxious and compelling at the same time.
		Schechter has a writing style that literally walks the reader through the time period, the landscape, the moments of horror and into the killer?s mind.
	www.celebtop1000.com /ItemId/0671025457 (1937 words)

	Fatal : The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Schechter states that a large part of the reason for Toppan's sociopathic behavior was the fact that she was an outsider, an indentured servant of Irish descent rasied by WASPS.
		Schechter found that her medical records from the hospital are still extant, "but they are inaccessible to researchers, kept under wraps by the state's strict confidentiality laws."
		Schechter also places Jane Toppan firmly in context by comparing and constrasting her crimes with that of her predacessors in poisoning Lydia Sherman and Sarah Jane Robinson [whose cases are detailed in the first and second chapters of this book] and his short but informative Introduction provides an overview of female sociopathy.
	www.newenglandrealestatelistings.com /real-estate-books/0671014501.html (7856 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Deranged : The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In either case, Harold Schechter is a decent writer that can at times put too much emphasis on the medias reaction to crimes, rather than the killer and the crimes itself.
		Schechter discovered that Fish's attorney was still alive, secured his cooperation, and was given access to the lawyer's documents, which, he states, "proved invaluable in my reconstruction of the case." Schechter's reconstruction of the case is full, detailed, beautifully organized, and well written.
		Schechter has done something that was not easy in this book: he has taken a horrible crime and an even more horrible criminal and made both understandable.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0671678752 (1646 words)

	Amazon.com: Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Author Harold Schechter, a professor of American culture at Queens College, decided to write a factual account of the horrendous crimes of Edward Gein in an effort to finally set the record straight about one of America's premier boogeymen.
		Schechter presents compelling evidence that Gein was not a cannibal, a revelation that may come as a shock to many who consider themselves knowledgeable about the case.
		Schechter begins the story in Gein's bizarre childhood which is noteworthy because of his lazy and abusive father and dominating mother.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671025465?v=glance (2913 words)

	Amazon.com: Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer!: Books: Harold Schechter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Schechter's descriptions of not only Fish's crimes but also the things that he did to himself -- sticking needles up his groin, whipping himself etc -- turned my stomach.
		Schechter seems fixated on books about mad dog killers that begin with the letter D for example Deviant, Depraved and this offering Deranged.
		Schechter must have gone through volumes of microfiche to find the newspaper stories that he has added to statements made by participants he has taken from trial records and other sources.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671025457?v=glance (2068 words)

	Nevermore:Schechter, Harold:0671798561:eCampus.com
		Praised by Caleb Carr for his "brilliantly detailed and above all riveting" true-crime writing, Harold Schechter brings his expertise to a marvelous work of fiction.
		Superbly rendering the 1830s Baltimore of Edgar Allan Poe, Schechter taps into the dark genius of that legendary author -- and follows a labyrinthine path into the heart of a most heinous crime.
		A literary critic known for his scathing pen, Edgar Allan Poe is a young struggling writer, plagued by dreadful ruminations and horrific visions.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0671798561&referrer=yah04 (156 words)

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		Part of what makes this book by Harold Schechter so good is the setting.
		Schechter uses period newspapers and books written about the killer as his sources, weaving an intelligent beginning-to-end account of Holmes's bizarre criminal history.
		The city is interesting without being a history lesson and one gets a real feel for what life was like just before the turn of the century.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/4968/34516 (419 words)

	Fiona's True Crime Book Reviews: S
		Holmes's undoing was an insurance scam in which he planned to use a corpse supplied by a doctor to fake his partner's death, but ended up killing the partner, his wife, and his five children.
		Harold Schechter is a historian: he takes old files and yellowed newspaper clippings, and brings their stories to life.
		Schechter deftly evokes the small-town 1950's Wisconsin setting--not pretty farms and cheese factories, but infertile soil and a bleak, hard-scrabble existence.
	www.oceanstar.com /true-crime/tcreviews-s.htm (1914 words)

	Crescent Blues Book Views \| Harold Schechter: The Mask of Red Death
		In an author's note at the front of the book, Schechter explains that the novel was inspired by the true story of John Johnson, a nineteenth-century frontiersman who brutally slaughtered scores of Native Americans.
		Schechter fills his book with such historical facts, from the life story of Johnson and the scalping practices of various cultures to the "Doctors Riot" that engulfed New York City in the years before Poe's time.
		Schechter's viewpoints on serial killers across cultures amounted to a sermon and could have been handled in a less didactic manner.
	www.crescentblues.com /7_11issue/bk_schechter_red.shtml (395 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Harold Schechter
		Harold Schechter is a professor at Queens College, the City University of New York, where he teaches courses in American literature and culture.
		With his debut novel, NEVERMORE, Harold Schechter created a most unlikely crime-solving duo when he teamed gothic master Edgar Allan Poe with "king of the wild frontier" Davy Crockett.
		Join Bookreporter.com writer Kate Ayers' discussion with Schechter to learn more about the conception of these odd couples, Poe's tendency toward excessive verbal flourishes, Caleb Carr and more.
	www.bookreporter.com /authors/au-schechter-harold.asp (1454 words)

	Title Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In this cogent, well-researched book, American pop-culture expert Harold Schechter argues that exactly the opposite is true: a basic human need is given an outlet through violent images in popular media.
		Though American pop culture is far more technologically sophisticated today, Schechter shows that it is far less brutal than the entertainments of previous generations.
		Harold Schechter is a full professor of literature at Queens College in New York City.
	www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com /stmartins/search/SearchBookDisplay.asp?BookKey=441735 (297 words)

	Harold Stearns
		Harold S Sharp - Handbook of Geographical Nicknames - 0810812800
		Harold S Orenstein - The Evolution of Soviet Operational Art 1927 - 1991 The Documentary Basis Operational Art 1965 - 1991 Cass Series on the Soviet Study of War Vol 7 - 0714645486
		Harold Simpson - Audie Murphy : American Soldier - 0912172207
	www.bookreportforfree.com /363497_harold-s-kahm_0136353835101businessesyoucanstartandrunwithlessthan1000outofprintbooksinuk.html (170 words)

	The Library Eclectica - Murderer's Row (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The information in the book was undoubtedly interesting and quite morbid (sometimes causing me to sleep with a light on at night and turning lights on before stepping into darkened rooms in my own house), but a lot of it was repetitive.
		And this is an excellent summation of his "career" - written again by the imminently readable historian Harold Schechter.
		Harold does an exceptional job at replaying the events leading up to Jesse's arrest and life imprisonment.
	www.asylumeclectica.com /library/murderers (1777 words)

	Working Dogs Book Store - The Serial Killer Files : The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying ...
		Harold Schechter, however, has literally written a text book of murder.
		This book is well written, organized, and provides an interesting historical overview of serial killers...from the "Bluebeard" killers, to the Black Widows, to the sexual sadists, he covers them all.
		Schechter also provides insight into the empty soul of the sociopath.
	www.workingdogs.com /bookstore/us/product/0345465660.htm (441 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| The Mask of Red Death by Harold Schechter
		Harold Schechter delivers both a wonderfully accurate portrait of a city in turmoil and an irresistibly appealing depiction of his amateur sleuth Edgar Allan Poe, mirroring the master’s writing style with wit and acumen.
		It is the sweltering summer of 1845, and the thriving metropolis has fallen victim to a creature of the most inhuman depravity.
		Harold Schechter is a professor of American Literature and Culture at Queens College, the City University of New York.
	www.randomhouse.com /rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?9780449007228 (417 words)

	LeisureSuit.net Media, LLC: Entertainment for People Like You
		With his cousin and frequent collaborator David Everitt, Queens College professor Harold Schechter published The Manly Movie Guide, which gives the lowdown on "movies that shoot first and ask if it makes sense later." But his true calling is reporting real-life murder and mayhem.
		The latest in Schechter's series of horrific historical sketches is Fiend, which focuses on adolescent killer Jesse Pomeroy.
		Schechter on one thing -- about serial killers being today's "monsters." ; This may be true to novices and/or people with no interest in the matter.
	www.leisuresuit.net /content/schechter_interview.shtml (1528 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE HUM BUG by Harold Schechter
		Harold Schechter teams up another unlikely pair of historical figures when Edgar Allan Poe meets P. Barnum in THE HUM BUG.
		Too soon, solving the case becomes urgently crucial, as another corpse shows up --- another beautiful young woman missing her hands, a rose clenched between her teeth, throat savaged.
		That Poe spends an inordinate amount of time in Barnum's establishment gives Schechter an opportunity to exhibit a whole host of colorful characters, parading them along the pages in a morbid pageant.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0671041150.asp (571 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Unfortunately,"Deranged" by Harold Schecter is nowhere as interesting as I hoped.
		Schechter really sets the scene of the times throughout this book, maybe a little too much in my opinion.
		As the reader you do feel the aura surrounding this era but I felt that Schechter went into too much detail of the times and not enough on Fish.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0671025457 (751 words)

	Powell's Books - Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer by Harold Schechter
		Harold Schechter, whose true-crime masterpieces are "well-documented nightmares for anyone who dares to look" (Peoria Journal Star), brings his acclaimed mix of page-turning storytelling, brilliant insight, and fascinating historical documentation to Fiend — an unforgettable account from the annals of American crime.
		In Fiend's appalling portrait of a twisted teenager who preyed upon the children of nineteenth-century Boston, Schechter weighs in with his most unforgettable contribution yet to the annals of American crime.
		Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of five nonfiction books: Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=067101448X (648 words)

	Simon & Schuster UK LTD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture.
		Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers.
		He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe.
	www.simonsays.com /subs/author.cfm?areaid=286&isbn=0671014501 (101 words)

	The College of Engineering - The Ohio State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We met current chemical engineering students at the department's tailgate and were dazzled by the Ohio State Men's glee club representatives who performed a medley of Ohio and OSU songs at the engineering dean's tailgate.
		As we rode to the game my father asked Dr. Zakin if he knew of Professor Schechter, who had been my father's freshman chemistry professor in 1947.
		Later the country would learn that OSU had defeated Michigan and that some acts of vandalism had occurred in the aftermath of the game.
	www.eng.ohio-state.edu /quick_links/alumni_corp/alumni/alumni_hall_of_fame/schechter_harold_article.html (388 words)

	Albert Fish, the Moon Maniac, is not a saint. Are killers crooks? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"Harold Schechter is a professor of American culture at Queens College (CUNY) who takes an academic interest in the history of violent folklore: 'Our pop entertainments aren't necessarily more brutal than those of the past.
		more state of the art.' In Deranged Schechter turns his keen historian's gaze on real-life serial killer Albert Fish, who killed--and ate--as many as 15 children in New York City in the 20s.
		Drawing on the "gruesome, awesome, compelling reporting" (Ann Rule) that is his trademark, Harold Schechter's book Bestial takes a dark journey into the mind of an unrepentant sadist -- and brilliantly lays bare the myth of innocence that shrouded a bygone era."
	steadfast.tripod.com /fish.html (361 words)

	Court TV: Talk
		The book is considered by some to be the ultimate reference on a gruesome subject.
		Schechter and his co-author David Everitt have put together a volume of the minds, the methods and the madness of the world's most notorius killers.
		Schechter right here so let's get this show on the road!
	www.courttv.com /talk/chat_transcripts/schechter.html (1525 words)

	Criminal Justice Resources : Serial or Mass Murder
		The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is a lighthearted but reasonably tasteful collection of information about serial killers, by a respected historian of crime (Harold Schechter) and the author of Human Monsters (David Everitt).
		The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is cross-indexed, with numerous fl-and-white illustrations.Harold Schechter and David Everitt.
		The Boston Book Review wrote, "[Harold] Schechter's account of this charming, repulsive monster is both an astonishing piece of popular history as well as a near clinical analysis of as sinister a killer as this country has ever produced." Harold Schecter.
	www.lib.msu.edu /harris23/crimjust/serial.htm (3372 words)

	Morbid Fact Du Jour Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As promised, here's part two of excerpts from Harold Schechter's absolutely fascinating book on the 19th century Boston "boy fiend" Jessie Pomeroy (entitled, appropriately enough, "Fiend").
		Here's part three of excerpts from Harold Schechter's absolutely fascinating book on the 19th century Boston "boy fiend" Jesse Pomeroy (entitled, appropriately enough, "Fiend").
		And here is the final excerpt from Harold Schechter's absolutely fascinating book on the 19th century Boston "boy fiend" Jesse Pomeroy (entitled, appropriately enough, "Fiend").
	asylumeclectica.com /morbid/archives/morb0302.htm (5156 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Harold Schechter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Suspense, intrigue, atmosphere, and vivid historical detail combine into a thrilling ride through nineteenth-century New York City in The Mask of Red Death.
		Harold Schechter delivers both a wonderfully accurate portrait of a city in turmoil and an irresistibly appealing depiction of his amateur sleuth Edgar Allan Poe, mirroring the master’s...
		Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=27100 (197 words)

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