New York: Times Books, (1964). A study of professional killers, or mass murderers. Included are William Burke and William Hare in Scotland, who turned from being 'body snatchers' to providing the bodies; George Joseph Smith who focused on killing women in tin baths in turn of the century England, Desire Landru, Fritz Haarmann, and Jean-Baptiste Troppmann. New preface by the editors of the Time Reading Program and introduction by Fredric Wertham for this edition. xx, 254 pp.