the serial killer files by harold schechter

Growing up, he had always been intrigued by human fascination with archetypal monsters. It was while he was writing for prime time shows that he conceived the idea for “Nevermore,” the first of the “Edgar Allan Poe” mystery series. Nonetheless, he still hoped that he would one day come back to fiction writing.ĭuring the mid 1990s, he wrote several horror novels under a pseudonym and also dabbled in TV and film writing. However, he would get sidetracked in academia as he studied for his doctorate in American literature. It was when Harold Schchter was in college that he started thinking of a career as a fiction author.

He is also the author of several mystery novels that feature Edgar Allan Poe as the protagonist and narrator. His novels have been nominated for several awards over the years including an Edgar in 2015. He is also the author of several encyclopedic works and an anthology of American True crime. Since he published “Outcry,” his debut novel in 1997, he has gone on to write more than 40 historical true crime stories exploring the life and times of the most infamous serial killers in the United States. He has also been a true crime expert on many cable channels such as Court TV, Investigation Discovery and History Detectives on PBS. Over the years, his essays on media violence, psychopathy and crime have been featured in many magazines and newspapers including the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal among others. When he was active as a professor, he taught American culture and literature for more than four decades. Harold Schechter is a former professor of City University of New York’s Queen’s College. The Manipulator: Virile Video & Two-Fisted Cinemaĭid You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (With: Eric Powell) Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (With: )

The serial killer files by harold schechter