Serial Killers

laura foreman time-life books

Probes the killer resentments and sinister fantasies, and find out what drove these apparently ordinary people to commit acts of savagery.

Genres true crimenonfictioncrimehistoryhorror

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1992

This edition

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1992 by Time Life Education
ISBN: 9780783500010
ASIN: 0783500017
Language: English

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Ted Bundy

"Ted" Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women during the 1970s, and possibly earlier. After more than a deca...

About the author

Laura Foreman (June 11, 1943 – June 4, 2020) was an American journalist and author, and the first female political writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was the first reporter who lost their job due to an affair, also effectively ending her journalism career.
Noting the harsh punishment in the case, critics saw a double standard, with different consequences for men and women. Her former colleague Lee Winfrey cited her attractiveness and success as a cause of resentment from male colleagues.

After the investigation, Foreman changed paths, and began work as a writer and editor at Time-Life Books. At the height of the position, she managed 20 people and freelanced for Discovery Publishing, authoring many books on subjects of True Crime, history, archaeology, biography, and more.