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  • Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

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  • By: Christopher Berry-Dee
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (310 ratings)
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By: Christopher Berry-Dee
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Summary

'I wrapped duct tape around her mouth and her nose and watched her suffocate to death . . . then I went back to work' - former Colonel David Russell Williams of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 2010

Sunday Times-bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is back with a companion volume that delves even deeper into the savage world of psychopaths and their hideous crimes. This time, however, he combines sections on killers whom he has known, interviewed or corresponded with, with studies of psychopathic serial killers from the past, including Peter Kürten, the 'Düsseldorf Monster', John Christie, responsible for the killings at 10 Rillington Place; and Neville Heath, a ladykiller in every sense of the word.

The result is a chilling narrative that sets the forensic examination of killers and their crimes within the context of murder in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, an examination of the evil mind set against the insoluble problem of identifying psychopaths who kill.

This is not an audiobook for the squeamish, but it is undeniably fascinating in its portrayal of just what one human being will do to others - while all too often moving among us unnoticed and unhindered. If their crimes seem as incomprehensible as they are horrific, it is undeniably true that the world's most savage killers may be much closer than we think . . .

©2019 Christopher Berry-Dee (P)2019 Bonnier Books Ltd

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the definition of 'vanity piece'! dont bother!!

This is absolute drivel and nonsense regurgitated in a less interesting way than previously told in the authors other title ‘talking with serial killers’ which, if you’ve read/listened to this, I’d stop there as that’s all you’re going to get from this author worth entertaining.

This book is the very definition of ‘vanity piece’ and the author comes across here as the real-life Frederick Chilton of ‘silence of the Lambs’ fame (not a compliment!)

Colin Mace is on top form as usual here though!

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Terrible...

Awful, sensationalised drivel, with a good handful of populist political ranting on top.

Poorly written, he spends the first 5 chapters telling you 'what the book is going to do' but never actually doing much of it.

The writer/narrators decision to imitate the accent of a member of the Singapore police, beautifully conveyed just how tacky the whole tone is. I persevered for another 10mins after that, shouldn't have bothered.

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Spouting right wing tripe any chance he gets

This story is written by an absolute middle aged white man gammon who just wants to push a right wing prison agenda. Calling things “PC” and saying how he wants to hurt the prisoners. Really jarring when the true crime community is mostly more left wing people. Had to turn it off.

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A True Psycho

An idiot making a living through interviewing other idiots - separated from his subject matter by the thinnest of lines. A journalistic style somewhere between the ignorance of the Daily Mail and the anti-intellectualism of the The Sun. After-all, the author is making money out of the criminality of others and he hopes you do not notice - end of story.

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Self-obsessed and sensationalist

As so many others have mentioned, the writer likes promoting his other books, seemingly without giving us any new information.

He also constantly bigs up how many killers he has spoken to and warns at how gory and intense the content of the audiobook is - get on with it! Not only this, but the way in which he talks about horrific acts such as murder is downright disrespectful, not helped at all by Mace's sensationalist narration. The author revels in the knowledge that what he's saying is truly horrific and disgusting, rather than simply presenting the interesting facts. He gives far too much unwarranted, unfair opinion throughout.

It seems ironic to me that someone talking about the fact that these killers have no human empathy, appears to be lacking in this area himself. Whilst I agree that murderers and rapists should not be put on a pedestal, Berry-Dee takes a childish delight in berating them, calling them 'stupid', 'dumb', 'monsters'. And mocking prison officers who show them some level of human decency.

I certainly won't be reading or listening to any other titles by this author, and frankly only got through this one to clear it from my Audible library.

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fantastic

great narrator ,what an interesting book , so insightful, live the different accents ,liked tone and pace good for me

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What a crock of shite!

Well that's about 7 hours of my life I wasted listening to this drivel.
This book could have made about 3 hours shorter if he wasn't constantly repeating himself.
I also lost count of the times author plugged his other book's. If I wanted a list of the authors other works I would have simply done a Google search.
Wouldn't bother buying this book, it's no wonder it was in the Audible sale...... Audible should be paying people to listen to it rather than the other way around.

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Disjointed with no coherent flow

This book is just one long wavering drawl from someone who loves the sound of their own voice. No order or flow. Makes absolutely no sense.

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Very good

A very interesting book. Made all the better by the brilliant narrations from Colin Mace.

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Its okay

I listen to the whole book.
sometimes it gets a bit boring. Like he's reading a report.

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