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All that is wicked : the 'Victorian Hannibal Lecter' and the race to decode the criminal mind

Dawson, Kate Winkler2024
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This title tells the story of Edward Rulloff - a serial murderer who was called 'too intelligent to be killed' - and the array of 19th-century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to finally understanding the criminal mind. By 1871 Rulloff was captured, chained in a cell - a psychopath holding court while curious 19th-century 'mindhunters' got to work. From alienists to neurologists to phrenologists, each one thought he held the key to understanding the essential question: is evil born or made? Kate Winkler Dawson draws on hundreds of source materials to present one of the first glimpses into the mind of a serial killer - a century before the term was coined - through the scientists whose work would come to influence criminal justice for decades to come.
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