The Big Book of 1980s Serial Killers

By Michelle Kaminsky

The Big Book of 1980s Serial Killers

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Take a deep dive into the rise and fall of some of the most notorious serial killers of the ‘80s, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Joseph James DeAngelo, Dennis Lynn Rader, and the Night Stalker.

Neon leg warmers, big hair, rock band T-shirts, and mix tapes — 1980s’ nostalgia at its finest. But just below that saccharine facade lurked a seedy underbelly of inconceivable human monsters like no decade before had ever seen. The Golden Age of the Serial Killer brought a sharp increase in violent crime, panic, and terror, which in turn sparked a chaotic race between serial murderers and law enforcement officers tasked with both stopping the killings and delivering justice to victims and their loved ones. The Big Book of 1980s Serial Killers is for the true crime fanatic who wants to investigate these cases and discover the ins and outs of how crimes like these are solved.

Drawing from meticulous research, contemporary journalistic accounts, and trial transcripts, this book traces the various ways in which law enforcement cracked some of the most challenging serial killer cases in history. Serial killers included:
  • Doug Clark and Carol Bundy (Sunset Strip Killers)
  • Jeffrey Dahmer
  • Joseph James DeAngelo (The Golden State Killer)
  • Larry Eyler (The Interstate Killer)
  • Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. (The Grim Sleeper)
  • Samuel Little
  • Gary Leon Ridgway (The Green River Killer)
  • Dennis Rader (The BTK Killer)
  • Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker)
  • Tommy Lynn Sells
  • Arthur Shawcross (The Genesee River Killer)
  • Aileen Wournos

Are you ready to hunt the worst serial killers of the 1980s?

Michelle Kaminsky

Michelle Kaminsky’s true crime writing is fueled by a lifelong fascination with criminal minds, motivations, and the unsettling reality that crimes often occur in places people expect to be safe.Her books include Serial Killer Trivia (2019), Serial Killer Trivia: Cold Cases (2021), The Big Book of 1980s Serial Killers (2024), and Murder on the Trail (2025), all published by Ulysses Press.She spends an inordinate amount of time tumbling down rabbit holes and is probably listening to a true crime podcast or getting lost in a good mystery right now. You can find her @michkaminsky across social media.