{"product_id":"murderland-crime-and-bloodlust","title":"Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Edgar Award winner for True Crime - A National Bestseller - A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Forbes\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New\u003c\/i\u003e York \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e LitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nerve \u003c\/i\u003e- A finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Scorching, seductive . . . A superb and disturbing vivisection of our darkest urges.\" --\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is about as highbrow as true crime gets.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVulture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fraser has outdone herself, and just about everyone else in the true-crime genre, with \u003ci\u003eMurderland\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the 1970s and 1980s, the Pacific Northwest became associated with a disturbing concentration of serial rape and murder. Ted Bundy was its most infamous figure, but he was far from alone. What conditions surrounded this terrible period—and why did the apparent wave of serial violence eventually recede?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaroline Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires, combines true-crime history, memoir, environmental investigation, and social analysis to examine an era often reduced to sensational headlines and criminal mythology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the paths of Bundy, the Green River Killer, the I-5 Killer, the Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler, Charles Manson, and others, Fraser looks beyond the perpetrators to the damaged landscapes in which many of them lived. Her investigation considers the industrial smelters that released lead, arsenic, copper, and other toxins across communities throughout the American West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMurderland explores Fraser’s provocative hypothesis that environmental contamination may have contributed to the social and neurological conditions surrounding some perpetrators. The result is a broader examination of violence, industrial neglect, public health, and the lasting cost of treating both people and places as disposable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrue-crime and social-history investigation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFocuses on serial violence in the Pacific Northwest and beyond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExamines the era of Ted Bundy and other notorious offenders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConnects criminal history with environmental destruction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInvestigates industrial pollution across the American West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombines memoir, history, reporting, and cultural analysis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChallenges sensationalized serial-killer mythology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePEOPLE \u0026amp; CASES EXAMINED\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTed Bundy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Green River Killer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe I-5 Killer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Night Stalker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hillside Strangler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Manson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommunities affected by serial violence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePopulations exposed to industrial pollution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHEMES \u0026amp; SUBJECTS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSerial murder and sexual violence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pacific Northwest during the 1970s and 1980s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnvironmental contamination and public health\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLead, arsenic, copper, and industrial smelters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCriminal mythology and cultural memory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSocial neglect and institutional failure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViolence against women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe relationship between damaged environments and human behavior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaroline Fraser is the author of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, Heartland Prize, and Plutarch Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe also wrote God’s Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Times, and the London Review of Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePLEASE NOTE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book discusses serial murder, sexual violence, crimes against women, environmental contamination, and other disturbing subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe crimes examined involved real victims, families, and communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe proposed relationship between toxic exposure and later criminal behavior is an investigative argument presented by the author and should not be treated as proven individual causation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnvironmental exposure alone does not determine whether a person will become violent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover artwork and publisher markings may vary by edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct colors may appear slightly different due to lighting and screen settings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview the available edition and condition information before ordering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHY YOU’LL WANT TO READ IT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMurderland looks beyond the familiar names and lurid folklore to ask a larger question: What was happening to the people, communities, and landscapes surrounding this era of violence? Fraser’s investigation turns true crime into a reckoning with environmental damage, cultural memory, and the shadows left behind when society overlooks both victims and poisoned places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUCT TYPE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback True-Crime and Social-History Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 8.26 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53245621666103,"sku":"9780593657249","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/0612\/1271\/files\/15EJ58Swti9780593657249.webp?v=1791895089","url":"https:\/\/urbanoverlooked.com\/products\/murderland-crime-and-bloodlust","provider":"Urban Overlooked","version":"1.0","type":"link"}