Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.

The Co-Ed Killer, Son of Sam, Hillside Strangler, and Dating Game Killer--in many ways, terrifying serial killers helped define the 1970s. These fascinating profiles present notorious as well as lesser-known murderers of that decade. Beyond Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz, it includes such perpetrators as Coral Eugene Watts, "The Sunday Morning Slasher," who killed 80 women; Edmund Kemper, the "Co-Ed Killer"; and Rodney Alcala, believed to have killed as many as 130 people

To many, the legacy of the 1970s is disco, Watergate and the oil crisis. But in many ways, terrifying serial killers helped define the 1970s. Fritsch provides profiles of notorious as well as lesser-known murderers of that decade. -- adapted from back cover