Murderland: crime and bloodlust in the

[cbabe]

time of serial killers

Trigger warning.

Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser
2025

How Guggenheim smelters poisoned the Pacific Northwest. Theory that the tons of lead, arsenic, etc. dumped daily in the air and land and water also caused not only physical illness and deformities but also mental and emotional illness.

Mesmerizing detail. Compulsive reading.

[gopiscrap]

1. I lived a few miles from one of those smelters

I recieved a pay out of 343.00 from a class action. This was for living 17 years with in 2 miles of that smelter in North Tacoma

[NBachers]

2. For more context, look at the multiple reviews and explanations of what this is about here:

Trigger alert: This is an Amazon link. If my posting of an Amazon link will launch you into voluble criticism of me for posting it, then please do your own research elsewhere.

https://www.amazon.com/Murderland-Crime-Bloodlust-Serial-Killers/dp/0593657225

[txwhitedove]

4. No worries, Amazon is still great for reference and review of whatever you search for. I found

this book in my library system with 128 on hold for an ebook!

[cbabe]

5. Another good review

Chicago Review of Books
https://chireviewofbooks.com › 2025 › 06 › 12 › murderland

Toxic Waste in the Time of Serial Killers in "Murderland"

Jun 12, 2025The author's childhood reminiscences are sprinkled throughout Murderland, an expansive book alternating between chapters on the following

[Sequoia]

3. Looks interesting, thanks.

Library copy coming my way. I read quite a few of old Anne Rule books about those being close by me murders in the 1970s when I lived there in Washington.
I always wondered why that area produced such killers.