Female Serial Killers

How and Why Women Become Monsters

By: Peter Vronsky

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

Society is conditioned to think of murderers and predators as men, but in this fascinating book, Peter Vronsky exposes and investigates the phenomenon of women who kill - and the political, economic, social, and sexual implications. From history's earliest recorded cases of homicidal females to Irma Grese, the Nazi Beast of Belsen, from Britain's notorious child-slayer Myra Hindley to "Honeymoon Killer" Martha Beck, from the sensational murder-spree of Aileen Wournos, to cult killers, homicidal missionaries, and the sexy femme fatale, Vronsky challenges the ordinary standards of good and evil and defies the accepted perceptions of gender role and identity.

©2007 Peter Vronsky (P)2017 Tantor

This book filled in a few gaps

I knew about some of these women, and this book fleshed them out a little. It was easy to listen to, but it did not really draw any conclusions.

Excellent research

Great narrator and story lines
Story embraced the conscious and kept the reader focused till the end

interesting

I really enjoyed this book, I didn't know there was that many female serial killers

Nothing new here.

When I started reading this book, I was hoping I would read about women I didn’t know about. No such luck. Evan if you get your true crime from TV or podcast. You will be familiar with these woman. Only a novice to true crime will be informed by this book.

Interesting compilation

Feeling more Thesis than True Crime, this research is actually quite interesting. Some parts felt like obnoxious MeToo, but that ends up being the point the author tries to make... demonstrating the double-standards. I almost stopped listening to the early nonsense, until logically exposed for what it is

Worth it at twice the price

Peter Vronsky never disappoints. This book was well researched and written, and the narration is excellent. I never know what to say when I review a book because I don't want to spoil anything, so I will just say that this audio book is a great addition to the audio library of true crime fans.

surprised

Having read another book by the author that I found well researched and insightful, I was not prepared for the bias and personal attacks found in this one. As other reviewers have noted, the descriptions of some of the subjects were extremely distasteful and, importantly, not at all relevant.

Vronsky is kind of....

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Vronsky's obvious contempt toward feminists and his personal commentary on the physical appearance of the suspects, ("ugly, homely, grotesque..." etc) was unprofessional in my opinion.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was informative.

Have you listened to any of Charles Constant’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, he is a great reader.

Was Female Serial Killers worth the listening time?

Yes.

overall a good "read"

it was very informative. some parts were a bit dry, but that's to be expected when listening to a book with statistics. And some parts were a bit uncomfortable to sit thru, especially the "ken and barbie killers" towards the end. But again, that's to be expected in a book about serial killers.

exceptional

The narrator does fantastically. The story does cover many female serial killers and the psychology, conditions, and meaning behind the actions taking by these women monsters. Although there is no excuse for committing their crimes it is interesting to delve into the the mentality and circumstance, understanding why or how things like this happen.