Killer: A Journal of Murder

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Killer: A Journal Of Murder
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Author Carl Panzram
Country United States
Language English
Genre Autobiography
Publisher Macmillan
Publication date
1970
Media type Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages 388 pp (Hardcover edition)

Killer A Journal Of Murder is autobiography by American writer and mass murderer Carl Panzram. First published in 1970, the book was republished in 2002 by Amok Books as Panzram: A Journal Of Murder (ISBN 1-878923-14-5). The book was edited by Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long.

Plot

The book details American serial killer Carl Panzram's entire life inside the American prison system as well as the many murders he committed.

Henry Lesser was a young jail guard at the Washington DC district jail when Panzram arrived for incarceration in 1928. After hearing of Panzram's harsh imprisonment, Lesser befriends him and convinces him to write an autobiography. 40 years after Panzram's execution, Lesser finally found a publisher for the book, and it appeared in 1970 as Killer: A Journal of Murder.

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted as a film in 1996. It starred James Woods as Panzram and Robert Sean Leonard as Lesser.[1]

References

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