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ⓘ About Harold Schechter
Harold Schechter is a former professor of City University of New York’s Queen’s College. When he was active as a professor, he taught American culture and literature for more than four decades. Over the years, his essays on media violence, psychopathy and crime have been featured in many magazines and newspapers including the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal among others. He has also been a true crime expert on many cable channels such as Court TV, Investigation Discovery and History Detectives on PBS. Since he published “Outcry,” his debut novel in 1997, he has gone on to write more than 40 historical true crime stories exploring the life and times of the most infamous serial killers in the United States.
All Book Series by Harold Schechter
Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2018
Not-The-A-Team Beauty Book
Book 5 of 35 · published 1984 Co-authored · David Everitt
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
Book 12 of 35 · published 1996 Co-authored · David Everitt
The Manipulator: Virile Video & Two-Fisted Cinema
Book 14 of 35 · published 1997
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
Book 32 of 35 · published 2021 Co-authored · Eric Powell
Serial Killer Quarterly Vol.1 No.3 "Unsolved in North America"
Book 3 of 4 · published 2014
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Harold Schechter?
Harold Schechter is a former professor of City University of New York’s Queen’s College. When he was active as a professor, he taught American culture and literature for more than four decades. Over the years, his essays on media violence, psychopathy and crime have been featured in many magazines and newspapers including the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal among others.
Which Harold Schechter series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Edgar Allan Poe Mystery series, the earliest of Harold Schechter's multi-book series: it opens with Nevermore (1999) and runs to 4 books across 1999–2006, ending with The Tell-Tale Corpse (2006). Harold Schechter's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Harold Schechter written?
Harold Schechter has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1980 and 2025. 10 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Bloodlands Collection series with 6 books — and 40 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Harold Schechter's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Harold Schechter's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Edgar Allan Poe Mystery (1999–2006, 4 books) and Bloodlands Collection (2018, 6 books).
How are Harold Schechter's books organised into series?
This guide splits Harold Schechter's 50 books into 2 named series and 40 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Bloodlands Collection (6 books, 2018); Edgar Allan Poe Mystery (4 books, 1999–2006).