Evil Twins: Chilling True Stories of Twins, Killing and Insanity (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
by John Glatt
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They give a whole new meaning to the phrase "Dead Ringers" Identical twins, with the exact same genetic information, are a fascinating study in human behavior. It is a known fact that when separated at birth, they will often end up with very similar lives, without ever having met one another. So it seems to follow that if one twins turns out to be a "bad seed," the other will also go to the dark side. the shocking stories in Evil Twins prove this to be the case time and time again. And even show more more astounding are stories of twins turning upon each other in furious rivalries that may date back to the womb. Her is just a sampling of the compelling true stories about evil twins: Sins of the mothers: Harvard-educated chemical engineer Jane Hopkins stabbed her two young children to death before killing herself-six years after her twin sister Jean had tried to poison her own two children... My brother's killer: Identical twins Jeff and Greg Henry were close as brothers could be, inventing their own language and often exchanging identities. But they grew up to become violent alcoholics, and on one fateful binge, Jeff turned on his own twin brother and shot him in the heart with a shotgun... Loathsome Lotharios: Handsome, charming twin brothers George and Stefan Spitzer went to Hollywood to become famous actors. But their movie-star good looks never landed them any parts-except in the lurid home movies they shot of themselves raping the unconscious women they doped up on "Roofies"... Evil twins: Double the deadliness...with eight pages of shocking photos! show lessTags
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The author has no probative analysis of any of these cases but regardless this is a fascinating, wide collection of twins in murderour extremis. The visciousness of twin-on-twin murder is especially memorable.
Review: Evil Twins by John Glatt.
These are true stories and all the information in this book only pertains to the stories you will read in this book. This book is a variety of short stories about evil twins and how one twin is more domineering then the other and how their behavior status begins at birth. One bad, one good…..
The collection of stories written in this book are really intense and others are just outrageous. It was interesting to me to read how similar a lot of the twins were in regards to their behavior patterns. I can also say every story was a page turner. I never got bored and read through the book in one sitting.
These are true stories and all the information in this book only pertains to the stories you will read in this book. This book is a variety of short stories about evil twins and how one twin is more domineering then the other and how their behavior status begins at birth. One bad, one good…..
The collection of stories written in this book are really intense and others are just outrageous. It was interesting to me to read how similar a lot of the twins were in regards to their behavior patterns. I can also say every story was a page turner. I never got bored and read through the book in one sitting.
There are many studies involving the separation of twins at birth where they grow up to live astonishingly different lives. However there are true cases where, if one twin turns out "bad", the other will follow them down the same destructive path. This book is a compilation of twins committing evil acts against others or each other as jealousy and anger spark seemingly from the womb. I have to say that I enjoyed this book as I had never heard of any of these cases, so I give the book A+!
This book has twelve different stories about twins who turn against each other or those they love. It seems several of stories involve a dominate twin who manipulates the more passive twin into some type of evil.
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Born in England, John Glatt has over twenty years' experience as a music and show business journalist. He has previously written biographies of Bill Graham and River Phoenix. A regular contributor to magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, he now lives in the U.S.A.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Greg Henry; Jeff Henry; Jane Hopkins; Jean Hokins; Sunny Han; Gina Han (show all 30); Betty Wilson; Peggy Lowe; Jack Wilson; Gretchen Graham; Gloria Franklin; Donald Franklin; Shawn Graham; Cyril Marcus; Stewart Marcus; Ronnie Kray; Reggie Kray; Judy Garland; George Raft; John Lennon; Dorthea Beck; Mary Beck; Janie Deitriech; Genie; George Spitzer; Stefan Spitzer; Todd Nicholson; Tim Nicholson; Roberta Nicholson; Sue Henry
- Important places
- Georgia, USA; Dallas, Texas, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; Wolverine Lake, Michigan, USA; Huntsville, Alabama, USA; Alton, Illinois, USA (show all 8); Marina del Rey, California, USA; London, England, UK
- Dedication
- To Audrey and Mavis Hirschberg: my own identical twin cousins
- First words
- Foreword: Twins exert a unique fascination.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We can't have a society where people take the responsibility for ending other people's lives.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 306.875 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Marriage, partnerships, unions; family Intrafamily relationships Sibling relationships
- LCC
- HV6245 .G49 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Criminal classes
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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