Publisher's Synopsis
Which case of satanic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front- runner story generated the idea for A Agony on Elm Street? Which film was inspired by an 18th- century Japanese chronicle? Disinter the intimidating and true tales behind some of the scariest horror pictures to ever hang our defenses, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the periodical killer who inspired Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the innocents.
Behind the Horror dissects these and other crazy tales to reveal creepy real- life stories of hijacking, exposure, murder, and exorcism.Lee Mellor, PhD, is a criminologist, speaker, musician, and the author of seven books on crime. He entered his doctorate from Montreal's Concordia University after specializing in abnormal homicide and coitus crimes. As the president of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases' academic commission, he has consulted with police on cold cases in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio, and London, Ontario. He resides in Ontario, Canada
