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True-crime author Harold Schechter talks murder and 'The Mad Sculptor'

Schechter's next book will delve into the sordid tale of infamous prospector Alferd Packer, aka the Colorado cannibal.
HAROLD SCHECHTER PHOTO BY KIMIKO HAHN

LIT True-crime fans will know the name Harold Schechter: the prolific author and Queens College professor has written books on such nefarious characters as H.H. Holmes, Albert Fish, and Ed Gein, as well as mystery novels centered around Edgar Allan Poe. His latest is The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, The Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation (Amazon Publishing/New Harvest, 386 pp., $24 hardcover, $9.99 eBook). Read more »


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