Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Thompson's mesmerizing portrait of a notorious sociopath and his helpless prey "unravels like fiction, but afterwards haunts the reader like the document it is" (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland). Serpentine is the "grotesque, baffling, and hypnotic" true story of one of the most bizarre killing sprees in modern history (San Francisco Chronicle). 19631976: Country: Thailand Nepal India Malaysia France Afghanistan Turkey Greece: Date apprehended. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj's victims may be more than twice that amount. Victims: Many 12+ murders: Span of crimes. The murders of Henk and Cornelia were partly responsible for Sobhraj getting caught. According to an autopsy report, they had been set alight while still alive. Most information about The Serpent’s murders comes from the culprit, per the Los Angeles Times. Their bodies were found strangled and burnt on December 16, 1975. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. He would then poison, strangle, drown, stab and, in some cases, burn his victims alive. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naIve travelers into a life of crime. Amidst the jovial freedom and chaos of travelers lurked the mysterious character of Charles Sobhraj, who is suspected of killing at least 12 young travelers between 19, and up to almost 30 people in total. He began accumulating riches through a series of burglaries and scams. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka "The Serpent." A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the "hippie trail" between Europe and South Asia. 16 After being paroled, Sobhraj moved in with d'Escogne and spent his time moving between the high society of Paris and the criminal underworld. He became closer to him and started helping him in his crimes. He met Charles in Thailand and became his trusted follower. There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Here are five interesting facts about Charles Sobhraj’s mysterious friend, Ajay Chowdhury: Ajay Chowdhury was from India Ajay Chowdhury belonged to an Indian family from New Delhi. New York Times Bestseller: The nightmare odyssey of a charismatic serial killer and a trail of terror stretching halfway around the world.
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