If you're a true crime fanatic, this is the work you've been looking for. If murder is a horrible crime, what would describe parents killing their children? This collection of "Filicidal Killers" provides a gripping overview of how things can go wrong in once-loving families. This book depicts ten of the most notorious and horrific cases of homicidal parental units out of control. People like--Andrea Yates, Diane Downs, Susan Smith, and Jeffrey MacDonald--who received a great deal of media attention. The author explores the reasons; from addiction to postpartum psychosis, insanity to altruism, revenge, and jealousy.