Introduction

For decades now, serial killers have taken centre-stage in the news and entertainment media. The coverage of real-life murderers such as Dennis Neilson and Ted Bundy has transformed them into ghoulish celebrities.

But never before has a serial killer personally known all her victims.

Taylor Shelley was a mass murderer who genuinely believed she had a right to slaughter and licence to kill.

As she admitted in police interviews the murders were not random, they were planned and personal.