What creates a serial killer? Caroline Fraser, author of “Murderland,” has linked toxic fumes to the brain development of some of the most notorious criminals. Scientists came up with the lead-crime ...

Why does the Pacific Northwest have so many serial killers? In her latest book, “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers” (out June 10 from Penguin Press), Mercer Island-raised ...

“Murderland,” by the Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser, considers possible links between the region’s industrial pollution and its most infamous murderers. By Timothy Egan Timothy Egan, a winner ...

The new nonfiction title, out June 10, explores how environmental factors may play a part in how serial killers come to be. I wasn’t aware of the whole smelter piece of it until more recently. The ...

“Murderland,” a new book, links serial killers in the Pacific Northwest to a Tacoma smelter. The book explores the connection between lead exposure and violent crime. It focuses largely on the city’s ...

It’s 1970 and Caroline Fraser is 9 years old, living outside of Tacoma, Wash. That local refineries are dumping 8.5 million gallons of smelter discharge a day, including 2,500 pounds of toxic metals, ...

In her latest book, “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers” (out June 10 from Penguin Press), Mercer Island-raised author Caroline Fraser connects the polluted dots between Ted ...