His chapters "Wider Shades of Pale" and "Mincing Words" examine flaws in the current definition of necrophilia and argue for an expansion of the concept to include acts of sexually motivated post-mortem mutilation, posing, and "trophy-taking", as well as certain types of cannibalism and vampirism. In "Necrophilia-Spectrum Behavior and the Thematic-Derivative Model of Sexual Progression", Mellor offers a model which charts both normophilic and paraphilic sexual interests, using the case of Armin Meiwes as an example. His "Five Allures of Necrophilia" proposes that there are five basic appeals of necrophilia: passivity/inertia, corporeal/sensory, reminiscent/identity, ritual/iconographic, and spiritual/magical. Mellor was editor-in-chief of the e-magazine Serial Killer Quarterly to which he regularly contributed articles, along with fellow true crime writers Harold Schechter, Peter Vronsky, Katherine Ramsland, Michael Newton, Cathy Scott, Burl Barer, Carol Anne Davis, and Robert Hoshowsky. In October 2019 Mellor began a six-part lecture series 'Murder in VR' on the topic of homicide in virtual reality. The series was hosted on the Sansar social VR platform. Discography Ghost Town Heart (2007) Lose (2011) Books Mellor, L. 2012. Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dundurn. Mellor, L. 2013. Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dundurn. Swart, J., & Mellor, L. 2016. Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. Mellor, L., Aggrawal, A., & Hickey, E.W. 2017. Understanding Necrophilia: A Global Multidisciplinary Approach. San Diego, California: Cognella. Mellor, L., Hogan, S., Kerrigan, M., Morris, R., & Scott, C. 2017. The Crime Book. London, England: Dorling Kindersley. Mellor, L. 2020. Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies. London, England: Dorling Kindersley. Mellor, L. 2021. Conspiracies Uncovered: Cover-Ups, Hoaxes, and Secret Societies. London, England: Dorling Kindersley. Articles & Chapters Mellor, L. 2016. Original Gangsta: Self-Conceptualization and Criminogenic Authenticity in Hip Hop Music The Criminal Humanities: An Introduction Eds. Michael Andrew Arntfield & Marcel Danesi. New York: Peter Lang. Mellor, L, Venkatesh, V, Wallin, J, & Thomas, T. 2016. Killing for Slender Man: The Emergence of an Electronic Gospel in The Criminal Humanities: An Introduction Eds. Michael Andrew Arntfield & Marcel Danesi. New York: Peter Lang. Mellor, L. 2016. Introduction in Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook Eds. Lee Mellor & Joan Swart. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. Mellor, L. 2016. An Introduction to Sexual Homicides in Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook Eds. Lee Mellor & Joan Swart. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. Mellor, L.