Your favorite true crime documentary or book? (murder, consequences, movie)
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For me it was House of Secrets by Lowell Cauffiel.
I've been reading true crime for twenty plus years and this one just stands out. At first I was almost embarrassed to be a true crime fan. What drew me to it was the investigation and all the things the bad guys did to avoid getting caught, and all the things law enforcement did to catch them. Being true made it that much more interesting. THis book was different because it was so well written AND was not about law enforcement... the crimes were depraved and haunting.
I'd be interested if anyone else had that one book that stayed with them.
I recently read an Ann Rule book, and I will tell you, that the one she wrote about Ted Bundy, has creeped me out for years. It makes you really second guess all men, "Is this a nice guy, or a psycho killer, rapist?".
Going outside, to take the trash out at night, after reading that book, scared the crap out of me. I was sure that some killer was lurking around in the bushes.
The randomness of crime, scares me. You can be doing nothing, just a normal thing, like taking out the garbage, and get attacked. The book made me feel like I was not safe at all, anywhere, even at home.
Which is why, I decided to have professional training on using a gun for protection. And have a concealed weapon permit. While a gun may not make me safer, I at least feel safer. And a dog, a dog is probably the best protection any one can have. I don't have a dog now, but I wish I did...
"The Stranger Beside Me" I believe it was by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy. Ted was a good-looking man and pretty smart. He seemed like such a normal guy, and then you read about everything he did, it really makes you think. I feel like Jasper did.
I like Ann Rule although I never read that one because I had read so many other accounts of Bundy. It still comes up as a best seller. I think I will read it now to see if it has the same effect on me.
I recently read an Ann Rule book, and I will tell you, that the one she wrote about Ted Bundy, has creeped me out for years. It makes you really second guess all men, "Is this a nice guy, or a psycho killer, rapist?".
Going outside, to take the trash out at night, after reading that book, scared the crap out of me. I was sure that some killer was lurking around in the bushes.
The randomness of crime, scares me. You can be doing nothing, just a normal thing, like taking out the garbage, and get attacked. The book made me feel like I was not safe at all, anywhere, even at home.
Which is why, I decided to have professional training on using a gun for protection. And have a concealed weapon permit. While a gun may not make me safer, I at least feel safer. And a dog, a dog is probably the best protection any one can have. I don't have a dog now, but I wish I did...
I'll have to read that one. I felt the same way reading Night Stalker...although Ramirez was not a seemingly normal middle class guy it was the random way he chose his victims that made his story so disturbing.
I've know a couple people who remember firsthand the terror he struck in So Cal when he was on the loose and its an area I frequently visit which imho being familar with the area makes the story more interesting.
I'll have to read that one. I felt the same way reading Night Stalker...although Ramirez was not a seemingly normal middle class guy it was the random way he chose his victims that made his story so disturbing.
I've know a couple people who remember firsthand the terror he struck in So Cal when he was on the loose and its an area I frequently visit which imho being familar with the area makes the story more interesting.
I was one of those people in SoCal in the 1980s (I was in my 20s). In reality, I wasn't and most people weren't scared since the probability that one of us would be a victim was a lot less than getting killed in a car crash. But, I read that book too. What was bizarre was his devil worship thing. He recently died and I wonder if he "grew out of it".
"Son" by Jack Olsen. It's about a serial rapist in early 1980s Spokane named Kevin Coe. I don't scare easily, but this book is so vividly written that it creeped me out more than the books I've read about actual murderers. There was a tv movie based on this book starring Elizabeth Montgomery called "Sins of the Mother" (Kevin was a mama's boy, to put it mildly).
Jerry Bledsoe's Bitter Blood, a tale of the mingling of eccentric personalities, with tragic consequences, in a small community, has long been a favorite of mine, as was Darcy O'Brien's Murder in Little Egypt.
Unfortunately for the authors, the unique nature of those cases made then a tough act to follow.
Many of the books youse have mentioned have stuck with me over the years, but one that really still makes me feel sick just to think about is Darcy O'Brien's Two of a Kind, about the Hillside Stranglers. They were just so depraved and cruel.
Many of the books youse have mentioned have stuck with me over the years, but one that really still makes me feel sick just to think about is Darcy O'Brien's Two of a Kind, about the Hillside Stranglers. They were just so depraved and cruel.
I just finished this one on my Kindle and it has a similar effect on me.
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