In 1971 Ann Rule was a writer struggling to get by on articles for detective magazines. During her free time she volunteered at a Seattle Crisis Clinic, helping callers through their personal issues. Her partner during this time was Ted Bundy. Ann liked him immediately. They saw each other a little and were in contact some after leaving the crisis centre, and Ann would offer advice on his romantic life with his lost love, Stephanie. In 1974 there were attacks against young women and disappearances. […]
A compelling, if largely implausible theory of the Zodiac Killer
In my last review, of Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door, Mrs. Smith recommended that I check this book out. I picked it up the next day. So, thanks Mrs. Smith for the recommendation. First things first, I ended up enjoying this book quite a bit. Setting aside the conclusions he comes to, there’s a pretty good story here. Gary Stewart was abandoned as a baby, but was soon adopted by a great couple who raised him in a […]
An excellent account of horrendous events
In lieu of the recent arrest in Sacramento, California of the East Area Rapist/Original Nightstalker/Golden State Killer and the hopes that the genealogical studies that led to his arrest could be used to discover the identity of the Zodiac Killer, I felt compelled to read about another serial killer who seemingly retired from terrorizing his community so that he could live a normal life. Both EAR/ONS and BTK because it’s utterly mind-boggling that this happens, and runs counter to the narrative usually put out there […]
“Open the door. Show us your face. Walk into the light.”
I first heard about the man now known as the Golden State Killer back when I first read about Richard Ramirez. A throwaway line about someone else, known as the Original Night Stalker (ONS), who remained uncaught captured my interest and sent me down an internet rabbit hole as I started to discover the horror of the East Area Rapist/ONS, a home invader and serial rapist and murderer who terrorised Sacramento and the wider California area through the seventies and eighties. I soon shied away […]