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Pros
The author has an incredible way of presenting insight into the minds of people we all hope never cross our paths. This book is extremely well researched. Even though the subject matter is dark the books are informative.
The * across the table is another fascinating book by john douglas and mark olshaker. Douglas integrates insight and information from interviews with past confrontations with serial killers, and shows what investigators can learn from these criminals ... Read More
The author does a good job of telling the story of the crimes without sensationalizing them or making us sympathize with the killers at all. There's a lot to this evidence, and it's always kind of a red flag for me with killers. This book tackles the ... Read More
Cons
The authors refer to joseph mcgowan's criminal behavior as partially due to his domineering mother. Too much fluff for my taste. No index in a book in dire need of one.
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” he does a good job of telling the story of the crimes without sensationalizing them or making us sympathize with the killers ... Read More
I loved how the author explained about his interviews with the killers and their mindsets
While this book focused on on four specific killers there were comparisons to many others that douglas interviewed or researche... Read More
Im impressed with the way douglas can on one hand abhor what the killers did and on the other hand feel sympathy for them becau... Read More
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- This product had a total of 2,523 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 24 2023.
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More along the lines of the mind hunter show than the book of the same name
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I am normally a slow reader but raced through this book as if one of the bad guys was on my trail
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The first subject was joseph mcgowan a high school science teacher in his late 20s who inexplicably sexually violated and violently murdered 7yearold joan a brownie who knocked on his door to deliver the cookies he had ordered
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I was not familiar with this case from the 1970s which occurred in new jersey
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Obviously this crime was particularly heinous but thankfully this offender has never been provided an opportunity to inflict such evil on another human being
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In 2009 the parole board denied his release with no review for another 30 years
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It was her efforts that were instrumental in the passage of joans law which mandates lwop for child killers
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Subsequently new york passed similar legislation
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