The stakes of this case were intense. And the killer was closing in. Deep into the investigation of a serial killer at her small town’s university, Detective Paula Lynley can’t refuse the help of a renowned profiler. Special Agent Neil Ramirez’s expertise could help catch the Campus Killer before another woman falls victim. Though Neil is deeply talented and easy on the eyes, Paula senses the profiler has his own dark secrets. Getting close to Neil might be good for the case, but what will it do to her heart? From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in The Lynleys of Law Enforcement series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Special Agent Witness Book 2: Christmas Lights Killer Book 3: Murder in the Blue Ridge Mountains Book 4: Cold Murder in Kolton Lake Book 5: Campus Killer Book 6: Mississippi Manhunt
Ted Bundy is such an enigma that it is a challenge to describe him in one sentence. He is certainly one of the most notorious serial killers of all time and one which both fascinates and terrifies us all in some way or another. To think that he was able to sustain a life of education, romance, politics, and ordinary day-jobs while he brutally raped and murdered countless women across the United States is gut-wrenching- there were no signs of what he hid behind his charming smile and boyish personality. He is known as a serial rapist and murderer, but he was also a voyeur, hebephile, necrophile, and cannibal- with an avalanche of love for socks. His fetishes ranged from Burlington socks to sadomasochism and brunettes with their hair parted in the middle, which he combined into the most gruesome and torturous expressions of his inferiority and rage. A cunning and manipulative nose picker who studied psychology and law to master his craft, something that he said he worked very hard to "get right". Wherever Bundy fell short in childhood, he made up for in adulthood, making sure that he squeezed himself into as many middle to upper-class circles as he could and earning himself the favor he needed from police officers, politicians, professors, church leaders, and girlfriends to help him stay undetected for as long as possible. He had to be apprehended three times to keep him locked behind bars, escaping twice in the most iconic performance of a serial killer ever observed. He also naturally defended himself in court with each surmounting death sentence, slipping in a marriage proposal with a Tiffany's ring right before he was sentenced to death by electrocution. He met 'Old Sparky' in 1989, confessing to at least 30 murders after 11 years of denial in an attempt to buy himself more time. Some of the remains had been found, while others have never been recovered. Bundy was and remains the icon of Hybristophilia, where women have often been absolutely enamored by him as a person, believing that he was exceptionally special. Stephen Michaud, a journalist who spent possibly the most time with Ted Bundy on death row summed it up perfectly: "I tried to portray him as the worm that he was. That he in fact knew that he was. To look beyond that toothpaste smile and see him for what he is felt like a goal. So. if the public at large wants to turn him into some kind of evil genius, or handsome scarlet pimpernel, well then, I can't help that. I made a point to say that serial murder is a simple crime to commit and get away with. It involves complete strangers in remote places." Let's discover the dirty details of what Theodore got up to, shall we?
"A chilling, unflinching exploration of American crimes of the twentieth century and how one serial killer managed to slip through the cracks--until now."--
SHAPE-SHIFTER BUNDY: MY TED "CAMPUS KILLER" BUNDY PRISON INTERVIEWS by Dr. Paul Dawson presents the shocking confessions and sensational interview comments of the all-American psycho, Ted Bundy. He was the all-American boy murdering all-American girls. Bundy, a chilling enigma, was one of the most dangerous sex predator-deviants and serial-sex killers in the American history of crime.Dr. Dawson brings a forensic-clinical psychologist's perspective to the Ted Bundy interviews, which he completed in 1988 and is now available for the first time. Dr. Dawson conducted a series of interviews with Ted Bundy, the poster boy for serial-sex killers, in 1988 while he was on Death Row in the Florida State Prison at Starke, Florida. Bundy, a psychopath without a conscience, was executed in January 1989.Dr. Dawson provides a rare, exclusive, exciting, and fascinating investigation and assessment inside the dangerous, paradoxical mind of this notorious serial-sex killer. Bundy's sordid mystique, the horror of his homicidal night-stalker, serial-sex killer rampage explored in depth. Dr. Dawson, in these interviews, reveals Bundy's darkest secrets, elicits rape-murder confessions from Bundy, and confronts the murderer of over 30 to possibly over 100 young women and girls by probing his mind, examining and challenging Bundy's rationalizations.Bundy, a puzzle, finally answers questions about his mysterious crimes suppressed for many years. Some psychological theories shine valid, logical light on Bundy's repulsive, depraved, shocking crimes of assault, abduction, torture, rape, mutilation, murder, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism - at times, he ate their flesh. Bundy, a shape-shifting chameleon, was difficult to ID because he seemed to look different at every sighting - eyewitnesses were confused, as a result, police were slow to detect Bundy as a suspect.Dr. Dawson earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty in New York City. He has been a psychologist in clinics, schools, mental hospitals; he was a chief psychologist of a state prison system; he has been in private practice & consulting in New York. Dr. Dawson has written over 60 books.
Ted Bundy - The Campus Serial Killer is a biography of Ted Bundy, the infamous American serial killer. He is best known for his rampages on college campuses across Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Florida. In his lifetime, Bundy murdered at least 19 and possibly as many as 36 victims. Ted Bundy - The Campus Serial Killer is highly recommended for those interested in an insight into the mind and life of one of America's most notorious serial killers.
Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a serial killer who terrorized a midwestern town in the era of free love—by the coauthor of The French Connection. In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, nineteen-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen alive walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body—stabbed over thirty times and missing both feet and a forearm—was discovered, partially buried, on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of twenty-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated. Southeastern Michigan was terrorized by something it had never experienced before: a serial killer. Over the next two years, five more bodies were uncovered around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. All the victims were tortured and mutilated. All were female students. After multiple failed investigations, a chance sighting finally led to a suspect. On the surface, John Norman Collins was an all-American boy—a fraternity member studying elementary education at Eastern Michigan University. But Collins wasn’t all that he seemed. His female friends described him as aggressive and short tempered. And in August 1970, Collins, the “Ypsilanti Ripper,” was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole. Written by the coauthor of The French Connection, The Michigan Murders delivers a harrowing depiction of the savage murders that tormented a small midwestern town.
On Nov. 28, 1969, Betsy Aardsma, a 22-year-old graduate student in English at Penn State, was stabbed to death in the stacks of Pattee Library at the university’s main campus in State College. For more than forty years, her murder went unsolved, though detectives with the Pennsylvania State Police and local citizens worked tirelessly to find her killer. The mystery was eventually solved—after the death of the murderer. This book will reveal the story behind what has been a scary mystery for generations of Penn State students and explain why the Pennsylvania State Police failed to bring her killer to justice. More than a simple true crime story, the book weaves together the events, culture, and attitudes of the late 1960s, memorializing Betsy Aardsma and her time and place in history.
In this provocative cultural study, the serial killer emerges as a central figure in what Mark Seltzer calls 'America's wound culture'. From the traumas displayed by talk show guests and political candidates, to the violent entertainment of Crash or The Alienist, to the latest terrible report of mass murder, we are surrounded by the accident from which we cannot avert our eyes. Bringing depth and shadow to our collective portrait of what a serial killer must be, Mark Seltzer draws upon popular sources, scholarly analyses, and the language of psychoanalysis to explore the genesis of this uniquely modern phenomenon. Revealed is a fascination with machines and technological reproduction, with the singular and the mass, with definitions of self, other, and intimacy. What emerges is a disturbing picture of how contemporary culture is haunted by technology and the instability of identity.
The man convicted of the vicious murders of five college students in Gainesville, Florida, discusses his motivations and actions in commiting the crimes, reflects on what made him into a killer, and his struggle to come to terms with what he did. Original. IP.
A memoir of hope, healing, and survival, sure to resonate with fans of Jaycee Dugard’s A Stolen Life and Elizabeth Smart’s My Story. On August 28, 1997, just as she was starting her junior year at the University of Kentucky, Holly Dunn and her boyfriend, Chris Maier, were walking along railroad tracks on their way home from a party when they were attacked by notorious serial killer Angel Maturino Reséndiz, aka The Railroad Killer. After her boyfriend is beaten to death in front of her, Holly is stabbed, raped, and left for dead. In this memoir of survival and healing from a horrific true crime, Holly recounts how she lived through the vicious assault, helped bring her assailant to justice, and ultimately found meaning and purpose through service to victims of sexual assault and other violent crimes. She has worked as a motivational speaker and activist and founded Holly's House, a safe and nurturing space in her hometown of Evansville, Indiana.
