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The Golden State Killer (non-NBA edition)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TigerVols, Apr 25, 2018.

  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    And now he’s Meredith Salenger’s husband.
     
  2. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Sorry about that. I thought of that after I posted, but didn't do anything about it.
     
  3. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

  4. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    That’s sweet and all for him to say, but he is the name that people recognize.
     
  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Has anyone here read the book? I'm thinking about adding it to my nightstand, which is about to fall over from the weight of books that I'm thinking about reading.
     
  6. The book is fiction or true crime?
     
  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    True crime.

    But did she ever identify this guy, at least in her own notes if not in the book? I can’t tell from the articles.
     
  8. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    No.

    I think my favorite true crime book that has the authors naming the likely suspect is The Monster of Florence. Similar in that it's a serial killer who was around forever. The difference being in that one the authorities actually arrested and charged several people over the decades with being the killer, except none of them were.
     
  9. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    I stumbled across the book "Strange Piece of Paradise" by Terri Jentz in a used book store a few years ago. In 1977 she and a friend were cycling across the US together when they were attacked by someone who first ran over their tent with his truck and then attacked with an ax. She and the friend survived (the friend very badly wounded) and the case was never solved. The book is her story 30 years later about retracing her steps and investigating for herself. While nobody was charged with the crime she lays out a very reasonable case for who the assailant was. Really gripping story.
     
  10. Dyno

    Dyno Well-Known Member

    I just added that to my list, HC. I got Michelle McNamara's book from the library shortly after it came out but didn't read it because everything I saw about it - reviews, comments on Twitter - talked about how terrifying it was. I live alone and get scared every time I hear a weird noise so I was too afraid. Now I'm sorry I didn't because it would have been cool to before the guy got caught.
     
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  11. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    SacBee story, confirmed by authorities, is that they caught the guy when they started using the DNA samples in genealogy Websites looking for similarities in the evidence at the various crime scenes. Like a real CSI that took years. Reality always beats fiction and covers the spread.
     
  12. John

    John Well-Known Member

    McNamara's book is really good. Reading it late at night, I did find myself noticing every little noise outside my house. Spooky.

    Monster of Florence is also really good.
     
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