The Night Stalker (Pinnacle True Crime)
by Pinnacle

	The Night Stalker (Pinnacle True Crime)
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Book Description

From out of the darkness he comes, silent and deadly. Cloaked all in black, he moves in shadows, blending and becoming one with them. No one ever sees him..until it is too late. He is more than one of the most feared serial killers of all time. He is Richard Ramirez, a man, who ten years ago left thirteen people dead and the city of Los Angeles paralyzed with fear. Here at least is the definitive account of America's most feared serial murderer, based on sixty hours of personal interviews with Richard Ramirez himself. You will follow Richard on his odyssey into depravity and mind-numbing violence. You'll listen to an unprecedented police manhunt gather force to capture The Night Stalker. Includes an actual interview with Ramirez. In his own words, in his own voice, hear Richard discuss the death rattle, sex & serial killers & how women can avoid becoming victims. Told by Danny Aiello. Three hours.

Reader Reviews

Philip Carlo has written a very exhaustive book about the Night Stalker. It's hard to imagine a more complete book on the serial killer.

The first portion of the book dealt with the horrible crimes of the Night Stalker.
Following that was a section dealing with Richard Ramirez from birth all the way to his arrival in L.A. from El Paso. His temporal lobe epilepsy of childhood and the influence his cousin Miguel had on Ramirez when he was a pre-teen.
The next section of the book was about his attempts to avoid arrest and his eventual apprehension by citizens.
The last part gave a detailed summary of Ramirez's trial.

What made the Night Stalker so dangerous was that he was a different breed of serial killer, he didn't victimize a certain type of person. He really didn't stalk his victims, he chose his targets at random from an ever-expanding area.

Philip Carlo effectively connected the combinations of influences that fueled Ramirez's criminal drive;sex,drugs,pornography,heavy metal music,and satanism.
He was a dedicated satanist reading books authored by Anton LaVey and even meeting him once.

The strange,surreal actions by the Night Stalker "groupies" and Ramirez himself are reminiscent of the Charles Manson trial from "Helter Skelter".

If you want to learn why the Night Stalker was arguably the most feared killer this is the book to read!