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Madness. Sex. Serial Killer.: A Disturbing Collection of True Crime Cases by Two Masters of the Genre Paperback – March 15, 2014

by M. William Phelps (Author), Gregg Olsen (Author)
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WITH PHOTOS! Three complete short stories by Investigation Discovery’s Dark Minds show host M. Williams with an introduction to the collection by New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL In August 1982, a 30-year-old woman, Jane Goodwin, was found murdered in her Newark, New Jersey apartment. Her killer had strangled Jane until she passed out. Then, reportedly, he ripped open her blouse, posed her with her breasts exposed, and repeatedly stabbed Jane in the chest. He left no fingerprints or DNA—just a shattered, grieving family. Over the next 19 years, three other women were attacked in a similar fashion. Two of them, Karen Osman (at Rutgers University in Newark) and Carmen Rodriquez (in Hartford, Connecticut) died at this monster’s hand. Police eventually caught their assailant, Edwin “Ned” Snelgrove, a promising college grad with an uncontrollable desire to hurt women. Ned was jailed. Yet while serving a 20-year sentence, he developed a twisted obsession with one very sick hero—infamous serial murderer Ted Bundy, a man he wrote about extensively in his prison letters to a friend. Ned studied the notorious killer, looked up to him. And as Ned festered in prison, waiting for the day he was to be cut loose, he decided he would be better than Bundy when he got out and started killing once again. Author M. William Phelps takes readers to some very dark places here, so hang on. EASTBOUND STRANGLER Here, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Phelps takes readers and fans of the series deep into his personal life and a dark connection to the Eastbound Strangler case, how he feels about several suspects named by law enforcement, and shares an exclusive interview he conducted with a woman who claims she was with the Eastbound Strangler and his final victim, Kim Raffo, on the night before Kim’s body was found. In November 2006, the bodies of four women were discovered in a drainage ditch behind a row of hotels, on the fringes of Atlantic City, New Jersey. After years of intense investigation, law enforcement remains baffled by the fact the victims’ shoes were missing, and their heads were all pointing east. Three of the women were known prostitutes who worked “The Track,” a wasteland of broken dreams behind the casinos, on the dark side of Atlantic City’s famous boardwalk. NOTHING THIS EVIL EVER DIES Did Son of Sam have an intimate, homosexual relationship with a fellow (serial killer) inmate while in prison? Was Sam’s real name Richard Falco? Has Son of Sam—who claimed in 2011 that he does not want to seek parole because he has been “freed” by Jesus Christ—been perpetrating a fraud with his supposed “salvation”? In quoted excerpts from these exclusive letters written by Son of Sam to serial killer Gary Evans, a deeper, more interesting and eccentric psychopath emerges. For the first time, author Phelps explores how Son and Sam and serial killer Gary Evans (from Phelps’s bestseller Every Move You Make) became best friends while doing time together in a New York state prison. If you thought you knew Son of Sam, think again. THE SERIAL KILLERS DOWN THE ROAD In this introductory essay, author Gregg Olsen recounts the serial killers who’ve crossed his path in Washington State – Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway, Linda Burfield Hazzard, and Robert Yates.
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SERIAL KILLER EXPERT, star of the Investigation Discovery series DARK MINDS and acclaimed investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the national bestselling, award-winning author of 21 nonfiction books. Winner of 2008 New England Book Festival Award for "I'll Be Watching You," Phelps has made over 100 television appearances, including CBS's "Early Show," "The Today Show," "The View," "Fox & Friends," truTV, Discovery Channel, Fox News Channel, ABC's "Good Morning America," Learning Channel, Biography Channel, History Channel, Oxygen, OWN, and others. He's been on USA Radio Network, Catholic Radio, Mancow, Wall Street Journal Radio, Zac Daniel, Ava Maria Radio, ABC News Radio, and Radio America, who calls him "the nation's leading authority on the mind of the female murderer." GREGG OLSEN IS THE NEW YORK TIMES, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of twenty books, both true crime and fiction, including Abandoned Prayers, Closer than Blood, Bitch on Wheels, A Twisted Faith, Starvation Heights, and If Loving You Is Wrong. He appears frequently on television on such shows as Fatal Vows, Dateline NBC, NPR, Good Morning America, The Early Show, FOX News; CNN, Anderson Cooper, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, Snapped, Deadly Women, and A&E's Biography. His book, Envy, was the Washington State selection for the National Book Festival. He lives in a small town on Puget Sound, Washington.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 15, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 230 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1497359007
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1497359000
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.58 x 8 inches
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    I live in rural Washington State (about a mile as the crow flies from Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard's infamous Starvation Heights sanatarium). My thriller, THE LAST THING SHE EVER DID was an Amazon Charts bestseller. LYING NEXT TO ME was a reader favorite, charting at No. 1 in the Kindle store and the bestseller's list at the Washington Post. My true crime book, IF YOU TELL, found a home on Amazon Charts for more than 140 weeks. In fact, it was the bestselling Kindle ebook of 2020 (and the second-bestselling of 2021). I've been a guest on Dateline NBC, NPR, Good Morning America, The Early Show, FOX News, CNN, Anderson Cooper, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, 20/20, Snapped, Deadly Women, William Shatner's Aftermath, and A&E's Biography. You can find out more about me at www.NotoriousUSA.com.

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    True-crime analyst, creator/executive producer and creator of the #1 hit Apple/iHeart podcasts PAPER GHOSTS and CROSSING THE LINE WITH M. WILLIAM PHELPS, and creator and host of Investigation Discovery's DARK MINDS (2011 - 2014), award-winning investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 45 books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series DEXTER and is a constant presence on crime film sets.

    Phelps's #1 Apple podcast, PAPER GHOSTS, seasons 1&2, an investigative, narrative podcast, is available now on the iHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out Phelps's weekly, ongoing hit podcast CROSSING THE LINE WITYH M. WILLIAM PHELPS.

    On TV see Phelps on SEX, LIES & MURDER (REELZ); Oxygen's SNAPPED; and DEADLY WOMEN. Phelps consulted and produced Piers Morgan's SERIAL KILLER with PIERS MORGAN and KILLER WOMEN; and continues his expert commentary on several series, such as KILLER COUPLES, WICKED ATTRACTION, FORENSIC FILES, ICE COLD KILLERS, EVIL STEP MOMS, TWISTED LOVE, and more.

    Having written 7 books about them, Phelps is a highly sought-after expert and speaker for his extensive knowledge regarding historic and contemporary serial killers-and the psychology shaping the mind of the murderer.

    He grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now lives just north of Hartford, in Tolland County.

    In July 2017, Phelps published his definitive, 5-year project with Happy Face Killer, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

    Touched by tragedy himself, due to the unsolved murder of his pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a small Connecticut farming community and can be reached at his website, www.mwilliamphelps.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Olsen is a fine writer and based on his previous books which were ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2014
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Mr. Olsen is a fine writer and based on his previous books which were very good. This one is a very poor read with nothing to read but a lot of double talk and informative nonsense. Truly a "lousy" read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Different kind of true crime genre . . .
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2014
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. . . and clearly worth reading. Just be aware that this is not a chronological story per se, but rather a commentary on one true crime writer's participation in the production of a true crime tv show - which I unfortunately have not seen. I like this writer, and enjoyed his additional information and insights. Perhaps most of all, I appreciated his honest insight into a murder within his own family. I could really identify, since we too have an unsolved homicide in our immediate family. It's forever haunting, and I don't often find this anywhere else . . .
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helen hamilton
4.0 out of 5 stars Madness sex serial killer
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015
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A different kind of book that tells about how the authors of these books compile and obtain information about the killers they write about
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love M. William Phps
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2014
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True Crime books are my favorite to read and any book by M. William Phelps I have read, and have never been disappointed in any thing he has written. Also love his tv show on ID television.
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Angela H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Book received in Excellent Condition - can't wait to read it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Madness, Six Serial Killer - Phelps
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2014
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I'm a big fan of both the writers, but this item was a little disappointing. Not enough Greg Olsen for one thing. M. William Phelps is always great, but he needed a better editor/proofreader this time considering the typos and errors. It seems like this work was done in a hurry. Still interesting, though. I have to admit my major disappointment was the relatively short length.
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Chris Lalley
1.0 out of 5 stars On page 49 Phelps actually APOLOGIZES for the poor quality of graphic work in the book
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2014
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I've been reading for 50 years and this is just the second time I felt I wanted a refund for a book I'd bought. There are more editing errors in this book than any other I've ever read. Mistakes range from misspellings to indentation errors to sentences that have no periods at their ends. On page 49 Phelps actually APOLOGIZES for the poor quality of graphic work in the book. I've never heard of an author doing that before. In addition, much of this book is nothing more than a publicity vehicle for other books he's written and for a TV show that he apparently hosts. Based on this book alone, I would never purchase another of his works or bother with the TV show. He's a serial expert all right, a serial hack. This was literally the worst reading experience of my life. I can't even find an adjective to describe how disgusting it was.
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Barbara D
5.0 out of 5 stars A real page turner with lots of twists.
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2015
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I'm enjoying all Gregg Olsen's books. He does fantastic work in exploring all the details to put all the puzzle pieces together. A must read, you won't be disappointed in anything this Author writes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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excellent book
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