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Evidence of Evil: The Ed Gein Story

Another So-So Ed Gein Book Author: Adam King My friend and I have recently started watching the third season of Monster, which focuses on Ed Gein’s story. I’d previously read Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho", which was more focused on Gein’s effect on popular culture (including movies such as Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre) than on what he actually did. I still felt, after reading it, that I didn’t really understand the true breadth of the story. Was Gein a serial killer or a grave robber or both? Who did [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-11T17:18:21-07:00November 11th, 2025|Tags: book review, Ed Gein, Monster, murder, read, reading, serial killer, true crime|

Butcher Game, The

"Sometimes the devil is just a human who wants to inflict pain." Author: Alaina Urquhart Dr. Wren Muller still remembers the woods. The terror. The serial killer who nearly ended her life. Right now, she’s taking some forced time off and trying to recalibrate her mind, but she knows that he’s still out there – the Bayou Butcher, otherwise known as Jeremy Rose. And she knows him. His sick game isn’t over. Sooner or later, he’ll come for the one that got away. The Butcher Game is the second in the Dr. Wren Muller series, and my introduction to the writing [...]

Frances Carden2025-08-24T10:46:13-07:00August 24th, 2025|Tags: Alaina Urquhart, book review, crime, read, reading, serial killer, The Butcher Game, thriller, Wren Muller|

Endless Night

Version 1.0.0 Depravity for Delight? Author: Richard Laymon Sixteen-year-old Jody’s sleepover with her best friend went from normal to nightmare in a matter of seconds. She woke up to find her friend speared by a stranger and her friend’s family being dismembered, raped, and cannibalized. Jody barely escaped, managing to rescue her friend’s 12-year-old brother, but that night of horror is hardly over. The killers are still looking for the survivors. Jody and Andy (the brother) are not safe anywhere; it’s time to go on the run with Jody’s cop father and a random, hot female cop. Endless Night [...]

Frances Carden2024-05-09T09:29:14-07:00May 9th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, serial killer|