The Night Stalker
Click to look inside
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
"An astonishing portrait of a killer not seen sinceIn Cold Blood."-New York Daily News
A bestselling masterpiece of true crime on par with Helter Skelter, this definitive account of one of America's most feared and notorious serial killers takes you deep into the psychology of a murderer, his terrifying crimes, and the cult following that is shockingly revealed in this revised and updated edition of a true crime classic.
Decades after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and paralyzed the city of Los Angeles in the 1980s, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder. Philip Carlo's classicTheNight Stalker,based on years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, revealed the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined. From watching his cousin commit murder at age eleven to his nineteen death sentences to the juror who fell in love with him, the story of Ramirez is a bizarre and spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil.
AfterTheNight Stalkerwas first published, thousands of women from all over the world contacted Carlo, begging to be put in touch with the killer. Carlo interviewed them and presents their disturbing stories in this updated edition along with an exclusive death row interview where the killer himself gives his thoughts on the "Ramirez Groupies"-and what he thinks they really want.
"I couldn't put the book down...very scary indeed."
-Los Angeles Times
"An exceptionally well-told true crime tale."
-Publishers Weekly
Includes 16 Pages Of Photos
Gaspipe, The Butcher, and The Night Stalker were written by Philip Carlo and follow serial killer Richard Ramirez's terrible career. Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, which has the world's greatest Mafia population. Carlo was injured in the head in a gang battle when he was 16, and while recovering, he devoured reading, experiencing the magic of books for the first time. Carlo became a great crime writer thanks to his deep knowledge of Mafia culture--their walk and talk. He died of ALS in 2010.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780806538419 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806538414 |
| Title | The Night Stalker |
| Author | Philip Carlo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2016-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |