i read Deviant by Harold Schechter and I thought the way Schechter wrote about Ed Gein was terrifying. i’ve never really gotten scared from reading a book so i wanna know if anyone else has any recommendations on true crime books similar to this style of writing
by egbertsboi
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Have you tried any of his other books?
One that sticks out for me is “Executioner’s Song” by Norman Mailer.
If you’re just looking for TC, Ann Rule always gets me. I would say she’s the Mary Higgins Clark of TC books. But she has a really freaking cool story to tell about Ted Bundy in The Stranger Beside Me. It’s so chilling.
One more. Journey into Darkness by John E Douglas.
Kind of a strange pull here, but the Cuckoo’s Egg by Clifford Stoll. It’s about a guy who helped catch a spy who hacked the early govt Internet by tracing down a 75¢ accounting error.
It’s a crazy story.