They stared into the faces of pure evil . . . and survived!
Ted Bundy . . . Jeffrey Dahmer . . .
David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz . . . Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer . . .
These are some of the names that strike terror into even the bravest of hearts. Human monsters, they preyed upon the unsuspecting, freely feeding their terrible hungers. Their crimes were unspeakable, as they maimed, tortured, killed, and killed again, leaving so many dead in their bloody wake. But somehow, astonishingly, seven would-be victims fell into the clutches of the century's worst serial killers—and escaped death through courage, divine providence, or just plain luck.
This is the remarkable true story of those who lived.

There But For the Grace of God: Survivors of the 20th Century's Infamous Serial Killers

Biographies & Memoirs

Rosen, Fred

Community & Culture

Harper

In 1980 in Toledo, Ohio—on one of the holiest days of the church calendar—the body of a nun was discovered in the sacristy of a hospital chapel. Seventy-one-year-old Sister Margaret Ann had been strangled and stabbed, her corpse arranged in a shameful and stomach-churning pose. But the police's most likely suspect was inexplicably released and the investigation was quietly buried. Despite damning evidence, Father Gerald Robinson went free.
Twenty-three years later the priest's name resurfaced in connection with a bizarre case of satanic ritual and abuse. It prompted investigators to exhume the remains of the slain nun in search of the proof left behind that would indelibly mark Father Robinson as Sister Margaret Ann's killer: the sign of the Devil.
When Satan Wore a Cross is a shocking true story of official cover-ups, madness, murder and lies—and of an unholy human monster who disguised himself in holy garb.

When Satan Wore A Cross

Leaders & Notable People

An astonishing true story of bizarre love and lethal obsession in America's last frontier.
Mechele Hughes came to Wasilla, Alaska (pop. 4200), looking for a new life and easy money. As an exotic dancer at the Great Alaskan Bush Company in nearby Anchorage, she was soon earning thousands a night—and getting expensive gifts from admiring male clients. Three in particular fell under her spell. Each claimed to be engaged to her . . . and they all lived with her together in the same house. But in May 1996, the bullet-ridden body of Kent "T.T." Leppink, a local fisherman and one of her fiancés, was discovered in a wooded area ninety miles away—possibly slain by suitor number two, John Carlin III, at the stripper's urging.
Ten years would elapse before the arrests and trials of Mechele Hughes Linehan and John Carlin III. Was the real Mechele a murderess, a ruthless sexual manipulator as the prosecution claimed, killing for insurance money—or the loving wife and mother she had since become, dedicated to children, animals, and charitable causes?

Deadly Angel: The Bizarre True Story of Alaska's Killer Stripper

Reveals the true story of a "model mother" whose active campaigns against teen gang activity earned her respect, until the police uncover Mary Louise Thompson's involvement in a local gang murder and reveal that she had masterminded the criminal activities of the 74 Hoover Crips. Original.

Gang Mom

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St Martins Pr

When 18 year old Aaron Iturra was shot to death in bed in his Eugene, Oregon home in October of 1994, the first person his grief stricken mother Janyce Iturra turned to was Mary Louise Thompson. Why? Because Thompson, herself the mother of a troubled teen, had become an active campaigner against teen gang activity and a surrogate mother to many local teens. But neighbors were horrified when police arrested this supposed model mother for setting up the hit and persuading two teens to carry out the brutal murder of the sleeping teen. Police discovered that this crusader against gangs had, in fact, been heavily involved with the Hell's Angels as a young woman and had masterminded the criminal activities of a violent local gang called the 74 Hoover Crips. In July of 1996, Thompson was sentenced to life without parole.

The Evil Mother

St. Martin's Paperbacks

Recounts the disturbing story behind the sensational murder of a deformed circus sideshow performer by his wife and stepson, who revealed years of unrepressed physical and emotional abuse. Original.

Lobster Boy

Literature & Fiction

Pinnacle

Describes how two teenage brothers brutally murdered their father, mother, and younger brother; their involvement with the racist neo-Nazi skinhead movement; their flight across America; and their eventual capture and conviction. Original.

Blood Crimes

Pinnacle Books

Follows the murderous exploits of Carol Giles and Tim Collier, who murdered Jessie Giles, Carol's husband, with a heroin-laced insulin shot, and then brutally murdered Carol's friend, Nancy Billiter.

Needle Work

Recounts the disturbing story behind the sensational murder of a deformed circus sideshow performer by his wife and stepson, who revealed years of unrepressed physical and emotional abuse. Original.

True Crime

Follows social outcasts and devil worshippers Jeremiah Rodgers and Jonathan Lawrence, who were drawn together by their penchant for violence, as they leave a trail of brutality, murder, sexual assault, and corpse mutilation in their wake. Original.

Flesh Collectors

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There But For the Grace of God: Survivors of the 20th Century's Infamous Serial Killers

When Satan Wore A Cross

Deadly Angel: The Bizarre True Story of Alaska's Killer Stripper

Gang Mom

The Evil Mother

Lobster Boy

Blood Crimes

Needle Work

Lobster Boy

Flesh Collectors