Download or read book Rest Stop Killer written by Natalie Marshall and published by Trellis Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Leroy Evans was an American serial killer who allegedly killed over 15 people between 1970 and 1991 but confessed to over 60 murderers-mostly women-at rest stops and parks throughout 20 U.S. states. He was arrested after leading police to the body of a homeless ten-year-old girl, Beatrice Routh, who he had kidnapped in Mississippi, taken to Louisiana where he raped and strangled her to death, and then dumped her body in a shallow grave back in Mississippi. Evans pled guilty to the offense and then to an additional 60 murders (some reports state that the number was 72); however, authorities could not find any evidence corroborating his claims and, later, Evans admitted it was a hoax.
Download or read book Rest Stop Terror written by Connie Myres and published by Feather and Fermion Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dead body, a reporter, and a few suspects add tension to this suspenseful novelette. A serial killer has made his way to the very rest stop that homeless April needs to sleep at. As if living in a car isn’t bad enough for April, having a killer after her is a living nightmare. Women have been raped and murdered at rest areas across the state, the only place April knows to sleep at until she gets her feet back on the ground—if she can escape the killer’s brutal attack.
Download or read book The Truck Stop Killer written by Ana Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is known for long desolate highways and interstates. Designed to make traveling easier and faster, thousands of vehicles go down these roads on a daily basis. During the 1960s and 1970s, seeing hitchhikers was nothing unusual. But not every one of them got to their desired destination. The number of missing hitchhikers made people change their minds about this type of travel. It became very risky in the second half of the 1970s, and parents started warning their children about the dangers that loom on the interstates. After all, it is impossible to know the person who picks you up or their intentions. Robert Ben Rhoades became a truck driver in the 1980s. He was a disturbed individual who saw his new employment as a perfect hunting ground. After all, the victims would come to him, asking for a ride. He was known nationwide as The Truck Stop Killer. While the total number of his victims is still unconfirmed, Rhoades was one of the most dangerous serial killers because he was driven by his sexual fantasies and the need to dominate.
Download or read book Killer on the Road written by Ginger Strand and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True crime meets cultural history in this story of how America’s interstate highway system opened a world of mobility and opportunity . . . for serial killers. Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet’s largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them: the highway killer. He went by many names: the “Hitcher,” the “Freeway Killer,” the “Killer on the Road,” the “I-5 Strangler,” and the “Beltway Sniper.” Some of these criminals were imagined, but many were real. The nation’s murder rate shot up as its expressways were built. America became more violent and more mobile at the same time. Killer on the Road tells the entwined stories of America’s highways and its highway killers. There’s the hot-rodding juvenile delinquent who led the National Guard on a multistate manhunt; the wannabe highway patrolman who murdered hitchhiking coeds; the record promoter who preyed on “ghetto kids” in a city reshaped by freeways; the nondescript married man who stalked the interstates seeking women with car trouble; and the trucker who delivered death with his cargo. Thudding away behind these grisly crime sprees is the story of the interstates—how they were sold, how they were built, how they reshaped the nation—and how we came to equate them with violence. Through the stories of highway killers, we see how the “killer on the road,” like the train robber, the gangster, and the mobster, entered the cast of American outlaws, and how the freeway—conceived as a road to utopia—came to be feared as a highway to hell. “Strand . . . Explores the connection between America’s sprawling highway system and the pathology of the murderers who have made them a killing ground. . . . The grim stories of murder on the highway may do for road trips what Jaws did for surfing. An interesting detour into a true-crime niche.” ―Kirkus Reviews “Strand’s cross-threaded tales of drifters, stranded motorists, and madmen got its hooks into me. Reading Ms. Strand’s thoughtful book is like driving a Nash Rambler after midnight on a highway to hell.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times “A titillating, clever volume that mixes the sweeping sociological assertions of an urban-studies textbook with the chilling gore of true-crime stories.” —Bookforum “Ginger Strand is in possession of a sharp eye, a biting wit, a beguiling sense of fun—and a magnificent obsession.” —Bloomberg
Download or read book Rest Stop Killer Other Stories written by Natalie Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true crime anthology headlined by the gruesome crimes committed by Donald Leroy Evans. Donald Leroy Evans was an American serial killer who allegedly killed over 15 people between 1970 and 1991 but confessed to over 60 murderers-mostly women-at rest stops and parks throughout 20 U.S. states. He was arrested after leading police to the body of a homeless ten-year-old girl, Beatrice Routh, who he had kidnapped in Mississippi, taken to Louisiana where he raped and strangled her to death, and then dumped her body in a shallow grave back in Mississippi. Evans pled guilty to the offense and then to an additional 60 murders (some reports state that the number was 72); however, authorities could not find any evidence corroborating his claims and, later, Evans admitted it was a hoax.
Download or read book Rest Stop written by Catie Rhodes and published by Long Roads and Dark Ends Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new job. A spellbound trinket. A deserted rest stop. Destiny outlasts even the most stubborn travelers. Out of a job and broke, Peri Jean Mace travels with a paranormal investigations team to creepy Nazareth, Texas to find a missing girl. Turns out a lot of people disappear in Nazareth. And they all made their final stop at the same abandoned roadside comfort station. Armed with a haunted snow globe and unsure of her abilities, Peri Jean must race to figure out not just who, but what is responsible...or be the next to go missing. Rest Stop is book four in the Peri Jean Mace Ghost Thriller Series. If you like your Urban Fantasy with a heroine as tough as an overcooked steak and full of supernatural scares, you’ll love Rest Stop. Download Rest Stop today and take a walk on the dark side with Peri Jean Mace. Series order: - Forever Road - Download for FREE - Black Opal - Rocks & Gravel - Rest Stop - Forbidden Highway - Rear View - Crossroads - Dead End - Dark Traveler -Wrong Turn - Last Exit If you enjoy books by Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, Patricia Briggs and Charlaine Harris, then you'll like the Peri Jean Mace Ghost Thrillers. Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller, Paranormal Suspense, Paranormal Psychics, Psychic Suspense, Ghosts, Psychics, Mediums, Texas, similar to: Ilona Andrews, Neil Gaiman, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, Dean Koontz, Midnight Texas, Sookie Stackhouse, Chloe Neill, Dannika Dark, Leighann Dobbs, Richard Kadrey, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, Vicki Pettersson, Seanan McGuire, Kat Richardson, Harry Connolly, Emma Bull, Nancy A. Collins, Carrie Vaughn, Richelle Mead, SM Reine, Annie Bellet, Jennifer Estep, Rob Thurman, Harper Connelly
Download or read book The Jefferson County Egan Murders written by Dave Shampine and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a triple murder that shocked a New York community and drew the interest of famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey. Twenty-seven-year-old Peter Egan, his wife Barbara Ann, and Peter’s younger brother Gerald were familiar to Watertown, New York, authorities long before December 31, 1964. The police suspected the brazen trio in a long string of burglaries and petty crimes. They were also under investigation by the FBI for grand theft auto. But on that New Year's night, the Egan family’s criminal career came to a violent end. All three were found with a bullet to the head at a rest stop off Interstate 81. The gruesome killings puzzled local and state police. Was it a random murder? A confrontation gone awry? Or a premeditated act of retribution by hardened criminals who feared the Egans would turn state's witness? Then, a surprise arrest was made. But when F. Lee Bailey, lawyer for the self-confessed Boston Strangler, entered the fray, the case took an unexpected twist that shrouded the murders in mystery to this day.
Download or read book I The Creation of a Serial Killer written by Jack Olsen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-08-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains several autobiographical writing of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson.
Download or read book The Truck Stop Killer written by Rebecca Stone and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the chilling and disturbing tale of one of America's most notorious murderers, James Mendenhall. Unveiling the dark and twisted mind of a serial killer, this book takes readers on a haunting exploration of Mendenhall's heinous crimes that terrorized communities across multiple states. From the shocking discovery of the first victim to the painstaking investigation that led to his eventual capture, "The Truck Stop Killer" unravels the intricate web of deceit, violence, and manipulation meticulously crafted by Mendenhall. Through detailed accounts of the gruesome crimes and the tireless efforts of dedicated law enforcement officials, readers will witness the relentless pursuit of justice in the face of unimaginable horror. This chilling account offers a comprehensive examination of Mendenhall's twisted psyche, delving into his disturbing motives and the disturbing patterns that emerged from his predatory behavior. As the body count rises, and investigators race against time to bring the killer to justice, readers will find themselves immersed in a narrative that probes the darkest corners of the human soul.
Download or read book No Human Involved written by Sheron Linn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Shanna Edward’s weird new neighbor moves in next door, things begin to go haywire, including her discovering her friend’s grisly, bloody head decorating a fireplace mantel. Meeting Dr. Stevens, San Diego’s acting medical examiner and chief forensic pathologist at the crime scene, the two begin piecing together the puzzle of fifty-three murders marked NHI (no human involved) on crime reports. The serial killer stalks prostitutes and runaways, believing he’s purifying the human race of an infestation, a sickly disease of street trash. Before he’s through, at least fifty-three women will be dead. Unlike previous serial killers, he finds creative new ways to murder, mutilate, and dump the bodies, aided and abetted by the indifference of the chauvinistic SDPD. Shanna, an ex-cop, and the ME open a Pandora’s box of intrigue as their investigations lead them to believe that San Diego’s killer is in reality Washington’s Green River Killer or his protégé. So many twists and turns in the investigation will keep a reader holding her breath for the next surprise revelation.
Download or read book Killer on the Road written by Ginger Strand and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet’s largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them—the highway killer. He went by many names: the “Hitcher,” the “Freeway Killer,” the “Killer on the Road,” the “I-5 Strangler,” and the “Beltway Sniper.” Some of these criminals were imagined, but many were real. The nation’s murder rate shot up as its expressways were built. America became more violent and more mobile at the same time. Killer on the Road tells the entwined stories of America’s highways and its highway killers. There’s the hot-rodding juvenile delinquent who led the National Guard on a multistate manhunt; the wannabe highway patrolman who murdered hitchhiking coeds; the record promoter who preyed on “ghetto kids” in a city reshaped by freeways; the nondescript married man who stalked the interstates seeking women with car trouble; and the trucker who delivered death with his cargo. Thudding away behind these grisly crime sprees is the story of the interstates—how they were sold, how they were built, how they reshaped the nation, and how we came to equate them with violence. Through the stories of highway killers, we see how the “killer on the road,” like the train robber, the gangster, and the mobster, entered the cast of American outlaws, and how the freeway—conceived as a road to utopia—came to be feared as a highway to hell.
Download or read book The Evil That Men Do written by Stephen G. Michaud and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-two years in the FBI, sixteen of them as a member of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit. Thousands of homicides, rapes, suicides, and other gruesome crimes. Roy Hazelwood, like many investigators, has seen it all. But unlike most, he's gone further -- into the dark and twisted psyches of serial killers and sadistic sexual offenders -- and has emerged as one of the world's foremost experts on the sexual criminal. Now, acclaimed true-crime writer Stephen G. Michaud takes you into the heart of Hazelwood's work through dozens of startling cases, including those of the Lonely Heart Killer, the "Ken and Barbie" killings, the Atlanta Child Murders, and many more. Here Michaud and Hazelwood go beyond the lurid details, to a deeper understanding of the depraved minds behind the grisly crimes, in a stark, startling, and fascinating work you will not soon forget.
Download or read book Caught in the Act written by Jeannie McDonough and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We walked in on a surreal scene. There are few words, if any, to accurately describe the abject horror... What Jeannie and Kevin McDonough saw was a wanted, multi-state serial killer about to take his next victim-their own daughter. What happened next was a thrilling true-crime story of a fight for justice and the harrowing struggle with the unexpected nightmare of "survivor guilt".
Download or read book Rivers of Blood written by Robert Scott and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Took One Week To Kill Her. . . Restaurant manager Lisa Kimmell had been driving for hours to visit her family in Montana. She never arrived. Eight days later, her body was found floating in the North Platte River. . . .And Fifteen Years To Catch Him. The police knew Lisa had been tortured and raped for a week before she was finally murdered. But they had no suspects, no witnesses, no clues. Just a strange handwritten letter left on her gravestone. . . But The Pain Would Last Forever. . . Lisa's murder was never solved--and her car never found--until new DNA technology led police to Dale Wayne Eaton. Fifteen years had passed since Eaton kidnapped his unlucky victim at a Wyoming rest stop. But now police had forensic evidence, handwriting samples, and most incredibly: Lisa's car buried in the killer's yard. Eaton's capture shed horrifying new light on a series of unsolved disappearances. Were they the work of a serial killer? Dale Wayne Eaton's trial revealed a twisted loner driven by dark appetites--a monster without remorse. With 16 Pages Of Shocking Photos
Download or read book Rest Stop Terror written by Connie Myres and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A serial killer has made his way to the very rest stop that homeless April needs to sleep at.As if living in a car isn't bad enough for April, having a killer after her is a living nightmare. Women have been raped and murdered at rest areas across the state, the only place April knows to sleep at until she gets her feet back on the ground--if she can escape the killer's brutal attack.A dead body, a reporter, and a few suspects add tension to this suspenseful novelette.
Download or read book I The Creation of a Serial Killer written by Jack Olsen and published by St Martins Mass Market. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exactly Where You Need to Be written by Amelia Diane Coombs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Florie's best friend Kacey set to head off to college, they decide to take a road trip to San Francisco, but when Florie's forever crush Sam volunteers to drive them, she will have to deal with her feelings and the romantic signals Sam is starting to send.
