Violent. Provocative. Shocking. Call them what you will…but don’t call them open and shut. Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence? Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?
America’s foremost expert on criminal profiling and twenty-five-year FBI veteran John Douglas, along with author and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, explores those tantalizing questions and more in this mesmerizing work of detection. With uniquely gripping analysis, the authors reexamine and reinterpret the accepted facts, evidence, and victimology of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime, including the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the Zodiac Killer, and the Whitechapel murders. Utilizing techniques developed by Douglas himself, they give detailed profiles and reveal chief suspects in pursuit of what really happened in each case.
The Cases That Haunt Us not only offers convincing and controversial conclusions, it deconstructs the evidence and widely held beliefs surrounding each case and rebuilds them — with fascinating, surprising, and haunting results.
Thoughts: While I’ve been a fan of thrillers for years, thank you J.D. Robb and Matthew Reilly I’ve never gotten into true crime before now. Which surprises me because I will watch any and all true crime shows on t.v.
This is the first book I’ve read/listened to by these authors it won’t be my last. I’ve always been fascinated by the Jack the Ripper and Lindbergh kidnapping and Zodiac Killer crimes I’ve never delved into them the way that the authors do here.
From the first case to the last I was completely hooked. As soon as I was finished I wanted to dive right back into these cases and learn even more. Hearing about these crimes from the guy who helped to develop the techniques that the FBI uses now to solve these crimes gives you a unique insight into them.
If you’re a fan of true crime or thrillers than this is a must listen. I know I will be looking for more by these two authors.
Grade: B+/A
