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Mhz, I do like books about true life crime especially books about serial killers and social paths like Ted Bundy Charles Manson to name a few.

Jeffrey Dahmer is a good one all those men he was able to manipulate noone even suspected he was killing theses guys. He was a real twisted freak.One man even got away and he was able to convince the cops that he was his boyfriend and he brought him back to his apartment and finished killing him.Thats true crime

Unbeknownst to me, John Gacy signed my high school yearbook with his initials in 1979. ;)

Saint Jiub, ewwwwwwww……………...I'm one of those people who doesn't like clowns.

Wait a minute. You were kidding. The date is too late.

I still don't like clowns. ;)

Back to MHZ's original question, anyone up for the Hince book?

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Saint Jiub, ewwwwwwww……………...I'm one of those people who doesn't like clowns.

Wait a minute. You were kidding. The date is too late.

I still don't like clowns. ;)

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It seems that Gacy was arrested in June 1978 ...

Well ... someone initialed J.G. in my 1979 yearbook with the comment "Who's vandalizing the lockers?"

The front and back inside covers of the yearbook conveniently had sketches of a row of lockers.

Like me, my friend who initialed it had a warped sense of humor.

I belong to a book club that meets once a month at our local public library. We always read a short selection from an anthology; usually classic fiction and non-fiction works...the kind of books I would not pick up on my own, but am happy to have an introduction to. Each story has questions that accompany it and we discuss those questions as a group. When I say "group" I should probably clarify...this "Great Books" club had about 20 participants in its heyday, but we have now dwindled down to a "group" of just 3. We are the stalwarts! This is my 20th year in the club.

Katydyd...One book a week. That is impressive! I don't read as much now as I did when I was a child. I just don't seem to have the time anymore...or I should probably say, I don't MAKE the time anymore. Mostly I have been a non-fiction reader. I particularly love American History. For a long time I was heavily into reading about the Civil War. (and visiting Civil War sites)

MyHumanZoo...Will try to follow along if everyone reads Peter Hince's book. I read it when it first came out and thought it was fairly well done. I do have a couple other books that are in-progress at the moment.

It's interesting how diverse everyone's reading interests are. I have read very few true crime stories, but the ones I read I quite enjoyed. Joe McGinniss' "Fatal Vision" comes to mind. The most recent book I read was "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkai. Thanks Thereuhaveit for the recommendation. I just finished it this past weekend.

I'm curious everyone...did you have a favorite author as a child? I was completely engrossed in the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories and have reread them many times. I still consider her my favorite author. Nancy Drew was also a favorite. Oldies but goodies!

Saint juib, Wow Gacy signed your year book .Didnt he kill men as well like Dahmer?

Rainbow, No I dont care for the Laura ingalls wilder books I got some of them handed down from my grandmother.I do like the true crime books no mystery or make believe kinda reading.I dont know who wrote it but I love the book helter skelter the book was about the killing of the actress Sharon Tate. Charles Manson fascinates me how the man was able to get some ordinary people to do those gruesome crimes for him and came out with clean hands.Mind control and alot of drugs I guess.Great movie as well.I believe the prosecuting attorney wrote the book.

Manson front from what I know from some family members of mine loved the beatles.Some of my aunts chapter were the Hells Angel's and hung out with them for awhile.My aunts bf said he sure could sing and play the quitar.

I’m going to dive back into the Hince book, I recall liking it...save for his bragging about all the girls he was with! I will try and ignore that part. As for true crime, the only specific author I like is Vincent Bugliosi...who was the author of Helter Skelter and several other books on crimes and legal cases. Usually I like to read the books of those close to a particular case, and I like to read several different books to get differing views, and then kind of decide reality from that. The one I was recently into was Chris Watts, a young guy from Colorado who supposedly had the perfect life, a pregnant wife and 2 young daughters, but then had an affair and killed his family. What was really interesting was discovering a psychologist on YouTube that went through his entire police interview and confession and analyzed all his statements and how they are classical covert narcissistic. I have never been much into psychology so it fascinated me how accurate it was. And I discovered there are many narcissists around....especially on this site! Lol! (None I’ve seen in this thread...thankfully!). I don’t read many fiction crime books because I find them kind of formulaic a lot of the time, but I do mix them in now and then.

When I was a kid I read like crazy, but mostly books on horses. My favorite was the William Farley series on The Black Stallion, I read those many times.

Funny Chevyman...I didn’t see your comment on Helter Skelter until after I posted! I also read Vincent’s books on OJ Simpson and JFK. I think I read others but can’t remember them all now. He had a brilliant legal mind...he is one I would have loved to sit and talk with!

MHZ, I'll start the Hince book again once I finish my current book. Hopefully some others will join in.

I've read Bugliosi too, including all three books you mentioned. And as a kid I read all the time. No favorite authors but I always had a book going.

MHZ, Yes he put that monster away he also gave Linda Kasabian a hell of a deal for her testimony.He has since passed away but I think he attended all their parole hearings.Manson died in prison in his 80s .One of the girls Susan Atkins had brain cancer and they wouldnt release her to die.They are all are well in their late 60s early 70s by now just 21 and under when the crimes took place.It shocked the world right.It was before my time but I had family members that were affiliated with the family.They ran drugs and guns for my family's people.I have heard some tales dont know if they are true my aunt is in her 70s too.She told me they even gave their children drugs.Thats insane.So many children were in protective custody when they raided that ranch.My family broke ties way before all that they were too crazy for even them.

I believe Manson just died a couple of years ago, it wasn’t in the 80s. But it is crazy what they all were doing. I can’t believe your family knew them Chevyman, kind of scary to think what they could have seen if they hadn’t distanced themselves! I often wonder if Bugliosi could have gotten that conviction now, the legal system is so different and seems to be less able to put away criminals than it used to be. But Bugliosi was so clever, I suppose he just would have adjusted his arguments accordingly.

And FYI for those reading, the Peter Hince book is called “Queen Unseen”, Hince was Freddie’s roadie (and John’s as well) and so has the view of the band from behind the stage.