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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by Jack Edward Shay. By Xlibris Corporation. Sells new for $20.99.
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1 comments about Blood In The Wilderness.
  1. Having enjoyed the same author's travel guide to "Arcane America", I read this certain to be entertained by Shay's literary style and voluptuous vocabulary. I wasn't disappointed. His thorough research and documentation of the times in which the Harps were active give so much background that you feel that you understand what it must have been like for their victims as well as those traveling with them. There's even a nice surprise twist at the end, a bit of the murder mystery. While serial killers aren't my first choice for light reading, it's hard not to be somewhat fascinated by the psychology in back of it. Set in the backdrop of early post-Revolution Tennessee and thereabouts, I felt that I understood much better what the rugged lives of my own ancestors in early 19th-century Kentucky and Virginia must have been like.


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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by Moira Martingale. By Running Press. There are some available for $0.79.
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5 comments about Cannibal Killers: The History of Impossible Murders.
  1. This book is a well written, even wryly humorous at times, account of some of history's notorious cannibal killers. It describes all one would want to know about the individuals portrayed, and it ends with some summary information about what is known or theorized about cannibal killers as a species, so to speak. I recommend it to anyone with the stomach to inquire into this disturbing stuff, who is interested in an interesting and very readable overview of the subject.


  2. When I bought this book, I was expecting to be the stories of various cannibal killers throughout history. Indeed the book does cover, in pretty good detail, about 5 or 6 cannibal killers. However, the book also spends several chapters talking about the psychology behind cannibal and serial killers.

    The various stories of the killers were chilling and a must read. The psychological portion of the book is a little "dry" to read, but explains a lot about cannibal and serial killers.



  3. I FOUND THIS BOOK SO HARD TO PUT DOWN ONCE I STARTED READING. IT SCARED ME TOTALLY TO THE POINT THAT I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO SLEEP. IF YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK WHICH I HOPE YOU DO LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT. THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK WAS WELL STUDIED, THE AUTHOR KNEW JUST HOW TO PUT IT ALTOGETHER TO WHERE IT WOULD MAKE YOU KRINDGE AND WANT FOR MORE. I DID, THE AUTHOR GOT INTO THE MINDS OF ALL THESE KILLERS AND LET YOU IN AS WELL. GREAT READING. SO HARD TO PHANTHOM THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENS IN LIFE SAD.


  4. In an Aristotelian context, this book is aesthetic and epistemologically sound. I liked this book because I like to eat human flesh, but isn't that so SoKratiK of me? The ontological argument prepared me, in a way, for this book, and yet, insufficiently, somehow. If you think about this, you will see that I am right.


  5. Ya, that pretty much sums it up, But it was such a great book. I could not put it down, from start to finish i was hooked. I think i freaked out my parents thought but oh well, it was an extrodinary book, written in a way that almost made it seem like a fiction novel, but it was all true, gives me chills just thinking about it.


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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by W. Leslie Holmes. By Heritage House Publishing. The regular list price is $27.95. Sells new for $20.39. There are some available for $0.45.
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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by L. Butcher. By Pinnacle. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Sex, Money, and Murder in Daytona Beach.
  1. Great Book, I can't believe how many low lifes we have running around the country...Kosta and Deidre are disgusting human beings...And stupid on top of that...Lisa had many clues about her husband and chose to turn the cheek...She new he was doing something with counterfit money and she knew he was a gun freak ..why on earth didnt she do something way before he had her shot...When they were warned both lisa and her brother that Kosta was plotting her death Lisa acted to slow, after she was almost killed at joyland why did she go home she had thoughts that Kosta was involved and yet she went home with him ...Sometimes people really baffle me..In any event its a real good book ...A must read


  2. Knowing Kevin(Mark) Ramsey made reading this book very difficult. I thought it was a great book even if I did through it across the room a few times. I like true crime books and this is one of the best I've read.


  3. First, if your buying this book thinking it was published in September of 2000 (as they list it) don't buy it! I emailed the help department at Amazon.com and they told me it was published in September of 2000 and it was not! Amazon.com, update and recheck you publication information before you post it--the date was the only reason I purchased the book, which was terrible if you must know.


  4. book is drawn out and filled with court scenario. No real base.


  5. My original title to this review was The 3 Stooges Plan a Hit. I don't think the site liked my flippant attitude because it was never put on line. However, the villain in this piece has to be one of the most inept plotters I have ever read about. The only reason he stayed out of jail as long as he did was because he was surrounded by people who were incredibly gullible and naturally larcenous and who were only too willing to believe his tall tales or go along with his schemes. The counterfeit scheme alone will leave you amazed.

    Read this one for the black humor it provides if you must read it at all.

    The boardwalk site that was the background for this story is also back in the news. Progress threatens to bulldoze it. Ah, well, another t-shirt place more or less.


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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by Donald Freed and Raymond P. Briggs. By Macmillan General Reference. The regular list price is $24.95. Sells new for $0.15. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Killing Time: The First Full Investigation into the Unsolved Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
  1. This book covers the various theories and timelines, and lets the reader decide what is the best evidence in the most highly publicized murder case of the 1990s. On June 12, 1994 Nicole and Ron were alive at 10pm; their bleeding bodies were found just before midnight. The limo driver picked up OJ Simpson at 11pm and drove to the airport. These facts are not in dispute. The Prosecution claimed the murders occurred after 10pm. The Medical Examiner said the forensic evidence indicated they died after 11pm. Hence the 'not guilty' verdict if you believe the facts rather than the unsupported allegations. The problem with eyewitnesses is they could be mistaken or lying when there is no corroboration for their statements. Keep this in mind to evaluate lone witnesses in general.

    The Prosecution timeline is on pages 22-24. They picked the only time when OJ Simpson could have done it given Ron's earlier presence at work and the limo driver's presence at Rockingham after 10:22pm. Aaronson and Mandel passed the crime scene around 10:30 and saw or heard nothing (p.21). Another couple found Nicole's bleeding body around 11:50pm. This defines the time limits for the murders (p.26). Given the time needed for blood to clot (about 40 minutes) this would place the deaths at 11:40pm to be still bleeding when the police arrived at 12:15pm. OJ Simpson could not have committed the murders. That is why there were no bloody shoes, clothes, or knives ever found. No proof of buying Bruno Magli shoes. The problems with the blood evidence are listed on pages 67-68. The Coroner's Report has facts that dispute the scenario created by the Prosecution. The blood evidence problems are on pages 74-77.

    The engine noise and headlights from a Ford Bronco would not let it arrive unnoticed by the limo driver that Sunday night (p.100). The problems with the prosecution's timeline are on page 102; the importance of the limo driver's testimony is on page 103. The topic of Planted Blood Evidence is on pages 137-139. Unlike other books, the authors mention the 'Los Angeles Times' story of 6-7-1996 where Vannatter picked up blood samples of Nicole and Ron from the coroner's office before evidence was turned over for analysis. This book assumes the murders occurred before 11pm (p.255).

    Pages 177-183 has the scenario for two killers. For those who doubt an official conspiracy, the authors tell of the Black Dahlia Murder (p.222). The secret information that would later appear in Stephen Singular's "Legacy of Deception" is on page 226 (did he have a secret source in the LAPD?). The Media "almost never reported on the actual substance of the evidence at the crime scene"; they "dealt in sensation rather than analyses" (p.236). Was this the result of Establishment Censorship? You can draw your own conclusions. This is the only book that printed the autopsy reports of Nicole and Ron and the information on the wounds.



  2. The only book I read after the OJ trial was Chris Darden's In Contempt. After reading it, I was convinced OJ was the killer, though I'd never doubted it. Then along came this book and for lack of anything to read, I picked it up recently at my library. The front boasts, "The First Full Investigation". This book is nothing but ridiculous junk. Like another reviewer who thought this guy (the author) might have been on the jury, I thought Simpson probably paid him to write it. This entire waste of paper is about--put simply--everything the prosecution did wrong and how inept they all were and everything the defense did right and how brilliant they all were. All I read is how wrong, wrong, wrong the prosecution was. Well here's a newsflash. Neither Marcia Clark or Chris Darden witnessed the murders, therefore they cannot and never will be absolutely certain how everything went down there that night. The only one who knows that is the killer and I still believe, after reading this rubbish, that OJ is that person. This book was geared to steer guilt away from OJ and point it anywhere else but at him.

    There is a line in the book that says, "Picture a killer with a knife in a struggle against 2 strong, fit victims and dangerous guard dog", with the author once again trying to steer OJ out of the crime. 1. The dog knew OJ. 2. It's pretty difficult to put up much of a fight when one, you've been whacked in the head and then two, your throat is slashed so viciously that both jugular veins are severed.

    Then we're told that LAPD logged a 911 call at 10:30 and the caller asked if a double murder had been reported. The author explains, "Did someone--perhaps even OJ--pass by Bundy, see what happened and report it anonymously?" Portraying OJ as an innocent witness. Why couldn't OJ have had someone call because it was possible he was concerned about his children being there alone after he killed his wife and her friend? Is it possible he didn't want the kids to see the carnage he left behind? Why not that point of view? And if OJ had been the one behind the call, what kind of man would witness (if he's innocent like the author believes) a murder at the place his children reside, then go home, hop on a plane and head to Chicago? And aren't 911 calls immediately traceable?

    A big deal was made about the bruises on Ron's knuckles while putting up a fight? Obviously, according to the book, he hit the killer several times. There were also scrapes on his knuckles, according to the autopsy report. So, instead of hitting someone that should be bruised in turn and OJ was not bruised so he can't be guilty--isn't it possible Ron's fists hit the pavement as he fell? The author keeps telling us about the bruised knuckles but fails to tell us there were also abrasions on those knuckles, which I don't believe would get there simply from punching someone. But the author doesn't speculate that the bruises could have occurred when he fell.

    Then there is "Nicole & Ron - Amended Timeline"--So the author now would have us believe that Ron is in Nicole's house preparing to bathe, Nicole is out front talking to someone for almost a half hour when someone hears a woman's scream. The author assumes this is Nicole's scream, so I have to assume that Ron comes out to help her, right? Yes, according to the author. So before he comes back out of the house to assist her, he grabs the keys and the envelope with the glasses and runs to her assistance? Because those two things are photographed by his body. That idea is just nonsense.

    Further into the book, the author says, "Let us for now eliminate Simpson as a suspect". You mean, he actually was a suspect somewhere in this garbage? The last few chapters of the book have Ron being the target, Faye Resnick being the target and OJ being the target. A professional hit? A professional hit done so sloppily? And if Ron were the target, why wasn't he killed at his apartment instead of outside Nicole's house? If OJ was the target, why is the man still alive today? If Resnick was the target, why is she still alive today? All the wasted pages of drugs and sex and mafia and the other mumbo jumbo is all speculation.

    The "two killer timeline" is also a laugh. That Nicole would call Mezzaluna and ask Ron to come over at 9:42 if he is the man she is sleeping with and then "Nicole's date arrives" (another man) at 9:44. At 10:00, she's done with this date (?) and walks him out to the car, then goes back inside at 10:05 and 'in preparation for Goldman's arrival, she slips back into her dress'. WHAT? So now, the ruckus begins at 10:31 and continues until 10:45? An attack that lasts nearly 15 minutes, where supposedly Ron and Nicole are fighting viciously back and all we hear is one thing from Ron and one little scream from Nicole? I don't think so.

    The book is an entire waste of paper. We don't know what exact time these two people were killed, although I'm guessing that it was very close to 10:03 when Nicole's watch stopped. But then, according to the author, OJ can't be the killer because he was making a cellphone call that noone answered at 10:03. Is it possible (???) that Nicole's watch could have been a minute or two off? Now there's an idea. OJ pulls up, makes the call to try to create a flimsy alibi, gets out of his bronco and proceeds to attack her? I'm guessing that Nicole was attacked first and was in the process of being killed by her psycho ex-husband when Ron came upon the attack, yelled, "Hey, hey, hey", tried to intervene and then he was killed? I don't believe one killer attacked both of them at once. Why didn't the author address the photograph that was produced after the trial of OJ wearing Bruno Magli shoes? The author portrays OJ as being the one who is stalked by Nicole. Give me a break. He admitted looking in her windows.

    I realize my review is somewhat confusing, but so was this entire book. It threw a hundred different scenarios out at you and I think they were meant to confuse. None of them made any sense and I think Simpson is just as guilty today even after reading this junk.


  3. The LA DA and press ignored much of the facts, well presented, in this book. It's a must read, if you want to discontinue being a programmed media drone.


  4. This book was written after the media circus came to a close. The authors do a great job of starting with a timeline based on eyewitness and earwitness accounts. I believe that they did get a close "fix" on the time of death.

    This book sheds a lot of light on the investigation and prosecution of the crime. It's hard to fathom why a forensics team wasn't called to the crime scene a lot sooner! The impression one gets from the book is that the prosecution had their killer in O.J. Simpson and any evidence or witness that didn't fit this theory were discounted. The two things that helped immensely in Simpson's aquittal were the gloves that didn't fit and the timeline. "The Source" in law enforcement is quoted throughout the book. This source gives some insight into the police and prosecutors' mistakes,shortcomings and strategy.

    The theory that Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman were confronted rather than ambushed makes a lot of sense in light of the physical evidence.
    Another aspect of the murders was the use of two knives likely by two killers. It also makes sense that the victims were moved around at knife-point.

    The "Leads to Pursue" section was very good. Among the interesting points-
    A 14 year old boy who claims that he saw three Caucasion men in the alley near Nicole's house at 10:30 PM. This was very close to the time of the murders.
    A waiter friend of Ron Goldman's from Mezzaluna was mudered shortly before he was.
    Nicole may have believed that she was pregnant.

    The lifestyle of the victims may have had a connection to the killings.
    Could the murders have been related to narcotics? Faye Resnick? Or motivated by jealousy?

    After reading this book I am convinced that the case could have been investigated better. There are a multitude of scenarios that should have been investigated. I recommend the book as an unbiased investigation into the murders. The authors don't arrive at a verdict,that's left to the reader to determine after assessing the facts in the book.


  5. I watched the whole trial on television.....E Entertainment with the lovely Kathleen Sullivan. For some time now, I have made it my motto..."Do NOT believe everything you are told!" I investgate things on my own. I do not trust the media! It is controlled by the Elite!
    When Johnny Cochran asked what the tiny blue "thing" was by the glove and was not allowed an answer or not allowed to tell....I prayed for a book that would answer this question for me because then and there I felt something was WRONG!! My prayers were answered with "Killing Time" by Freed and Briggs and unlike most of white Americans, my husband and I believed O. J. to be innocent of this crime right from the start by watching this trial and thinking for ourselves!! This book is wonderful!!! Thank you so much, Freed and Briggs!!
    Since this book, I have gone on to look for further information on this case and have found it! Anyone CAN!! Do it!
    From what I continue to find out.....O.J. was a mind-controlled- slave and was used in a frame-up in this horrid murder... to set up racial wars between white and black and this nearly was the case. The Rodney King case didn't do it for them. I understand they actually FILMED the murders and this tape is out there somewhere.
    O.J.'s mother worked for years in a mental hospital where babies were taken and mind-controlled and used for sport's heros as well as loosed onto the public like Charlie Manson was to frighten people!
    A lot of people are mind-controlled to intertain us as singers and movie stars and even used as sex slaves for the rich Elites! Check it out! We need to wipe out the CIA, Mafia, and the drug trade in America as well as the secret societies who control us. Always question everything and do your own research! I have done this ever since 9/11 and now the puzzle pieces all fit together and better times are ahead for all of us........especially for O.J. and people like him who have been tortured enough!!!


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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by Sandra Harrison Young and Edna Rowland. By Llewellyn Publications. The regular list price is $12.95. Sells new for $6.19. There are some available for $1.49.
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1 comments about Destined for Murder: Profiles of Six Serial Killers with Astrological Commentary.
  1. I found this book to be particularly enlightening...since I'm an astrologer and have a directed interest in the goings on in the minds of murderers,serial killers,etc. The cases of Ted Bundy,Richard Speck and especially Diane Downs gave me a new insight into their thoughts and motivations...this book was even better than I thought it would be an I use it constantly as a reference piece!!


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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by Bob. Ph.D. Brier. By G.P. Putnam's Sons. There are some available for $20.00.
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Posted in Murder (Friday, September 5, 2008)

Written by Jan Bondeson. By Cornell University Press. The regular list price is $32.50. Sells new for $29.95. There are some available for $24.00.
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2 comments about Blood On The Snow: The Killing Of Olof Palme.
  1. *** & 1/2 stars

    On February 28, 1986, Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden was gunned down in the streets of Stockholm while walking home, without any security details, from the movies. According to virtually all accounts Palme and his wife, Lisbet, were accosted by a gunman outside a paint store adjacent to an alley. Shortly thereafter shots were fired, Palme lay mortally wounded on the street and the gunman escaped down an alley and then up 89 steps leading to a road on a hill above the alley.

    When I heard the news here in the United States I was surprised, to say the least. As a product of the `60s I think I incorrectly associated assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy) and attempted assassinations (Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan) of political leaders as something that was unique to the United States. My surprise was nothing compared to the horror and shock of the people of Sweden. The murder has never been solved. Failed prosecutions haunted the Swedish police and exasperated the people of Sweden. Conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists have grown and flourished and continue to thrive almost twenty years after the assassination. Jan Bondeson's interesting and entertaining "Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme" provides a comprehensive examination of the murder and its aftermath.

    Bondeson begins the book with a brief overview of the life and political career of Olof Palme. Palme, although born to a wealthy upper-class family, became active in what may best be described as middle of the road socialists ruling party: the Social Democratic Party. He quickly rose through the ranks until achieving the leadership of the Social Democrats, who had dominated Swedish politics for at least two decades, and acceding to the position of Prime Minister in 1969. He served as Prime Minister until 1976 when he was voted out of power. The Social Democrats returned to power in 1982 and Palme returned as Prime Minister until his death. Palme was a very well known player on the world stage. His political views, both foreign and domestic, were somewhat controversial and those views left him with no shortage of enemies. As Bondeson points out he was particularly loathed by Sweden's upper class conservatives who view him as a traitor to his class. This loathing seems reminiscent of the hatred many old-money conservatives had for Franklin Roosevelt during the depression.

    Bondeson describes the shooting and the varying versions of it, in great detail. He pays particular attention to what may best be described as a horribly slow and response to the shooting and the spectacularly incompetent investigation by Sweden's police force. Bondeson is not alone in his view that the incompetence and lack of leadership from politically appointed police commanders is primarily responsible for the fact that the matters remain unsolved today.

    Bondeson describes the initial focus on Kurdish terrorists and the shift to a focus on an alcoholic career criminal with violent tendencies. A botched trial resulted in the reversal of this criminal's conviction of the crime. Bondeson then goes on to describe, and deconstruct, the various conspiracy theories that have grown around the case. Palme conspiracy groups, popularly known as Palme Detectives, rivaled those of the JFK conspiracy groups.

    Bondeson conclude the book by setting out his own theory of the case. He acknowledges that this might cast him as yet another Palme Detective but his theory is well thought out and seems supported by the evidence. Since this story plays out like a mystery novel I won't divulge Bondeson's theory here.

    As noted above, I found Bondeson's account both interesting and informative. I would have given this book 4-stars but for some glaring inadequacies in the editing of this book. As I made my way through the book I came across what I consider a sizable number of errors of grammar and syntax. Certain sentences seemed tortuously constructed and a couple made little or no sense. It gave me the impression that the manuscript was not subject to a through review by the editors and that the publisher (Cornell University Press) seemed content to publish a draft. This is not the fault of the author. Even the most accomplished author needs someone to review and edit his/her work with a cold eye for glitches of this sort. I think Mr. Bondeson's work deserved better treatment.

    This minor complaint (which is why I think of this as a 3 and 1/2 star rather than 4 star book) does not detract from the fact that Blood on the Snow is a comprehensive examination of a landmark socio-political event in Swedish and European history that has not received extensive coverage here in the United States. I enjoyed reading Blood on the Snow and recommend it to anyone interested in an entertaining and thought provoking piece of popular history that has not received the attention here that it deserves.


  2. In a coincidence in a case that favors coincidences, I was just finishing this terrific book about this murder case when the news broke of the discovery of the weapon. In November 2006, the news is that the .357 Magnum has been found. Will there be a new chapter in this case?

    Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme by Jan Bondeson is the first book in English to fully explore the case, the amazing details of the botched police response, and the "weird theories and urban legends" that have sprung from his death. It was written for American audience and compares the murder to the Kennedy assassination -- which, coincidentally, was today -- and calls the one man tried for the murder but later released for lack of evidence a "Swedish Lee Harvey Oswald."

    From the book:

    "Once or twice a year, the Swedish public is reminded of the existence of [a special] task force when the newspapers pick up rumors about the whereabouts of the murder weapon, or when some journalist decides to rehash the old police conspiracy... The murder of Olof Palme is fast acquiring the status of a historical mystery.... Before long, its status will be similar to that of the hunt for the elusive Jack the Ripper, and various people will propose novel suggestions as to who killed the prime minister, safe in the knowledge that the mystery will never be solved."

    Perhaps not, to judge by today's news!

    The Swedish media comes off poorly in this book; the news reached America, the UK and Japan before it reached the state tv or radio stations in Sweden. "Like a nation of cuckolded husbands," the author says, "the Swedes were the last to know." The police work was laughable; they literally kept their dogs leashed.

    The story of one early suspect, Viktor Gunnersson, is a soap opera plot. An odd young man who hung around cafes spewing venom about the prime minister while pretending to be an American playboy ended up arrested, released, and hounded by the public right out of the country. He eventually moved to North Carolina and was murdered himself, the apparent victim of a fatal love triangle.

    This book summarizes all the many theories, speculates as to some likely answers, and it is also an important lesson on the extreme fallibility of eyewitness accounts, especially in high-profile cases. The author reviews the statements of 36 people who saw at least part of the murder. Many completely disagreed on the killer's physical description. The author proves that initial witness statements grew "more reliable" under press influence. I cannot help but agree when he concludes, "witnesses are easily influenced, particularly in an extraordinary case like this, and they have a subconscious wish to help the police solve the case. Many sad examples of this tendency can be found...."

    This book is a fascinating exploration of Sweden's most infamous murder, a brutal assassination that left blood not only on the snow but squishing in the boots of Palme's widow. The fresh news of the murder weapon may bring new answers and a final chapter to this enduring mystery.


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Written by Ivor Edwards. By John Blake. The regular list price is $12.00. Sells new for $6.78. There are some available for $7.67.
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5 comments about Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals.
  1. The theory about occult ritual is much better then the masonic ritual theory.I will recommend this book for those who seek occult rituals.The book shows us step by step how the murders ware planned by using a map.And it all will finally come up with a occult symbol where all the victims had been killed in.The suspect in this book is Robert Donston,one who study black magic.If you want to know moore about Donston i recommend The True Face Of Jack The Ripper by Melvin Harris.


  2. As I read the other two reviews of the book, I can't help but add that although Melvin Harris also came upon this character ( with the invaluable aid of Andy Aliffe...), Harris was NOT the one to display the MOTIVE for these murders with the Vesica Pisces diagram (much like the Zodiac Killer with his (57 degree) radian diagram like the author,Ivor Edwards has. Edwards did an enormous amount of legwork on this great book...real legwork,actually getting out there and well....I don't want to ruin it for you ! I highly recommend this book by a world class criminologist, Ivor Edwards


  3. It should be noted that Bernard O'Donnell was the original researcher into D'onston Stephenson,NOT Melvin Harris. Mr.Harris often gets the credit for O'Donnell's work........


  4. This Ripper subject is a very unstable, divided, undecided subject,that of recent has become the ridicule of many a serious arguement.But what is cool about this whole thing is the Hitchcock Fans,and the Sherlock Fans get left behind.And may i say there are many books out there that will cater for those who have no real interest in who the Killer of Whitechapel in 1888 really was.But Ivor in his book shows that he clearly is a man on the right track,and i`m not sure that its anything to do with imagination. It`s about the evidence that is there. (You reading the right book mate?)

    Mr Edwards clearly states his reasons for having Donston as a serious suspect and these reasons past the tests of what is known of the Ripper.
    Unfortunately for the sheep and the diaryists the Ripper story was not solved years ago in between the script pages of a Hitchcock or any other directors movie. Or in the pages of a Sherlock Holmes story. this was an actual event that left serious researchers like Mr Edwards with the spirit to find the answers to this whole puzzle.

    And you know what ? I think Ivor Edwards has done a fantastic job. The book is written well. The illustrations are great and anyone who passes this book by, MUST be related to P Cornwell.

    Roslyn Donston is a very likely suspect in the Ripper story, and if you want an accurate detailed log on the documents and findings from that period i suggest you put your hands in your pockets for those nuggets and get this excellent publication.

    "A keen Ripperologist`s must have book" Tee.
    A keen Ripperologist. London



  5. I would rate this book up there with "the greats" on the Ripperology reference shelf. Mr. Edwards did an excellent job of organizing his thoughts along with the case facts, making this a very easy and pleasant read. It definitely changed my perspective on how I view certain pieces of evidence in the Ripper murders, (which I won't mention so as to not spoil this book). This is a must read for any person with a greater than normal interest in the case. While I personally don't agree with all of Mr. Edwards theories regarding the "rituals", I do feel that a strong case has been built to show that D'Onston was most likely the infamous Jack the Ripper.


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Written by Joseph A. Varon. By Lifetime Books. There are some available for $0.47.
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  1. One of the best books Ive ever read. It is a must have.


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Blood In The Wilderness
Cannibal Killers: The History of Impossible Murders
Where Shadows Linger: The Untold Story of the Olson Murder Investigation
Sex, Money, and Murder in Daytona Beach
Killing Time: The First Full Investigation into the Unsolved Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
Destined for Murder: Profiles of Six Serial Killers with Astrological Commentary
The Murder of Tutankhamen A True Story
Blood On The Snow: The Killing Of Olof Palme
Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals
A Matter of Judgment: The Shocking "Catch Me Killer" Case

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