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Evil Has A Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
Paul Holes, Peter McDonnell, Jim Clemente
4.44 AVERAGE
275 reviews for:
Evil Has A Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
Paul Holes, Peter McDonnell, Jim Clemente
4.44 AVERAGE
Easily one of the best audiobooks (audio productions?) I've listened to, and acts as an essential follow-to the late great Michelle McNamara's book I'll Be Gone in the Dark. Hearing the voices of survivors, investigators, and Paul Holes himself illuminates the case like nothing else. Highly, highly recommend!
While there's not a lot of new information (especially if you've been following GSK/EAR/ONS for a bit), this was a very concise presentation of some of the crimes, as well as more in-depth information on how the investigation evolved over the decades.
There are times where listening at night isn’t suggested, there is a high creepiness factor. The progress of the case was fascinating.
I enjoyed listening to this audiobook. It was a fascinating story of how dna (genealogical dna) lead to the arrest of the Golden State Killer.
It was a well laid out audiobook with several people commenting and narrating who were actually involved in this journey. I recommend for anyone who loves true crime.
It was a well laid out audiobook with several people commenting and narrating who were actually involved in this journey. I recommend for anyone who loves true crime.
5 stars for the sheer amount of dedication and effort that was put in to catching the GSK.
Starting in 1974 the Visalia Ransacker burglarized over a hundred homes and killed at least one person.
Between 1976 and 1979 the East Area Rapist broke into the homes of and raped at least 50 women and girls.
From 1979 to 1986 the Original Night Stalker commited 12 cases of homicide or attempted homicide. Usually breaking into the homes of couples and raping the women before he then either shot the couple or bludgeoned them to death.
All three crime sprees remained unsolved.
At some point in the mid-90's forensic criminologist Paul Holes found the case files of the East Area Rapist somewhere in a drawer and started to investigate on his own account.
In 2001 the crimes of the Original Night Stalker and the East Area Rapist could be linked to each other by DNA evidence. Both cases would ultimately be linked to the Visalia Ransacker by other investigative methods.
In 2013 true crime author Michelle McNamara coined the moniker The Golden State Killer for the person who had commited all of the crimes listed above.
On April 24, 2018, more than 20 years after Paul Holes started his investigation, 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested and later charged with 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping.
Finally, evil had a name.
I read Michelle McNamara’s book [b: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark|35068432|I'll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer|Michelle McNamara|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499131009l/35068432._SY75_.jpg|56363890] in 2018, and this here is a nice companion piece to that book, but also happens to be great all on its own.
This audio book is split up in 14 episodes devoted to a handul of cases and crucial parts in Paul Holes‘ investigation. One chapter features Holes talking about Michelle McNamara and how she kept him going, when after years of wrong leads and continued disappointment he almost was about to give up. Retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente is functioning as the host and provides details that go beyond the cases that were selected for the respective episodes. In the early chapters the victims are telling the story of their respective cases themselves. Later on the book focuses on Holes‘ investigation (also told by himself), which took up more than two decades of his life. And lastly we hear about DeAngelo’s arrest and also from some of the people that knew him as a colleague or neighbor or maybe even a friend. About these last two points Michelle McNamara unfortunately couldn‘t write in her book, as she had died two years before DeAngelo was arrested.
This is a harrowing story with obvious trigger warnings for violence and sexual assault. The victims talking about how they had been raped by DeAngelo and also the aftermaths of those rapes, those were not easy chapters to listen to.
But ultimately it is a very satisfying story too, as thanks to advancements in DNA profiling and genealogy, but most of all because of some very determined people that kept working on the case, even though they were not officially assigned to it and in spite of all the setbacks they encountered along the way, the mystery of the Golden State Killer’s identity could finally be solved. At long last evil has a name.
Between 1976 and 1979 the East Area Rapist broke into the homes of and raped at least 50 women and girls.
From 1979 to 1986 the Original Night Stalker commited 12 cases of homicide or attempted homicide. Usually breaking into the homes of couples and raping the women before he then either shot the couple or bludgeoned them to death.
All three crime sprees remained unsolved.
At some point in the mid-90's forensic criminologist Paul Holes found the case files of the East Area Rapist somewhere in a drawer and started to investigate on his own account.
In 2001 the crimes of the Original Night Stalker and the East Area Rapist could be linked to each other by DNA evidence. Both cases would ultimately be linked to the Visalia Ransacker by other investigative methods.
In 2013 true crime author Michelle McNamara coined the moniker The Golden State Killer for the person who had commited all of the crimes listed above.
On April 24, 2018, more than 20 years after Paul Holes started his investigation, 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested and later charged with 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping.
Finally, evil had a name.
I read Michelle McNamara’s book [b: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark|35068432|I'll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer|Michelle McNamara|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499131009l/35068432._SY75_.jpg|56363890] in 2018, and this here is a nice companion piece to that book, but also happens to be great all on its own.
This audio book is split up in 14 episodes devoted to a handul of cases and crucial parts in Paul Holes‘ investigation. One chapter features Holes talking about Michelle McNamara and how she kept him going, when after years of wrong leads and continued disappointment he almost was about to give up. Retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente is functioning as the host and provides details that go beyond the cases that were selected for the respective episodes. In the early chapters the victims are telling the story of their respective cases themselves. Later on the book focuses on Holes‘ investigation (also told by himself), which took up more than two decades of his life. And lastly we hear about DeAngelo’s arrest and also from some of the people that knew him as a colleague or neighbor or maybe even a friend. About these last two points Michelle McNamara unfortunately couldn‘t write in her book, as she had died two years before DeAngelo was arrested.
This is a harrowing story with obvious trigger warnings for violence and sexual assault. The victims talking about how they had been raped by DeAngelo and also the aftermaths of those rapes, those were not easy chapters to listen to.
But ultimately it is a very satisfying story too, as thanks to advancements in DNA profiling and genealogy, but most of all because of some very determined people that kept working on the case, even though they were not officially assigned to it and in spite of all the setbacks they encountered along the way, the mystery of the Golden State Killer’s identity could finally be solved. At long last evil has a name.
A fantastic piece of true crime journalism that takes full advantage of access to everyone involved from victims to investigators. Parts are bone chilling nightmare fuel. Other parts are absolutely heartbreaking. And, as it ends with the killer's capture, is ultimately triumphant.
This is such a fascinating case. It was amazing to learn about the forensic genealogy they used to solve this case. It was far different than this case just being solved with dna.
This was an excellent audiobook. Highly recommend !!