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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
274 reviews for:
Evil Has A Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
Paul Holes, Peter McDonnell, Jim Clemente
4.44 AVERAGE
Really fascinating. The part when Paul Holes is talking about Michelle McNamara and he finds out she died made me legitimately tear up.
Rating 4.5 stars.
This was a really well done, podcast-styled audiobook. It included interviews from investigators, victims and family members. Since this perpetrator was caught recently (2018) even though some of his crimes were from 40 years ago, there has been a lot about him in various forms. However, this podcast also included a more emotional side from the people involved, which made connecting to the material more meaningful.
This was a really well done, podcast-styled audiobook. It included interviews from investigators, victims and family members. Since this perpetrator was caught recently (2018) even though some of his crimes were from 40 years ago, there has been a lot about him in various forms. However, this podcast also included a more emotional side from the people involved, which made connecting to the material more meaningful.
This was a good follow up to Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Night, finishing off with the capturing of the Golden State Killer. It has more of a podcast feel than a narrative non fiction, but I enjoyed hearing about the investigation from the POV of Paul Holes and how genealogy factored into finally catching the guy after 30 years. Worth a listen.
This was good, and it was engaging, but it was not great. I didn’t really feel like it gave me too much new information and I felt like too much time was spent talking about previous suspects. It was good that they interviewed so many different people though.
As it is only available as an audiobook, I have to say that some mistakes were made in the sound editing. Most of the the quiet, tonal music or the sound effects were just fine, but at a couple points there was a beeping that was either just loud or quiet enough (just didn’t match the rest of the music) that it sent me looking through my house looking for an electronic or appliance that might be beeping in the background.
As it is only available as an audiobook, I have to say that some mistakes were made in the sound editing. Most of the the quiet, tonal music or the sound effects were just fine, but at a couple points there was a beeping that was either just loud or quiet enough (just didn’t match the rest of the music) that it sent me looking through my house looking for an electronic or appliance that might be beeping in the background.
5 stars for the sheer amount of dedication and effort that was put in to catching the GSK.
A very riveting audio book that covers the investigation and eventual arrest of the so-called Golden State Killer. I listened to it all in one day walking around Paris because it was so fascinating. Be warned though, it does contain some slightly graphic descriptions of sexual assault and murder.
The amazing thing about this case is the obsession that one detective—Paul Holes—had with the case (after he discovered old case files on it) that lasts for 24 years! They end up catching the guy right after the detective retires. The story of how many blind alleys he went down, and then eventually catching him through investigative genealogy, is very interesting. I believe this is the first case ever solved through investigative genealogy, but it has consequently been used in other cases.
Good book.
The amazing thing about this case is the obsession that one detective—Paul Holes—had with the case (after he discovered old case files on it) that lasts for 24 years! They end up catching the guy right after the detective retires. The story of how many blind alleys he went down, and then eventually catching him through investigative genealogy, is very interesting. I believe this is the first case ever solved through investigative genealogy, but it has consequently been used in other cases.
Good book.
Closing the story of [b:I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer|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] (Feb. 2018)
Review of the Audible Studios audiobook (Nov. 2018)
Michelle McNamara's posthumous I'll Be Gone In the Dark was released only 2 months before the arrest of the Golden State Killer whom she had been obsessively researching and investigating for several years. Her mutual respect with detective Paul Holes was evident in that book. In Evil Has a Name, Holes closes off the story with the ancestral DNA and genealogy analysis that finally helped to identify the serial assaulter & murderer after 30-40 years. The final chapters are the main new elements here, as the earlier parts repeat the history of the crimes.
Review of the Audible Studios audiobook (Nov. 2018)
Michelle McNamara's posthumous I'll Be Gone In the Dark was released only 2 months before the arrest of the Golden State Killer whom she had been obsessively researching and investigating for several years. Her mutual respect with detective Paul Holes was evident in that book. In Evil Has a Name, Holes closes off the story with the ancestral DNA and genealogy analysis that finally helped to identify the serial assaulter & murderer after 30-40 years. The final chapters are the main new elements here, as the earlier parts repeat the history of the crimes.
A fantastic read. This is an in-depth interview series revolving around EAR/ONS/GSK after his discovery & arrest last year (2018), and the 50-year-investigations of his brutal crime, rape, and murder sprees. No detail was left out, even those that reflect the shortcomings of the fantastic investigators or the criminal justice system.
This book is one of the most robust and intricate true crime/serial killer programs I've ever heard from any medium. The emotional details and memories were overwhelming at times, but never contrived or dramatized. I was brought to tears or close over and over again.
Definitely recommend.
This book is one of the most robust and intricate true crime/serial killer programs I've ever heard from any medium. The emotional details and memories were overwhelming at times, but never contrived or dramatized. I was brought to tears or close over and over again.
Definitely recommend.
This was an interesting but horrifying story of the crimes committed by Joseph DeAngelo as the Golden State Killer, told by those who hunted him and those he hurt. I am probably not the only person that finds serial killers fascinating - I can’t understand the way their mind works and the behavioral study of such people is interesting and terrifying. It’s crazy he was able to rape and pillage and murder for so long, in so many areas with so many victims. My heart broke for the victims, their loved ones and soared for Paul Holes in finally nailing this guy. The story of all the wrong suspects was interesting too, police investigative work is also fascinating to me. I finished this in my spare time only over two days, it really drew me in.
(audiobook)
The story of how the Golden State Killer was finally caught as told by Paul Holes, some of the other investigators, and a few extremely brave survivors and victims’ family members.
The GSK story is so horrible and fucked up and compelling, and hearing how these decades-old crimes were solved from the actual people who tracked this nameless, faceless, monster for years and finally caught him - amazing.
The story of how the Golden State Killer was finally caught as told by Paul Holes, some of the other investigators, and a few extremely brave survivors and victims’ family members.
The GSK story is so horrible and fucked up and compelling, and hearing how these decades-old crimes were solved from the actual people who tracked this nameless, faceless, monster for years and finally caught him - amazing.