A review by nicholslaw
The Night Stalker: The Disturbing Life and Chilling Crimes of Richard Ramirez by Philip Carlo

3.0

Like a lot of women my age, I am a big fan of true crime. My Favorite Murder? Diane Downs. But I never got into Night Stalker and I’m not sure why. I picked this up because of the Netflix doc and for the most part, I wish I had just left it at the documentary. I was glad to read more into how truly awful and incompetent Ramirez’s counsel was, but I’m not glad it made me think he deserved a retrial because he was truly vile. The trial section of the book was sooooooo long. I’d like to add a half start for the succinct editors note at the end that Ramirez died (its like 2 sentences long). Also, all the groupies? Not to yuck anyone else’s yum, but he’s super yuck ladies. Get it together.