A review by xxstefaniereadsxx
The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

 This book is on The Last Podcast On The Left suggested reading list. Richard Ramirez was given several names by the media while he was active in California. The name that stuck was The Night Stalker. It is a creepy name for a creepy guy. Philip Carlo put in several years of research and interviews to present this book in a factual manner, and I believe he did a good job of it. We get to know more about Richard the man, instead of the evil entity that struck fear in the heart of Californian's everywhere in that time period. Richard was witness to several violent events, his upbringing was poor, his adult life was poor. The parts of the book that led up to the trial were extremely interesting- his life, the murders, the police work. The parts of the book that covered the trial were fairly tedious, but the actual trial was also probably that way for those who participated in it. You can only sit and listen to lawyers argue back and forth so long before you want to run screaming, I'd imagine. It is also interesting to me that so many women were fawning over this man, who they know was a cold blooded killer. I'd like to know what goes on in their minds just as much as the murderer.