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elegantmechanic 's review for:
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
by Robert K. Ressler
A fascinating read but let down by a couple of things. Ressler's need to regularly stroke his own ego is irritating as noted in other reviews, but the thing that really undermined the book for me was his false statement regarding the identity of the Wearside Jack hoaxer. Ressler (writing in 1992) states the hoaxer was a retired police officer with a grudge against George Oldfield. This is not true. The hoaxer was not identified until 2005 and was neither a former police officer nor someone with a grudge against Oldfield. Given that Ressler presents this speculation as fact means I cannot take any of his other recollections without a large pinch of salt. When he is repeatedly bragging about the accuracy of his profiles, how can I be sure that his recollection is accurate and not just wishful thinking or speculation as in the case of Wearside Jack? There are no citations in any of the cases and precious few direct quotes from other sources so the whole thing ends up being anecdotes which may have been embroidered rather than the factual insider account I was hoping for.