The Night Stalker, Philip Carlo
The Night Stalker, Philip Carlo
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The Night Stalker
The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

Author: Philip Carlo

Narrator: Tom Zingarelli

Unabridged: 18 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/15/2016


Synopsis

Decades after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and paralyzed the city of Los Angeles, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder. Philip Carlo's classic The Night Stalker, based on years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, revealed the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined. From watching his cousin commit murder at age eleven to his nineteen death sentences to the juror who fell in love with him, the story of Ramirez is a bizarre and spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil.

Incredibly, after The Night Stalker was first published, thousands of women from all over the world contacted Carlo, begging to be put in touch with the killer. Carlo interviewed them and here presents their disturbing stories and the dark sexual desires that would drive them towards a brutal murderer. And in an exclusive death row interview, the killer himself gives his thoughts on the "Ramirez Groupies"—and what he thinks they really want.

About Philip Carlo

Philip Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, amidst the world's highest concentration of Mafia members. His intimate knowledge of their walk and their talk helped him become a successful crime writer. His breakthrough, the critically acclaimed The Night Stalker, chronicles the brutal career of serial killer Richard Ramirez. Philip lives in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on July 31, 2022

"I am beyond your experience...I will be avenged...legions of the night, night breed, repeat not the error of the night prowler and show no mercy." pg 395, spoken by The Night Stalker at his sentencing of 19 death sentences issued by the State of California. I was very intrigued by this story from th......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on September 24, 2008

The first half of the book is great, following the 13 murders and couple of near fatal rape-assaults of Richard Ramirez in LA in 1984-1985. Though some might find him a more dynamic or interesting serial killer because of his allegiance to Satan; I find him more boring and more of a coward than most......more

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on December 14, 2021

Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and paralyzed the city of Los Angeles in the 1980s, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder Richard Ramirez is the reason I will never sleep with my windows open or unlocked. The whispers of the Night Stalker invokes terror in people eve......more

Goodreads review by Johann (jobis89) on June 17, 2021

The scariest serial killer of them all for me. And this is truly the definitive account of his crimes! 4.5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on December 17, 2021

An intriguing true crime recounting of a fairly sick individual. Recommend for anyone who enjoys serial killer tales......more