The Night Stalker

Media:	Mass Market Paperback
Author:	Phillip Carlo
Publisher:	Pinnacle Books
Release date:	01 April, 2000
Our price:	$6.50

The Night Stalker

Average rating: Stars

GRIPPING

It took me weeks to finish this book. Not because it was bad, but because it was so good. The horror this maniac committed scared me so much, that I had to put the book down a few times. If you like a good story and like to be scared, this book is for you. Knowing its a true story as I was reading made it even more horrifying. My heart goes out to all of his victims. I definitely recommend this book.

The Night Stalker - Phillip Carlo

Powerful, well-written and compelling

The story of Richard Ramirez and the terror he spread through Los Angeles in the 1980s has held readers spellbound for decades.

Serial killers make fascinating reading. We want to understand them, perhaps in an effort to protect ourselves "next time". Given that, the Satanic aspect of Richard's story is also quite compelling. No connetion is made to other crimes of a "Satanic" nature in the same area at the same time, except perhaps at crimelibrary.com, where Katherine Ramsland, PhD suggests that Ramirez was influenced by the "Satanic Panic" at the time without necessarily being connected to the many crimes she then proceeds to list of a Satanic nature in that area at that time, yet stating that survivors of Satanic ritual abuse were unable to make their case due to "lack of evidence." Pardon me. Ramirez was influenced by mass delusion? I think not.

There is no connection to other Satanic crimes made in this book, nor probably in any others about the Night Stalker. How the author managed to describe what was going on in Ramirez' head as the crimes were described is beyond me, unless it is gleaned from conversations he had with the Stalker himself after the trial. What is the truth? What was left out? Will we ever know?

Richard Ramirez was sentenced to death 19 times, and his death sentence is being held on appeal prior to his being tried for yet even more murders in San Francisco. He is, that is, still alive today. His victims, of course, are not.

He is also one of those intriguing serial killers who are more than willing to die, to face the consequences of their crimes, not so much because he believes he's done wrong and has "found Jesus," like many other ludicrous killers on death row, but because he believes what he did he did for Satan, who is waiting for him.

But, "justice" being what it is, the man is still alive, and lived to find and marry a young, devoted, "Christian" virgin who dogged him along with a gaggle of groupies who fought over his visitation hours for years before, during and after the trial.

He was supported, during the trial, by Anton LaVey and other High Satanists, who showed up in court on a regular basis. He is, indeed, attractive and mesmerizing, quite like a snake, I imagine, that you want to be able to master before he masters you. I, too, found myself strangely drawn to him -- but not enough to want to write to him, call him, or visit. If he wasn't connected prior to the murders, if he truly was working alone, I'm sure they are finding him quite useful now...and he's even more attractive now that the state has fixed his teeth, giving him a beautiful smile.

Sneaking into people's bedrooms in the dead of night and killing them in their sleep, raping, shooting, stabbing, sodomizing and terrorizing men, women and children in a blind rage; the child of Mexican immigrants, American citizens who prayed fervently to Jesus while struggling with poverty and the ramifications of the nuclear testing at Los Alamos -- how much of this did we bring on ourselves?

A fascinating look at the underside of American history. Highly recommended.

Phillip Carlo - The Night Stalker

Everything (and then some!) you need to know about the Night

This book takes you through, in great detail, every crime Richard Ramirez committed, the investigation,search, and capture of the Nightstalker. His rampage that left more than a dozen people dead and HURT. From there, it details his trial and his experiences in prison/death row. Mr. Carlo leaves no stone unturned in this book. This book is REAL hard to put down.
If you are looking for information on this case, get this one FIRST!!

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