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Title: Lust Killer by Ann Rule, Andy Stack ISBN: 0-451-16687-6 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A terrifying story, very well told . . .
Comment: Once again, Ann Rule proves why she is one of the best. "Lust Killer" is a concise and insightful look into the life and crimes of serial killer Jerome Brudos. But more than that, it is a chilling look into the often forgotten realm of victimology. Think you're safe when you go to the mall at high noon? Read this book. Think a man who looks like a big dumb teddy bear can't possibly be a threat to you? Read this book. Think a chance encounter with some stranger in a typical middle-class neighborhood is no big deal? Read this book. Oh, and one more thing . . . be ready to look over your shoulder the next time you go shopping.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pillsbury Doughboy meets Leatherface
Comment: Above, best describes Jerry Brudos. A doughy family man who wanders from one job to the next and has a deep hatred for who else? -- his mother. Serial killer after serial killer say they hate their mother. So why do they kill other women? Brudos also likes to wear ladies undies and high heels which makes me wonder why his wife never thought there was more to her husband then just his headaches. I'm not saying that all men who wear women's underwear are serial murderers but I don't understand how Darcie Brudos never followed up on her husbands weird habits. For instance: locking his workshop door and refusing to let her in, telling her to call him from wherever before she could come home, disappearing at all hours, and finding a paperweight that in the shape of a woman's breast. Is it me, or are some people really that naieve? Ann Rule is great at true crime writing and this story holds your interest, I think Jerry got off easy considering that those four women no longer have their lives and their families no longer have them. This book should also serve as a warning to women....BEWARE....we are not as free as we think we are, when we have to worry about our car breaking down or walking in a Mall parking lot where a maniac could be waiting.
Rating: 4
Summary: Rule Rules
Comment: I am a recent Ann Rule fan and cannot get enough of her true crime accounts. This is an older one...but still very powerful! In Lust Killer the events take place in the 1960's and 70's in Oregon, but the story is timeless and makes you feel as if it could happen in anywhere, USA.
Hated by his mother as a child (of course), Jerry Brudos grew to hate women, really hate women. Yet, even with that hatred he developed a strong liking for women's shoes and undergarments - but not his mother's. As with many serial killers, Jerry's behaviors started small and almost harmless (stealing undergarments and shoes) and quickly escalated to rape, murder and mutilation and not necessarily in that order.
If not caught, Jerry Brudos would have continued killing for years. What is most horrific about this story is the type of victims he chose and where he found them. They were typical women out in the public eye (a shopping mall, a parking garage) and he was able to attack them, and/or take them and kill them. Some he even took home where his wife was none the wiser.
Ann Rule does an amazing job of developing all the characters in this account. She covers Jerry's miserable childhood, Jerry's family including his wife and children, the victims short lives and the detectives involved in catching this sadistic killer. It is a quick read that will have you looking at every turn when you go in public. For that reason Ann Rule rules!
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Title: The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule, Andy Stack ISBN: 0451166884 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Last Dance, Last Chance by Ann Rule ISBN: 067102535X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule ISBN: 0451165594 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death by Ann Rule ISBN: 0743202988 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: EVERYTHING SHE EVER WANTED by Ann Rule ISBN: 067169071X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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