| International Standard Book Number |
9798892423977
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| Personal Name |
DiLorenzo, Maria, author.
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| Title Statement |
Confessions of the Green River Killer : a true story of manipulation, madness, and a search for justice / Maria DiLorenzo.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
x, 341 pages ; 21 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The call -- Unprepared -- Unsolved cases -- His origins -- Catalysts to kill -- Feelings for me -- Blame -- Women as objects -- The survivors -- Sex and pleasure -- Pedophilia/age of victims -- Jealousy and fear of rejection -- Power and control -- Planning ahead -- Unremarkable -- True intentions -- Manipulation and gaslighting -- Arthur -- Robin -- Faux concern -- Lots of Gary Ridgways out there -- Separating himself from what he's done -- His reputation -- Media about him -- Recidivism -- Remorse and memory -- The afterlife -- Death and necrophilia -- Finding religion -- Murder house -- Fading strength and memory.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"When crime journalist Maria DiLorenzo mailed a letter to Gary Ridgway, she never expected him to reply. He refused to speak to reporters and would send only religious materials back to anyone who contacted him in prison--if he replied at all. But instead of silence or a boilerplate letter, Maria's phone rang?and it was the Green River Killer calling. Over the next several years, Ridgway would call Maria hundreds of times, using all of his free time in prison to speak with her. Her goal: to pry the details of his dozens of unidentified and unsolved murders from him. His motivation in speaking to her: unknowable. Through these hundreds of hours of phone calls, Ridgway revealed new details about his life, his crimes, and his motives -- and manipulated Maria much like he tormented his victims. An insightful and deeply personal profile of a dangerous mind, Confessions of the Green River Killer is the closest depiction of Gary Ridgway ever seen and a disturbing glimpse into what it's like to truly know a killer." -- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Ridgway, Gary Leon, 1949-
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Serial murder investigation Washington (State)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Serial murderers Washington (State)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Recits criminels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
True crime stories.
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