In the 1920s, America’s first recorded serial sex killer was believed to have strangled 22 victims all across the continent from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, until his arrest in Canada. The author’s research, however, suggests he attacked at least twice that number.
Whilst much has been written about the necrophile whom the press dubbed the ‘dark strangler’ and the ‘gorilla killer’, his tragic victims, mis-named in many accounts, have been largely ignored.
The victims - one being the author’s ancestor – and those women and girls who survived his attacks, are presented here as individuals, along with an account of the odd life and ironically appropriate death of Earle Leonard Nelson.
All royalties will be donated to Women’s Aid UK.
www.womensaid.org.uk
| ISBN: | 9798857732809 |
| Publication date: | 24th August 2023 |
| Author: | Denise Beddows |
| Publisher: | Independently published |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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In the 1920s, America’s first recorded serial sex killer was believed to have strangled 22 victims all across the continent from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, until his arrest in Canada. The author’s research, however, suggests he attacked at least twice that number.
Whilst much has been written about the necrophile whom the press dubbed the ‘dark strangler’ and the ‘gorilla killer’, his tragic victims, mis-named in many accounts, have been largely ignored.
The victims - one being the author’s ancestor – and those women and girls who survived his attacks, are presented here as individuals, along with an account of the odd life and ironically appropriate death of Earle Leonard Nelson.
All royalties will be donated to Women’s Aid UK.
www.womensaid.org.uk
The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, History, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, History and Archaeology, True crime, True stories: general
The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer is available in Paperback
The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer was written by Denise Beddows and published by Independently published
