The Last Victim

A True-Life Journey into the Mind of a Serial Killer

By: Jason Moss, Jeffrey Kottler

Narrated by: Thomas Fawley

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Dear Mr. Manson....

It started with a college course assignment, then escalated into a dangerous obsession. Eighteen-year-old honor student Jason Moss wrote to men whose body counts had made criminal history: men named Dahmer, Manson, Ramirez, and Gacy.

Dear Mr. Dahmer....

Posing as their ideal victim, Jason seduced them with his words. One by one they wrote him back, showering him with their madness and violent fantasies. Then the game spun out of control. John Wayne Gacy revealed all to Jason - and invited his pen pal to visit him in prison....

Dear Mr. Gacy....

It was an offer Jason couldn't turn down. Even if it made him....

The book that has riveted the attention of the national media, this may be the most revealing look at serial killers ever recorded and the most illuminating study of the dark places of the human mind ever attempted.

©1999 Jason Moss and Jeffrey Kottler (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

slow start, good read

This book has a slow start, but is a good read. Just push through the beginning.

Best look into the psyche for a victim of a serial

i loved it! It is a side in serial killer cases i never read about.

Fascinating story

The story was so interesting. I really enjoyed it. The only complaint I have is that the narrator's delivery was so flat and monotonous. It made it really hard to listen to at times.

Interesting

Yes, the narrator is hard to listen to (try speeding it up) but the story itself is interesting and will pull you in. Highly recommend for any true crime buff.

Intriguing but I had to listen to it in 3x speed

This book is definitely not for the faint at heart. It is a true portrayal of a young teenage boy getting caught up in a world with John Wayne Gacy. With that comes all the horror of what Gacy was really like. Sadly, Jason Moss committed suicide back in 2006. But I can't say I'm surprised. His ordeal with Gacy would badly scar anyone for life, regardless of their own mental health.

The narrator read painfully slow though. I usually listen to books at 1.5x the regular speed but this one I used 3x speed and still completely understood every word and heard several noticeable pauses.

The voice was cringeworthy but story was crazy

This was a little darker then I suspected but it was entertaining. The voice was cringeworthy though. Read too slow and the impressions were hideous.

Even more chilling than you think

This story is disturbing on many levels, not the least of which pertaining to how this young man’s mind, family bonds and social life began to deteriorate as he allowed these murdering psychopaths into his head. It’s an eye-opening look at how a normal, intelligent person can be manipulated by someone with devious intent.

This became even more shocking when I Googled the author out of curiosity when the narrator kept referring to him in the past tense during the foreword. I learned that Jason Moss committed suicide in 2006 by shooting himself in the head. Obviously, I cannot pretend to know his reasons, but I have to suspect that the influence of these deranged minds had to have something to do with it.

This book is both a fascinating look into the minds of serial killers, and a cautionary tale. Those of us who are not psychopathic can never truly understand how those people think and what their motives may be. Innocence can never truly comprehend evil without becoming corrupted by it. The tragic and untimely death of Jason Moss stands as proof of that. He truly was the last victim of those he tried so hard to understand.

My only negative comment is that the narrator was monotonous, slow, and boring. This detracted quite a bit from my enjoyment of the story. A word of advice, I highly recommend this book but listen to it at 1.25 X normal speed and it will sound almost normal!

Not bad. Interesting point of view.

The beginning was slow and a bit boring. After the correspondence got going, things got far more interesting. Very graphic at times but that's understandable given the subject. Overall a very legitimate ten hours spent.

Thrilling Read

The amount of detail that he goes into is almost nauseating at times, but if you have the stomach for it I highly recommend giving it a read. Being from the perspective of an 18-year-old gave my goosebumps as he talks to some of the most famous serial killers.

I get it

RIP Jason. The haunting images must have been awful. Hopefully now you have found peace.