Driven to Kill

The Crimes of Robert Black

De: Mark Stokes

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In the dim corridors of Britain’s highways and quiet residential streets, a predator drove a battered van — one that carried terror disguised as routine. Driven to Kill unveils the harrowing true story of Robert Black, a seemingly ordinary man whose job as a delivery driver masked a monstrous secret. Behind the wheel of that van, he slipped across towns and countrysides, preying on innocent children — girls as young as five — turning their ordinary days into nightmares and leaving grief-stricken families and a nation stunned by the scale of his crimes.

This book traces the painstaking investigation that eventually exposed Black’s crimes: a trail of kidnapped, abused, and murdered children, patterns buried under years of missing-person reports and unsolved tragedies. You’ll follow detectives as they chase fragmented clues across counties, sift through forensic evidence, and connect distant disappearances. The story builds from the first disappearances through mounting pressure — and ultimately culminates in breakthroughs leading to his arrest in July 1990 and the convictions that followed.

But Driven to Kill is more than a catalogue of horrors. It is an unflinching exploration of vulnerability, betrayal, and institutional failure — showing how a man exploited societal blind spots, how childhood innocence became prey, and how justice fought its way through chaos and grief. For readers drawn to deeply researched, emotionally grounded true-crime narratives, this book offers a chilling portrait of evil behind ordinary work, and a tribute to the children whose stories demand to be remembered.

Please note: This series includes realistic and sometimes disturbing accounts of violent crimes, including cases involving children and animals. It is intended for mature readers.