The Night Stalker

The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

De: Philip Carlo

Narrado por: Tom Zingarelli

Decades after Richard Ramirez left 13 dead and paralyzed the city of Los Angeles, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder. Philip Carlo's classic The Night Stalker, based on years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, revealed the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined. From watching his cousin commit murder at age 11 to his 19 death sentences to the juror who fell in love with him, the story of Ramirez is a bizarre and spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil.

Incredibly, after The Night Stalker was first published, thousands of women from all over the world contacted Carlo, begging to be put in touch with the killer. Carlo interviewed them and here presents their disturbing stories and the dark sexual desires that would drive them towards a brutal murderer. And in an exclusive death row interview, the killer himself gives his thoughts on the "Ramirez Groupies" - and what he thinks they really want.

©1996 Philip Carlo (P)2016 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"This book will provide true crime readers a chilling inside perspective of a serial killer." (Library Journal)

Another True Crime classic...! (yay)

Its been a little while since a new "classic" true crime audiobook has been released...well, wait no more! I rate this in my TOP 5 (Helter Skelter, Green River Running Red, etc) along with several others. This was SOOO good. I know I will be re-listening to it many more times! I never knew *all* the intricate details surrounding the numerous crimes/murders of Richard Ramirez (aka "The Night Stalker"), I just recall seeing the somewhat censored tv news segments at the time. Wow. Unh. Wow. Putting eyeballs in a jewelry box? Electric cord shocking? Raping next to the freshly killed husband? And that's not all! Holy sheet! He covered every base of everything evil you can think of. Stabbing, shooting, clubbing, etc. He was bold, daring, arrogant and fearless - often attacking while multiple people were present in the home - and they didnt even have a chance. I dont think there has been another killer quite like him since.

The book is done in several segments. The first part details ALL the crimes (night after night of mayhem, torture and murder) ...in *every minute* detail. The second part, chronicles his childhood and youth - not meant to be a "oh boo-hoo feel sorry for me" thing, but certainly its clear that times were hard for him and especially his family. Then of course his capture and trial - which I found quite interesting as well; hearing about his defiant behaviour in court, and his lawyers trying to come up with SOME kind of defense for him. This book was written in 1995, and was slightly updated in 2005. It does cover quite a bit of additional material including tales of his devoted groupies and prison marriage, but not his death. There is also an "interview session" between him and the author at the end.


This one is totally WORTH THE CREDIT! Worth ignoring everyone you know for a few days while you listen to it. Lol. True Crime fans rejoice!!!

thrilling yet sickening at the same time

so meny emotions reading this book at times it was hard to listin to but still was very interesting the narrator did an excellent job describing everything to every detail, I was at times uncomfortable listing becasue of the details in witch the attacks were described but it was an excellent book only reason for giving it 4 and not 5 stars is because the middle of the book the court proceedings kind of draged on and were a little boring

Intrigued by the mind of a serial killer

Only wish was that there was more about Richard and why he did what he did or what he felt after he did it and while he was in that act. Very sick guy I definitely think he was insane.

amazing

absolutely love this book! The narrator did a great job! Cant wait to restart this audiobook

Great Writing & Story Teller

I love this narrator/storyteller! I’m not sure if the writer was what made this book, or if it was all in the storytelling- either way, the Night Stalker murders happened while I was in high school and in San Diego…I never wanted to know anything more than what knew back then- but I caved and am glad I know more now… I’ll (hopefully) never understand why he was so appealing to those women that followed him around throughout his trial and for decades after… but if your into true crime, this audio book won’t disappoint! The one and only potential neg is that while describing Ramirez’s crimes, the author repeats some thought, and beliefs…so it became a little redundant but perhaps he to voice those beliefs/thoughts that way - I don’t know, I just know the book held my attention throughout.