Table of Contents
Author's Note xi
In a Small Room in the Big House 1
Introduction: Learning from the Experts 3
I The Blood of the Lamb 11
1 Little Girl Lost 13
2 "I Slept Well" 23
3 Mind of the Killer 31
4 Human Fallout 43
5 What the Psych People Said 51
6 Red Rage and White Rage 61
7 The Bottom Line 79
8 "Substantial Likelihood" 89
9 Joan's Legacy 107
II "Killing for Me Was Just Like Second Nature" 115
10 All in the Family 117
11 The Abandoned Volkswagen 135
12 Inside the Walls 141
13 "The Convenience of the Situation" 151
14 "There were Victims in Between" 165
15 Power, Control, Excitement 177
III Angel of Death 191
16 Playing God 193
17 Working Nights 205
18 The Making of a Killer 217
19 "I Haven't Changed a Bit" 231
20 Fallen Angel 247
IV "No One Made Me Do Anything" 255
21 The Superbike Murders 257
22 What Happened to Kala and Charlie? 263
23 What Made Tood Tick? 271
24 "Good or Bad, I Still Want to Know" 283
25 Organized Versus Disorganized 301
26 Nature and Nurture 309
Epilogue: A Killer's Choice 325
Acknowledgments 337