Michelle McNamara's Last Book I'll Be Gone in the Dark/ Golden State Serial Killer

[Raging Ranter]

Just bought McNamarra's book on Friday and finished reading it yesterday. It's been years since I picked up a book and couldn't put it down. That book kept me squarely rooted to the couch all Saturday and Sunday until I was finished. It is an amazing piece of work. Though the fact that it is now so topical certainly had something to do with it.

I also read Larry Compton's Sudden Terror a few years ago. That book is a piece of crap. Even though he's an original investigator on the case, the book is just junk. It was self-published, and worse, semi-fictional. Yes, you read that right. The various EAR crimes are detailed in chronological order, but they are fictional composites of the actual crimes, not a true retelling. It was a juvenile and ineffectual way of telling the story. He only switches back to reality when he starts talking about the ONS series towards the end.

McNamarra's book was far superior. It's rare for an author to gain the trust of so many investigators that they actually shared files and theories with her extensively. I've read maybe 250 true crime books in my life, and I don't think I've come across that before. It almost seems she knew more about the case in totality than any individual investigator.

 

[Hazelnutty]

Looking forward to getting her book!

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[dotr]

May 30, 2018 11:07 PM

Near scene of suspect's arrest, Patton Oswalt tells of his wife's drive to catch Golden State Killer

Read more here: Near scene of suspect's arrest, Patton Oswalt tells of his wife's drive to catch Golden State Killer
"The men who helped publish the late Michelle McNamara’s book “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” talked about the role she played in investigating the decades-old Golden State Killer case during a Q&A session at the Citrus Heights Barnes & Noble on Wednesday night.

Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, McNamara’s husband and the person who worked to get the book published after her death in 2016, attended the event, along with roughly 450 true crime fans and Sacramento-area residents who packed into the bookstore.

The group gathered just miles away from the home where Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Joseph DeAngelo, 72, in his home over a month ago in connection to the unsolved serial killings and more than 50 rapes attributed to the notorious Golden State Killer.

Some sat in chairs set up near the center of the bookstore, while others lined up against bookshelves to catch a glimpse of the event.

“I tried to empathize with what the victims were feeling,” Oswalt said of DeAngelo’s arrest. “Michelle did not believe in closure, but believed in relief and healing. I certainly hope there was an element of that.”


Read more here: Near scene of suspect's arrest, Patton Oswalt tells of his wife's drive to catch Golden State Killer

 

[dotr]

July 2 2020
Dogged writer brings closure to cold case

The documentary, I'll Be Gone In The Dark, explores the work of true-crime writer Michelle McNamara (above), as she raised awareness of a violent predator who terrorised California in the 1970s and 1980s. The killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, was captured in 2018 and pleaded guilty to 13 murders and dozens of rapes earlier this week.PHOTO: HBO
''However, true-crime writer Michelle McNamara died before she could see the violent predator she was trying to unmask plead guilty
Alison de Souza In Los Angeles
A violent predator terrorised California in the 1970s and 1980s, when he broke into more than 120 homes, raped nearly 50 women and murdered at least 12 people''.

The documentary, I'll Be Gone In The Dark, explores the work of true-crime writer Michelle McNamara, as she raised awareness of a violent predator who terrorised California in the 1970s and 1980s. The killer, Joseph James DeAngelo (above), was captured in 2018 and pleaded guilty to 13 murders and dozens of rapes earlier this week.PHOTO: REUTERS''

 

[J-Kat]

I read the book and watched the HBO series that just ended. The series was quite well done. Much of it was based on the book and Michelle's personal writings about her quest to identify the GSK and her passion about the case. It's heartbreaking she did not live to see DeAngelo arrested. She was so obsessed with solving the case that, IMO, it killed her. In a way she was his last victim. RIP Michelle.

 

[dotr]

Aug 21 2020
Patton Oswalt pays tribute to late wife Michelle McNamara after Golden State Killer is sentenced | Daily Mail Online
''Patton Oswalt pays tribute to late wife Michelle McNamara after Golden State Killer is sentenced to life in prison

• Oswalt honored his wife, survivors, witnesses and investigators on Twitter
• DeAngelo committed at least 13 murders and 50 rapes across California between 1973 and 1986
• The comedian's wife spent 10 years researching the case before her untimely death in April 2016
• Oswalt says his wife's true crime book on the case played a role in police eventually making an arrest in 2018 with the help of DNA evidence
• Her book -- I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer -- debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ nonfiction bestsellers list in 2018''
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  Passion project: Crime writer Paul Haynes and investigative journalist Billy Jensen helped Oswalt finish his wife's book on the case, which went on to debut at No. 1 on The New York Times’ nonfiction bestsellers list in 2018; the couple are pictured in December 2011