The Midnight Assassin : The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer (Paperback)

from dalexander

Before I read this book I had not heard about the series of events that had happened in Austin in 1885. The author put a great amount of effort into providing background information concerning life in Austin during this time. Although this information was helpful in understanding the events , at ...

from ltcl

The boom town of Austin Texas was in a panic from 1884 - 1885 because the first serial killer to appear in the United States was preying on servant women. Young black women were being dragged out of their homes and bludgeoned to death while those around them never heard or saw a thing. Many were ...

from SamSattler

Skip Hollandsworth, a regular columnist for Texas Monthly magazine, became so intrigued by a true crime story from Austin's past that he turned it into his first book, The Midnight Assassin. The book recounts a series of murders that happened there in 1884 and 1885, murders that were so horrendou...

from angiestahl

Well-written and researched. I picked up some interesting insight into turn of the century Austin and Texas history. I wanted to love this book, but it fell a little bit short for me. I love crime and reporting of early criminal justice. However, this book starts with a bang and ends on a whimper...

from aya.herron

Most people have heard of the horrific murders in Victorian London carried out by Jack the Ripper. Few, however, have heard of the Midnight Assassin until now. Almost three years before the Ripper murders, the American city of Austin, Texas was terrorized by a series of brutal killings. The Midni...