Roy Wenzl
Auteur de Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door
Œuvres de Roy Wenzl
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Professions
- Journalist
- Organisations
- The Wichita Eagle
- Courte biographie
- Roy Wenzl is a reporter for The Wichita Eagle. Two of his serial narratives, 'Saving Dad' and 'Hope City',were published in Reader's Digest. He has won national awards, including a first place from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2001 for the serial narrative, 'The Hero's Son.' He was the primary author of The Wichita Eagle's book about the BTK serial killer, published by Harper Collins in 2007: 'Bind, Torture, Kill, The Inside story of the Serial Killer Next Door.' In 1981 he was part of the newsroom team at The Kansas City Star and Times that won a 1982 Pulitzer prize for coverage of the Hyatt hotel skywalks collapse. He has taught writing in newsrooms, in university classrooms, at the national IRE convention, at National Writers Workshops and at the American Press Institute. He's a native Kansan, a farmer's son, a graduate of Kansas State University, and a grandfather.
Membres
Critiques
This book blew me away. It is really amazing that the only reason he was ever caught was because he played with the police. He might never have been caught if he had just did the killings and never did anything with the news or police. He is an evil man.
Not very interesting.
This book is the inside story of BTK the serial killer Dennis Rader who terrorized the residence of Wichita, Kansas for 31 years.
I don't really like the way this book is put together. it has good information in it but for me personally this book comes off as a cops and robbers book in the form of a true crime novel. but instead of being like a real true crime novel where there is plot and story interweaved into the facts, this one is put together with just plain fact telling. There really doesn't seem to be a story to be told. Every chapter is a different fact about the case.
The book revolves around the police and their case against BTK and their eventual capture of him. It seems to me like just a list of dry facts represented in chapters. Perhaps it was written this way because it was actually written by the four crime reporters who covered the story.
The photos add to the facts and to the horror of the facts themselves. it is just a pity that they are in black-and-white and so small that you can barely see things such as blood stains on the walls and items used in the murders. This book should really be in larger print then a mass-market paperback.
I wouldn't normally recommend a book like this but the reasons that I have listed I do not like the book are reasons that somebody else may indeed like it. So with that in mind, I would recommend this book to people who like cops and robbers, mystery, and true crime.… (plus d'informations)
This book is the inside story of BTK the serial killer Dennis Rader who terrorized the residence of Wichita, Kansas for 31 years.
I don't really like the way this book is put together. it has good information in it but for me personally this book comes off as a cops and robbers book in the form of a true crime novel. but instead of being like a real true crime novel where there is plot and story interweaved into the facts, this one is put together with just plain fact telling. There really doesn't seem to be a story to be told. Every chapter is a different fact about the case.
The book revolves around the police and their case against BTK and their eventual capture of him. It seems to me like just a list of dry facts represented in chapters. Perhaps it was written this way because it was actually written by the four crime reporters who covered the story.
The photos add to the facts and to the horror of the facts themselves. it is just a pity that they are in black-and-white and so small that you can barely see things such as blood stains on the walls and items used in the murders. This book should really be in larger print then a mass-market paperback.
I wouldn't normally recommend a book like this but the reasons that I have listed I do not like the book are reasons that somebody else may indeed like it. So with that in mind, I would recommend this book to people who like cops and robbers, mystery, and true crime.… (plus d'informations)
BTK is one of those True Crime books about serial killers that spends more time on those involved in apprehending the killer (law enforcement and media, mainly) than on the motivations and personal life of the serial killer, and for those looking to dwell in the dark and murky details of the deviant murderer’s inner mind (not that that’s a bad thing, mind you), this can be somewhat of a disappointment. Those expecting to spend excessive time on BTK’s origins and double-life as a sex crime serial killer and beloved father and respected member of the community will find themselves instead delving deep into the lives and relationships of those members of the police force and news media that spent decades documenting his crimes and tracking him down. This is not a knock against the book, which is expertly researched and presented, but rather a warning for those looking to become more “intimate” with BTK.
The book follows the history of the BTK saga chronologically – with the occasional flashback – starting with his first kill, and to the book’s credit, the murders are described in full as they occurred, so the reader is not left to puzzle over the crime scenes along with the detectives and reporters. There are probably other books out there that focus more on the killer and his acts, but the attention to the law enforcement side offers greater detail to the extent of the manhunt, the obstacles it had to overcome, and most importantly, gives a greater appreciation as to why it took decades for them to finally track down a killer who turned out to be far less intelligent than most assumed. The book is detailed without dwelling masochistically on those details, and the occasional sidetracks the narrative takes lend a human depth to the perception of the side of the story that receives less of the spotlight. A great read that manages to be informative without descending into morbidity. Bonus points for a brief but rather unflattering behind-the-scenes cameo by John Walsh and his America’s Most Wanted sideshow.… (plus d'informations)
The book follows the history of the BTK saga chronologically – with the occasional flashback – starting with his first kill, and to the book’s credit, the murders are described in full as they occurred, so the reader is not left to puzzle over the crime scenes along with the detectives and reporters. There are probably other books out there that focus more on the killer and his acts, but the attention to the law enforcement side offers greater detail to the extent of the manhunt, the obstacles it had to overcome, and most importantly, gives a greater appreciation as to why it took decades for them to finally track down a killer who turned out to be far less intelligent than most assumed. The book is detailed without dwelling masochistically on those details, and the occasional sidetracks the narrative takes lend a human depth to the perception of the side of the story that receives less of the spotlight. A great read that manages to be informative without descending into morbidity. Bonus points for a brief but rather unflattering behind-the-scenes cameo by John Walsh and his America’s Most Wanted sideshow.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 356
- Popularité
- #67,310
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 13
- Langues
- 2
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