Book description
Known for meticulously researched and brilliantly detailed accounts of horrific true crime legends, Harold Schechter takes readers inside the very heart and mind of true evil. As an infant, Earle Leonard Nelson possessed the power to unsettle his elders. As a child he was unnaturally obsessed with the Bible; before…
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1 author picked Bestial as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love reading about true crime. This extensively researched, gripping account of a San Francisco man who embarked on a horrific murder spree in the winter of 1926 ticked all the boxes for a terrifying thrill ride.
Before there was Ted Bundy, before there was Jeffrey Dahmer, Earle Leonard Nelson was the monster who haunted the public's darkest nightmares.
I'm a former newspaper reporter who covered many crime stories, but never one like this. For a true account of murder and mayhem, Bestial delivers the goods.
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