Journey into Darkness- The FBI's Premier Investigator on Serial Killers

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by  Douglas John

JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
JOHN DOUGLAS AND MARK OLSHAKER
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GRIPPING READING FROM JOHN DOUGLAS
MAN DOWN
A Broken Wings Thriller
And by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
THE CASES THAT HAUNT US
From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI’s Legendary Mindhunter
Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won’t Go Away THE ANATOMY OF
MOTIVE
The FBI’s Legendarv Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and
Catching Violent Criminals OBSESSION
The FBI’s Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and
Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back JOURNEY INTO
DARKNESS
The FBI’s Premier Investigator Penetrates the Minds and Motives of the Most
Terrifying Serial Killers BROKEN WINGS
A Novel
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PRAISE FOR JOHN DOUGLAS AND JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
“An unsparing account of a brutal business … The real genius here
lies in the analytical rigor of Douglas’s crimescene investigations….
Gutsy, hard-nosed police work of the most difficult—and readable
—kind.”
—Gene Lyons, Entertainment Weekly
“Passionate, intelligent, and heartbreaking, the message of
JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS is a hard-hitting, no-holds-barred
attack on our namby-pamby, wishy-washy, ‘politically correct’
age.”
—Roy E. Perry, Nashville Banner
“One finally feels that Mr. Douglas’s keen eye for crimescene detail
and his powerful inductive reasoning cannot be explained any more
than one can explain his murderous quarries’ capacity for merciless
savagery…. Mr. Douglas leaves us shaken, gripped by a quiet grief
for the innocent victims and anguished by the human condition.”
—Dean Koontz, The New York Times Book Review
“A hard-hitting, no-holds-barred look at [behavioral profiling] and
how it has been used time and again to solve crimes across the
country.”
—Anniston Star
“John Douglas is a brilliant man…. And he’s a great guy, very
articulate, very sweet. I wanted to cast him as Agent Jack Crawford
in the movie.”
—Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs
PRAISE FOR JOHN DOUGLAS AND MARK OLSHAKER’S PREVIOUS BOOK
MINDHUNTER
“A quirky, winning tale of awful crimes and awe-inspiring detective
work … Douglas gives us a pair of human eyes through which to
view crimes and criminals that are at once grotesque and
compelling…. In the end, Mindhunter rings the bell because
Douglas knows what all the great crime writers know—that the
criminologist must be at least as interesting as the crime. On that
score, Douglas fits the profile.”
—Richard Willing, USA Today
“Although Douglas’s profiles reflect years of experience, there’s an
uncanniness about their level of detail: He can predict the make and
color of a killer’s car. In the Trailside Killer case, in which Northern
California hikers were slain in 1979, Douglas rightly predicted the
assailant was a stutterer…. Called the ‘FBI’s modern Sherlock
Holmes,’ Douglas says he comes up with such details by going into
a trancelike state in which he becomes both killer and victim….
Douglas’s conservative estimate is that there are between thirty-five
and fifty serial killers hard at work around the country right now,
leaving ‘several hundred’ dead people in their wake each year.”
—Deb Price, The Detroit News
“A fascinating journey into the thrill killer’s psyche … Douglas
seems to have a true gift of instinct. Mindhunter is gripping….”
—Lou Grieco, Dayton (OH) Daily News
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“In this … fascinating memoir of his twenty-five-year career with
the FBI, John Douglas contends that psychopathic serial killers have
a warped need to kill…. The key to Douglas’s approach is to look
for the ‘signature’—as opposed to the modus operandi—of serial
killers…. Douglas is at his best describing the terrible crimes that
were committed and explaining the logic of his profiling method.”
—Charles P. Thobae, Houston Chronicle
“Hannibal Lecter may have been a fictional creation but his
counterparts exist in real life, and Douglas has tracked down,
testified against or just sat down and talked with dozens of them….
A chilling memoir …”
—Lynda Hurst, The Toronto Star
“In his spellbinding new book, the legendary Douglas … delves into
much of the gritty how-to of criminal personality ‘profiling.’ …
He’s downright gifted…. I defy anyone interested in psychology,
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BY THE SAME AUTHORS
MINDHUNTER
Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit
UNABOMBER
On the Trail of America’s Most-Wanted Serial Killer
JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
OBSESSION
THE ANATOMY OF MOTIVE
BY JOHN DOUGLAS
SEXUAL HOMICIDE
Patterns and Motives with Robert K. Ressler and Ann W. Burgess CRIME
CLASSIFICATION MANUAL
with Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler
JOHN DOUGLAS’S GUIDE TO CAREERS IN THE FBI BY MARK OLSHAKER
NONFICTION
THE INSTANT IMAGE
Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience
VIRUS HUNTER
Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World with C. J. Peters, M.D.
FICTION
EINSTEIN’S BRAIN
UNNATURAL CAUSES
BLOOD RACE
THE EDGE
ANTHOLOGY
UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
edited by James Grady
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To Karla Brown, Suzanne Collins, Kristen French, Ron Goldman, Amber
Hagerman, Cassandra Hansen, Tammy Homolka, Christine Jessop, Megan
Kanka, Polly Klaas, Leslie Mahaffy, Shawn Moore, Angie, Melissa, and Nancy
Newman, Alison Parrott, Nicole Brown Simpson, Shari Fay Smith, and all the
other innocents, their families, friends, and loved ones, and the dedicated law
enforcement officers who worked tirelessly seeking justice for them, this book is
dedicated with respect, with humility, and with love.
Authors’ Note
Our special thanks and deepest gratitude go out to all the people who have
helped make this work a reality. The first team, as it has been since our first
book together, consists of our editor, Lisa Drew, and our agent, Jay Acton, the
two people who both shared the vision, encouraged us to see it through, and
supported us every step of the way. Likewise, Carolyn Olshaker, our project
coordinator, business manager, general counsel, editorial consultant,
cheerleader, and to Mark, so much more. Ann Hennigan, our research director,
has become an essential part of the operation and has contributed enormously.
And we know that with Marysue Rucci handling things at Scribner for us with
her amazing combination of efficiency and sunny disposition, everything is
going to go smoothly and remain under control. Without these five …
We want to express our profound appreciation to Trudy, Jack, and Stephen
Collins, Susan Hand Martin and Jeff Freeman for sharing Suzanne with us. We
hope, in telling her story, that we have lived up to their faith in us. We are also
indebted to Jim Harrington in Michigan and Tennessee District Attorney Henry
“Hank” Williams for sharing their recollections and insights with us, and to our
intern, David Altschuler, and to Peter Banks and all of the people at the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children for their kindness, as well as giving
us the benefit of their research, experience, and good work. We’re all a lot better
because of them.
Finally, as always, we want to thank all of John’s colleagues at Quantico,
particularly Roy Hazelwood, Steve Mardigian, Gregg McCrary, Jud Ray, and
Jim Wright. They will always be valued pioneers, explorers, and esteemed
fellow travelers on the journey into darkness and back out again.
—JOHN DOUGLAS AND MARK OLSHAKER,
October 1996
Contents
Prologue: In the Mind of a Killer
1 Journey into Darkness
2 The Motive Behind the Murder
3 Candy from Strangers
4 Is Nothing Sacred?
5 For the Children
6 Fighting Back
7 Sue Blue
8 Death of a Marine
9 The Passion of Jack and Trudy Collins
10 The Blood of the Lambs
11 Have They Got the Wrong Man?
12 Murder on South Bundy Drive
13 Crime and Punishment
Index