Sad Sign Of The Times . . .

I found this story heartbreaking yet fascinating. There are very few full books devoted to the crimes of Dean Corll. Although he killed almost as many as John Wayne Gacy, perhaps even more, you didn’t hear that much about him.

During that era…the 70s, the police were NOT interested in following up reports of missing kids, as many often WERE runaways, so they didn’t even try. It was probably at its all time high back then – and very easy for them to leave home and find a place to stay at some hippie house, so a LOT of young teens did just that. Murderers had almost no fear of being caught either, and an abundance of well known serial killers seemed to flourish during this period. Police were apparently far too distracted by drug/marijuana users and pushers at the time, and unanswered cries of missing children fell upon deaf ears.

For those easily offended, this book does make unpleasant references to certain types of people, but one needs to remember that this WAS back the 70s, and very typical, so try to set that aside. The story is indeed a sad one though, and will have Moms out there considering barbed wire fencing. AND no more leaving the yard! EVER.

The narration was superbly delivered (as always) by Kevin Pierce, with his down to earth realness that brings you right there, like a fly on the wall. I REALLY enjoyed this book, and even though I was gifted this in exchange for my honest review – I SO would have spent the credit anyways 🙂 Yup.