Murder in Washington: Notorious Crime Sites is a visual return to 95 infamous murder scenes profiling the shocking and detailed narratives behind each tragedy. The State of Washington has been the residence of three internationally prominent serial killers including Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer), Kenneth Bianchi (Hillside Strangler) and Lee Boyd Malvo (DC Sniper). Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure murder sites and stories remain buried awaiting rediscovery. The Murder in Washington edition is segmented into eight categories including assassinations, historical legacies, premeditated homicides, chance encounters and impulse killings, law enforcement fatalities and controversies, unsolved murders, rampage and serial killers. The edition provides the precise location of each crime site, fatality victims, perpetrators and for those still living, the penal institution where they are incarcerated. Cases profiled include: Ted Bundy: The Serpent who loved to kill women Gary Ridgway: The Green River Prostitute Killer Uncle Joe Kondro: A family preditor Lee Boyd Malvo: Under the spell and shadow of the DC Sniper Kenneth Bianchi: A Serial Killer’s Final Misdeed Rodney Alcala: Stalking and strangling beauty Donna Perry: Transgender prostitute killer Maurice Clemmons: Police Officer Slaying The hex of serial killer Jake Bird Disappearing investment trail of Doug Carlile Legacy of the People’s Theatre and Shooting of the Seattle Police Chief Seattle’s Jungle killings Assassination of Federal Judge Tom Wales Ann Marie Burr’s kidnapping and link to Ted Bundy DNA Codemns Two Child Killers 40 years later Billy Gohl and the floating cadavers of Aberdeen Tacoma’s missing Puyallup Avenue streetwalkers Kidnapping and murder of little Charles Mattson Everett Union protest dockside massacre Incestuous killing of Sylvia Gaines. Trash talk shooting by rapper Lil Danger Unsolved Civil Rights advocate Edwin Pratt murder Attack of a Killer Werewolf Singer Little Willie John’s afterhours party homicide The Gits lead singer Mia Zapata murder The disappearance of radio activist Mike Webb The Hangman’s noose too light to support Mitchell Rupp The savage beating of Seattle’s Tuba Man Wilson, Anderson, Goldmark and Rafay Family killings Post Mount Saint Helens Volcano hitchhiker discovery The detonation of Oleg Babichenko’s car The killer with a thousand identities Dragging vehicle death of Susette Werner Aurora Bridge public transport murder-suicide Gay hate crime shooting from a back seat driver Bludgeoning of Geneva MacDonald Wah Mee Gambling Club massacre Crossed professional boundaries with therapy Starvation Heights A police officer’s homicidal impatience over a DUI Capitol Hill district post-rave massacre Marysville High School cafeteria shooting Clueless Spokane leach and killer Red Barn Door Tavern bloodbath Seattle Pacific University killing Death and rape in the South Park residential district Changing identity and getting away with your wife’s shooting Seattle’s Café Racer murder-suicide spree A legitimate example of Killer’s remorse Stalking and slaying an Elementary school teacher fixation Jewish Federation Building Shooting Mahoney trunk murder Pang Frozen Foods arson fire Patrick Drum’s armed vendetta against pedophiles Survivalist Peter Keller’s attempt to erase his personal history Tacoma’s Trang Dai restaurant gang slaying A Seattle police officer ambush fueled by extreme hatred Charming George Russell fatal voyeurism An overzealous police beating of a simple man Otto Zehm Freighter pilot’s collision with the West Seattle Bridge Disappearance and Murder of King County Commissioner James Colman Quincy Coleman: A Gang Related Killing Rapper Max Gasoi: Rapper’s Drug Deal Gone Bad And Even More….

Murder in Oregon: Notorious Crime Sites is a visual return to 75 infamous murder scenes profiling the shocking and detailed narratives behind each tragedy. The State of Oregon has been the residence of numerous infamous serial killers including Randy Woodfield, Keith Jesperson (Smiley Faced Killer), Jerry Brudos (Shoe Fetish Killer) and Scott William Cox. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure murder sites and stories remain buried awaiting rediscovery. The Murder in Oregon edition features accompanying photographs of most of the crime sites as well as their precise location. The profiles include the fatality victims, perpetrators and for those still living, the penal institution where they are incarcerated. Cases profiled include: Charity Lamb: Frontier Injustice For Blatant Spousal Abuse Portland’s Famed Witches Castle Wasco County Jail: A Killing Site For A Local Informant A Private Detective’s Obscure Slaying of A Prosecuting Attorney in Old Astoria Portland’s Historic Court of Death Merchants Hotel: A Storied History Reconstructed Primarily Underground The Legendary Exaggerations Behind Joseph Bunko Kelly Portland Fasting Cult Frontier Death On The Columbia Gorge Crime Hotel Incorporated and The Vortex of Vice A Dark Strangler A Contract Killing With A Questionable Resolution Going Straight: Portland 1930s Style 1946 Willamette River Floating Torso Murders The Bowden Bomb: A Domestic Fusillade Under St. Johns Bridge: A Tainted Patch of Forest Brush The Johnson Family: Over A Cliff Into Deeper Speculation Diane Hank: A Babysitter ‘s Unexplained and Fatal Disappearance Richard Marquette: A Still Living Relic From A Costly Early Release Blunder Women’s Shoe Fetish Killer Roma Ollison: One of Portland’s Last Gangsters Ted Bundy and Kathleen Parks Murder A Murder Within Law Enforcement Ranks Michele Dee Gate’s Doomed Saga That Defies Explanation A Paperboy Axes His Rose Lady Client to Death Randall Woodfield: From Gridiron Glory To Despised Serial Killer Diane Downs: A Sordid Mother’s Shooting of Her Children Joan Leigh Hall’s Fatal Stroll Into Oblivion The Savage Legacy of Serial Killer Bobby Jack Fowler Dayton Leroy Rogers: The Screwdriver Serial Killer Robert Paul Langley: A Cactus Garden Amidst A Mental Hospital Prison Director Michael Francke’s Stabbing A Counterfeit Ticket Ring and Cadaver Deficient Murder Keith Jesperson: Smiley Faced Twisted Wreckage Tyrom Theis: A Callous Robbery and Execution With A Vanishing Perpetrator Harry Charles Moore: The Control Freak Who Relinquished His Grip Jesse McAllister and Bradley Price’s Seaside Thrill Killing Kip Kinkel: A Boy and His Guns Martin Allen Johnson: The Wolf Preying On Innocent Lambs Eric Tamiyasu: A Silent Killing Eluding A Conclusive Motive The Masquerading Façade of Christian Longo Ward Weaver III: A Predatory Neighbor With A Predictable Outcome Brooke Wilberger: An Abduction Following A Twisted Trail Scott William Cox: Tick, Tick, Ticking… Confessional Controversy Over a Potential Prostitute Serial Killer An Impulsive Oceanside Murder and Botched Arson Cover-Up A Seemingly Regular Guy Bloodies Portland’s Night Scene Rhonda Castro: The Travesty Behind A Trailhead Shove A Questionable Medical Determination Potentially Clouds A Murder Investigation Kyron Horman: A Child Abduction Scheduled Between a Science Fair and First Period Officer Chris Kilcullen: The Vague Divide Between Sanity and Accountability The Tainted Clackamas Town Center A Double Life Terminated Violently on a Hotel Stairwell Chris Harper-Mercer: A Disgruntled Failure Hellbound For His Inferno Portland Protest Murder And Even More Murder Narratives….

“An in-depth look at the 1971 trial of a serial killer who’s been mostly forgotten—except to those who were forever impacted” (The Seattle Times). In 1969, the body of a young woman was discovered in the woods of Renton, Washington, rocking the communities along Puget Sound. Three more brutal murders followed, drawing the attention of multiple police agencies as they tried to piece together the meager clues left behind. The seemingly unrelated cases challenged detectives, who struggled to realize they were all connected to one man: Gary Gene Grant. Before the term “serial killer” was even coined, Grant stalked his prey, destroying lives and families while walking unseen among the masses. Decades later, his crimes have all but been forgotten. Join author and homicide investigator Cloyd Steiger as he uncovers the story of the murderer who slipped through the cracks of history./

"Murder in Washington: Notorious Crime Sites" is author Marques Vickers' visual return to 78 infamous crime scenes detailing the shocking and often searing narratives behind each tragedy. Over 100 images amplify the experience by escorting the reader to the crime location, offering a critical context and perspective for understanding. The Washington edition is Vickers third in the series of "The Topography of Evil" showcasing crime sites. The captured snapshots portray visual testimonies of extinguished lives removed by acts of violence. Crime scenes often revert back into unremarkable landscape or unassuming buildings over the ensuing years and decades. Several have altered little since their moment of infamy. Many are passed daily by pedestrian and vehicular traffic unaware of a location's unique significance. Washington has been the residence of three nationally prominent serial killers including Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer) and Lee Boyd Malvo (DC Sniper). The Murder in Washington edition is segmented into eight categories including assassinations, historical legacies, premeditated homicides, chance encounters and impulse killings, law enforcement fatalities and controversies, unsolved murders, rampage and serial killers and killings. Within the context of examining each profile, many important issues are raised for discussion without necessarily culminating in resolution. These subjects include capital punishment, American racial perceptions, parental influences, child rearing, media reporting, public bias, juvenile sentencing, self-incrimination protections and the impartiality of our judicial system. Controversial options such as voluntary euthanasia for the condemned are suggested when examining the hopeless backlog of death row and life-term convicts. An extensive listing of fatality victims is included along with convicted and deceased killers. Living convict are listed in their current penal residence.

Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders profiles some of California’s most infamous murder cases. The edition photographically transports you to actual murder sites along with images related to the case and perpetrator(s). The images and accompanying profiles offer a descriptive account and follow-up aftermath providing an important understanding into the far-reaching effects of each crime. Convicted killers and their confirmed victims are identified. For criminals still living, their current incarceration location is provided. A directory of precise crime site locations is included. The captured snapshots portray visual testimonies of extinguished lives removed by acts of violence. Crime scenes often revert back into unremarkable landscape or unassuming buildings over the ensuing years and decades. Several have altered little since their moment of infamy. Many are passed daily by pedestrian and vehicular traffic unaware of a location’s unique significance. California has been the site for many notorious serial killers. The following are portrayed in this edition: Zodiac Serial Killer: Public and media taunting Charles Manson’s serial killing clan Dorothea Puente: The elderly and frail targeted and eliminated for profit Efren Saldivar: Caregiving medical homicide The Unabomber: His UC Berkeley experience Zebra Killings: San Francisco’s racially targeted genocide Heaven’s Gate Cult mass suicide Edmund Kemper III: Monstrous hitchhiking murders Bittaker and Norris: Torture van murders Juan Corona: Migrant workers serial killer Richard Trenton Chase: The vampire killer The Speed Freak Killers and their burial bone yards Herbert Mullin: Killing for earthquake preventiveness David Carpenter: The devil behind bifocals and a stutter Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple Massacre: Lost in a jungle mass suicide The Hillside Strangler Duo: Killing Cousins Rodney Alcala: A beastly killing machine slaying beauty Richard Ramirez: Satan’s ambassador Golden State Killer: The triumph of forensic tracking A Black Hand of Death and Inhumanity (Jose Manuel Martinez) A Killing Rampage Preying On Society’s Most Vulnerable Population (Jon David Guerrero) The Santa Rosa Hitchhiking Murders: preying on the innocent David Nadel: The death of a man and rebirth of a performance icon Torrey Pines Beach: Sands, Secrets and A Butterfly Dancer The continued fascination with the Black Dahlia Murder Fatty Arbuckle’s sex and homicide scandal A Classic Mob Contract Killing Of An Unwanted Distraction Was a 1963 beachfront slaying a prelude to future Zodiac terror? Geneva Ellroy: The transference of tragedy into literary expression A Double Tragedy Complicated By Mysterious Scenarios (Spreckels Mansion Death) Kym Morgan: Death by classified advertisement Kevin Collins: A solitary bus bench memorial to every parent’s nightmare Unauthorized Celebrity Biography Comics and A Founder’s Murder (Todd Lawrence) Ted Healy: The suspected homicide of the fourth Stooge The Resolute Will to keep William Desmond Taylor’s murder unsolved A Contract Killer Terminated By His Own Profession (Frank Bompensiero) Ramona Irene Price strolls innocently into a vanished past Raymond Washington: A cycle of senseless violence devours the Crips gang founder The Senseless Murder of a Catholic Priest on Holiday (Monsignor Louis Gutierrez)

Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel Named a New York Times Best Thriller of 2021 "I devoured this riveting book through a day of travel...My desire to rush to the end clashed with my desire to savor every word. Who would be the last psychopath standing?” — New York Times Book Review "Fresh, fast-paced and fiendishly clever! If you love watching true crime and wonder about the psychopaths among us, this is the book for you!" — Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author You should never trust a psychopath. But what if you had no choice? It would be easy to underestimate Chloe Sevre… She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. She spends her time on yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study of psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements. When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan for revenge into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.

In the early twentieth century so many dead bodies surfaced in the rivers around Aberdeen, Washington, that they were nicknamed the “floater fleet.” When Billy Gohl (1873–1927), a powerful union official, was arrested for murder, local newspapers were quick to suggest that he was responsible for many of those deaths, perhaps even dozens—thus launching the legend of the Ghoul of Grays Harbor. More than a true-crime tale, The Port of Missing Men sheds light on the lives of workers who died tragically, illuminating the dehumanizing treatment of sailors and lumber workers and the heated clashes between pro- and anti-union forces. Goings investigates the creation of the myth, exploring how so many people were willing to believe such extraordinary stories about Gohl. He shares the story of a charismatic labor leader—the one man who could shut down the highly profitable Grays Harbor lumber trade—and provides an equally intriguing analysis of the human costs of the Pacific Northwest’s early extraction economy.