TERRY, Maury The Ultimate Evil. An Investigation of America's Most Dangerous Satanic Cult. With New Evidence Linking Charlie Manson and the Son of Sam. New York: Doubleday & Company. 1987.
Large 8vo. Quarter bound in publisher’s red cloth with black card over boards, lettered in gilt to spine, original illustrated dust jacket designed by Jack Ribik with the printed price of $17.95 to front flap; pp. xiii, [1, (blank)], 512, with two suites of unpaginated [8 pages] black and white photographs, [2, (blank)]; wearing to jacket edges with some very slight closed tearing and creasing, with some neat tape repairs to reverse of jacket, rolling to crown and base of spine, bump to front board’s top right corner; very good.
First edition.
The Ultimate Evil is a terrifying investigation into one of America's most dangerous satanic cults, with evidence linking Charles Manson and the Son of Sam to the cult network.
On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the Son of Sam murders that had terrorized New York City for over a year. Berkowitz confessed to shooting sixteen people and killing six with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver, and the case was officially closed. Investigative journalist Maury Terry remained unconvinced by the confession. He investigated the murders for several decades, uncovering conflicting witness descriptions of the killer and clues overlooked in the investigation. He became convinced that Berkowitz did not act alone, theorising that the Son of Sam attacks were masterminded by a Yonkers-based cult that was responsible for other ritual murders across the country.
After the author's death in 2015, documentary filmmaker, Josh Zeman, was given access to the files, turning it into a much-followed Netflix series and companion podcast.
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