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Unmasked by Paul Holes

4/11/2022

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Happy Monday! There’s nothing to help you relax over the weekend like a stroll along the harbor and a book about serial killers, am I right?

Well, that was my weekend. Who else out there has a true crime fascination?

SNL did a funny video called ‘Murder Shows’ that spoofs those of us who watch true crime docs to relax or while we’re doing things like folding laundry. 

If you haven’t seen it, give it a watch!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4RdcE6H4Gs

Also, if you like true crime, the new Netflix doc Bad Vegan is FANTASTIC. There’s no gore - it’s really all about psychological manipulation, con games and just a touch of cult-like indoctrination.

Q: What is your favorite recent true crime watch or read or listen? If you aren’t into true crime, what is your favorite (non-true crime) watch or read or listen?

This comes out April 26!


Book blurb:
From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards—and toll—of a life solving crime.
For a decade, The Golden State Killer stalked and murdered Californians in the dead of night, leaving entire communities afraid to turn out the lights. The sadistic predator disappeared in 1986, hiding in plain sight for the next thirty years in middle class suburbia. In 1994, when cold case investigator Paul Holes came across the old file, he swore he would unmask the Golden State Killer and finally give these families some closure. Twenty four years later, Holes fulfilled that promise, identifying a 73-year-old former cop named Joseph J. DeAngelo. Headlines blasted from the U.S. to Europe: one of America's most prolific serial killers was in custody.
That case launched Holes's career into the stratosphere, turning him into an icon in the true crime world with television shows like The DNA of Murder with Paul Holes and America's Most Wanted, and with the podcast Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad. Everyone knows Paul Holes, the gifted crime solver with a big heart and charming smile who finally caught the Golden State Killer. But until now, no one has known the man behind it all, the person beneath the flashy cases and brilliant investigations.
In this memoir, Holes takes us through his memories of a storied career and provides an insider account of some of the most notorious cases in contemporary American history, including the Zodiac Killer, Laci Peterson's murder and Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping. This is also a revelatory profile of a complex man and what makes him tick: the drive to find closure for victims and their loved ones, the inability to walk away from a challenge—even at the expense of his own happiness. Holes opens up the most intimate scenes of his life: his moments of self-doubt and the impact that detective work has had on his marriage. This is a story about the gritty truth of crime solving when there are no flashbulbs and "case closed" headlines. It is the story of a man and his commitment to cases and people who might have otherwise been forgotten.
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