Usually, true crime does not affect me much. It gives me the ick, but I don't dwell on it and I don't usually have nightmares about it. That was not the case with this book. It took me longer than expected to read because I typically do my reading right before bed... do not do that with this book. The first (and only) night that I read this right before bed, I had nightmares that I was one of the victims and I think it was the most terrifying nightmare I have ever had.
If you are looking for scary true crime, you have found it. The facts are all there as well as additional details to improve the flow of the story and it is just SO GOOD.
I also like that the stories took the time to list out every victim, even if there were several of them. I feel that sometimes true crime news (books, podcasts, etc.) tend to focus on the perpetrator and give them the spotlight, rather than the unfortunate people that were targeted. This book did a good job of mentioning all of the known victims by name.
Highly recommend for fans of both true crime and horror... I added the horror on their because some of these were pretty graphic and had a similar affect to reading a horror book or watching a horror movie.