Wolfman: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert Howard

by Robert Webb

In October of 2015, a decrepit old man named Robert Howard died of natural causes in his cell. In jail he’d led a solitary existence and spoke rarely; indeed he could have been any criminal counting down his time to release except for the fact he never stood a chance of ever getting out of prison. He was serving a life sentence for murder and simultaneously under investigation for the disappearances of other young girls that he would have had access to during a horrifically brutal life of sexual crime. Robert Howard led a gruesome life of crime, rape, brutality and murder.

He called himself The Wolfman.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2016

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an interesting case, but I came away feeling as if I hadn't read the story of this man's life yet. There was no sense of how many crimes he committed, how many rapes or murders, how he made his living (honestly or dishonestly?), why he moved when he did, what his relationships were like or anything else. Did he get along with his bosses? Did he have friends? How did he meet his wife? The author says Howard was obviously psychotic but gives no evidence of that at any point. And he kept getting regular prison when he got caught, no treatment of any kind. There is not a scrap of information about his trial, and all the book says about his police interviews was that they were surprised at how pleasant and normal he seemed. Tell me more!!!

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

A brutal criminal -- who tortured, raped and killed women and girls while moving back and forth between Ireland, England and Scotland. repeatedly caught and given ridiculously short prison terms before being released again and again. Led to the creation of the Irish Sex Offender registry. A story of how the system failed.

[Jeanine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brief, concise biography of a real creep, serial killer, Robert Howard.

[Elaina Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not good

It's just the writers opinion. I thought there would be more about Robert as a person. Serial killer he was still a person not a good one.

[Jenelle Compton · Rating 3 out of 5]

not at all bad, but it was just a factual list of the crimes and history of the wolfman.
interesting, but if you are looking for a novelization, this is not it.