Road Kill

by David Jacobs (Editor)

Twenty-six true-life cases from the files of True Detective magazine document the horrific crimes of such psychopaths as Spencer Corey Goodman, a martial arts expert who killed a beauty queen for her Cadillac, and Keith Allen Brown, a depraved cab driver who crushed a helpless woman to death with his car. Reissue.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Short Stories

415 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jeffrey Bumiller · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's amazing true crime out there. Important, essential true crime. This isn't that. This is trash. But wait, let me back up. A few months ago I got rid of my car. Well, more accurately, my car got rid of me. On that last day I hit a pothole on my way home from work and dragged my muffler for 20 minutes until I finally pulled onto my street and parked the car for the last time. Later, when I was cleaning out the trunk of my car I found this book. I had no recollection of how it got there so I thought that meant I had better read it. So I did. It's trash. Exploitative, poorly written, filled with mistakes and printing errors. The cases mentioned are of no particular interest and each chapter has a ridiculous, demeaning title. For example: "hitchhiking teen hooker," "Buddies Behead Their Friend," "Cross-dressed to Kill." Look, I'm all about finding books in unexpected places and reading them just to see what happens. That's how I wanna live my life. But it doesn't always work out. This time it didn't.

[Ronnie Cramer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish there were more collections like this available; it's like reading a stack of True Detective magazines, but without the sleazy ads and with fewer lurid illustrations. Contains twenty-six cases from the late 1980s and early 1990s, one of which was written by Gary C. King, who has gone on to become a popular author with many true crime books to his credit.

[DAISY READS HORROR · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you want to read quick short true crime stories this is the book for you. I was intrigued on the years these cases we’re committed but was annoyed at the immature titles.

[Betty Stoneking · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was really good