Trophy Kill: The Shall We Dance Murder

by Dan Zupansky, Carmina M. Dragomir (Editor)

Trophy Kill: the Shall We Dance Murder. The Trial and Revelations of a Psychopathic Killer On July 1st, 2003 Susan Sarandon called police from the set of the Miramax movie Shall We Dance to report the theft of some of her jewelry, including a gold necklace. The next day Sidney Teerhuis calmly walked into a police station to report waking from a drunken blackout to find his acquantance dead in the bathtub. At the rented room police found the victim dismembered, beheaded, sawn in half, disemboweled and castrated with the chest sliced open and all of the internal organs gone! One eye had been removed and the body posed, crudely reassembled. Susan Sarandon's stolen gold necklace was found a few feet away from the murder-horror spectacle. Obsessed with celebrity, his role models-serial killers, with Susan Sarandon's stolen jewelry, Sidney hatches a diabolical plan to achieve his ultimate fantasy...

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

400 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2010

About the author

Canadian true crime author.

Zupansky wrote a book about Sidney Teerhuis who murdered a fellow aborginal man. The writings and drawings Teerhuis send to him were later used to convict him.

Zupansky has an true crime podcast on blogtalkradio.com

Reviews

[Destiny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would give this book a 3.5/5. The book was exactly what I thought it would be, gave great detail and the beginning kept me intrigued. It was nice that he gave a warning before going into the details of the murder. With this said, the second part of the book, the trail was repetitive and took time to read. If you're interested in this murder case it is a good book to read!

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very interesting case, but a bit of a difficult read. I appreciate Zupansky's efforts to report this story in the most unbiased way, but I had a hard time remaining engaged in the court transcripts. It was kind of like hearing someone explain a card trick rather than having it shown to you. Still, it is a great example of how the devious criminal mind will try every avenue to escape justice.

[Amanja · Rating 2 out of 5]

The case itself is interesting and I got the book mainly to read the letters from the killer in full detail. However, the rest of the book consisted almost entirely of the full court transcript making it not so much a book as a collection of documents. The author compiled these scripts but did very little writing, doing nothing to tie them together or provide a narrative. As a whole it comes off as very lazy.

[♥ Marlene♥ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Way too long . I do not want to read this book just because I will get to know exactly what the killer did and how he felt when he dismembered the body and made love with the various organs.

Naaah thanks. Guy decided to write a book and I do not get the 5 star ratings. cough Kim C.

[Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horrific but thoroughly told

So I'm a huge fan of true crime but this is one of the most horrific crimes I have ever read about. The killer deserves every bit of the time he got and should never walk among the free world again. He is the definition of evil. I do not understand why life without parole is not even a consideration in this case especially. Robin Greene, the victim, did not deserve to die and my heart goes out to his family.
This book was pretty thorough but it read almost like a court transcript, especially in some spots like the judges instructions to the jury. It could have been a little shorter and still have had just as much information. Some parts were very repetitive. Overall the book was good, told every known fact.

[Dave Wehr · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Godfather is modern true crime.

Zupansky is considered the godfather of modern true crime and rightfully so. This tale was not only gross but engrossing and Zupansky handled it amazingly well.

[Conchita Matson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly written and edited. I have heard the author in an interview and he is much better spoken than what is portrayed in the book. If the info would have been arranged differently instead of "cutting and pasting" letters and court transcripts and instead, having a narrative with those documents supporting it I think it would've been a better book.

[Charles Reimler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trophy Kill Is Unusual Story & Unique Per True Crime Literature! Extreme Detail Per Author Adds Books Length! It Is A Pure Evil Reality Of Beyond Words Darkness! Author "Letters From Prison" Are Insightful Materials!
Author Involvement In Justice Is Genuine Within Canada!

[Sherah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good story. Difficult reading.. But, glad I soldiered through.