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A review by imyourmausoleum
Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree by Dennis McDougal
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Randy Kraft was a serial killer and rapist who was active from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. The media and law enforcement often like to name killers, and Kraft had a couple. He was known as the Freeway Killer, as his victims were found along the freeway. The name that most people know him by is The Scorecard Killer, as police found a card with coded entries of his victims. He employed a method of rape, torture, and murder...which this book outlines in pretty grim detail. They are certain that he killed sixteen men and boys, but the number is believed to be much higher. (There were sixty plus entries on his scorecard.) He is currently still alive, incarcerated on Death Row at San Quentin prison, awaiting execution.
I got this book on Audible, and had just over three hours left on it. I finished this up this morning while I was doing some laundry and chores. I first learned of Randy Kraft through The Last Podcast On The Left, and this book was referenced on the reading list for sources. I thought the book was well written, and the research that went into it was expansive. The book detailed more than the podcast did, so I learned a great deal about the crimes and the killer. I am sure the physical book probably includes pictures, but I had to Google what this guy looked like.....and I was really shocked. He did not look anything like what I imagined. It's also wild to think about him being as old as my Grandfather now. If you are into that podcast or true crime in general, this was a pretty good book.
I got this book on Audible, and had just over three hours left on it. I finished this up this morning while I was doing some laundry and chores. I first learned of Randy Kraft through The Last Podcast On The Left, and this book was referenced on the reading list for sources. I thought the book was well written, and the research that went into it was expansive. The book detailed more than the podcast did, so I learned a great deal about the crimes and the killer. I am sure the physical book probably includes pictures, but I had to Google what this guy looked like.....and I was really shocked. He did not look anything like what I imagined. It's also wild to think about him being as old as my Grandfather now. If you are into that podcast or true crime in general, this was a pretty good book.