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A review by hillarynguyen
Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree by Dennis McDougal
4.0
3.5/5
Angel of Darkness paints a frightening portrait of a part of American society rarely glimpsed. A very well written case about the infamous serial killer, Randy Kraft who left a gruesome trail of multilated bodies - 67 victims to be exact.
Still took me a little while to finish this book; I found the chronological order of the events were slightly hard to follow and some of the details were somewhat unnecessary so it sort of transferred your mind from one place to another at times.
What I appreciated from the book and Mr. Dougal’s writing style is the comprehensive depiction of Kraft’s victims - who they were, bits and pieces of their lives before the monster so called Randy Kraft took it all away. A lot of times in true crimes, the focus has always been on the perpetrators, and the victims, at the end are statistics. But Mr. Dougal actually spent pages to help readers connect with these people and in some cases, understood what really led them to fall into Kraft’s evil trap.
Angel of Darkness paints a frightening portrait of a part of American society rarely glimpsed. A very well written case about the infamous serial killer, Randy Kraft who left a gruesome trail of multilated bodies - 67 victims to be exact.
Still took me a little while to finish this book; I found the chronological order of the events were slightly hard to follow and some of the details were somewhat unnecessary so it sort of transferred your mind from one place to another at times.
What I appreciated from the book and Mr. Dougal’s writing style is the comprehensive depiction of Kraft’s victims - who they were, bits and pieces of their lives before the monster so called Randy Kraft took it all away. A lot of times in true crimes, the focus has always been on the perpetrators, and the victims, at the end are statistics. But Mr. Dougal actually spent pages to help readers connect with these people and in some cases, understood what really led them to fall into Kraft’s evil trap.