The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us

Author - Gregg O. McCrary ... [Goo?] [Posters]
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This Hardcover Book was reviewed on 26-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us by . Okay, I have read better books but I believe the author´s role in the Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo´s dispicable crimes in the murders of three innocent young ladies including Karla´s sister is worth reading in the first place if you followed the crimes. Now, Karla is a free woman. Paul will be eligible for parole in 2020 according to the book. I understand profiling is not an exact science. The author writes about the miss in the Hindu Mass HOmicide case where nine innocent monks including a nun were killed execution style for literally peanuts of their wealth. They would have probably given them everything they asked for if they were given the opportunity. The author does lose me with the David Koresh and the Waco situation. I don´t believe he firmly explained how dangerous Koresh was specifically. As a reader, we know he followed in the footsteps of another monster, Jim Jones, but the author never clarifies the process of Koresh´s madness from leader to dictator in his small congregation. The book is really for crime enthusiasts like myself who enjoys reading about crime and what makes people tick. He is accurate in his depiction of Paul and Karla´s crimes against young virginal women including Karla´s sister, Tammy Lynn. She was a Christmas Present for Paul from his beloved fiance, Karla. Their relationship was twisted and Karla knew of Paul´s crime spree as the Scarborough Rapist but supported it as a game. It still angers me that Karla was released and that Paul may have a chance at parole. Write the Canadian parole boards to stop this from happening. As for Karla, she´s the most hated woman in Canada. He also writes in detail about Arthur Shawcross´s crimes as a serial killer. There is the European serial killer, Jack Untweger, but he doesn´t go into detail about his crimes. He is not as clear as he is about Shawcross´ crimes.¤

2) Hardcover Book The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us by . I have a fairly large section in my home library on true crime, which has always interested me. I enjoy the writings of John Douglas and Roy Hazelwood, and so, since this book´s cover talked about McCrary´s working relationship with Douglas, I picked it up at the library.

The writing is fine, but the problem I found is this: McCrary makes it sound as though he is called in or sent to a crime scene, where he expertly profiles the perpetrator. The problem is that he presents a profile, and then is suddenly called to another case, and then something along the lines of "two or three months later, someone else solved the case." In other words, it doesn´t sound as though he ever solves anything, or sticks around a crime scene to see if his guesses pan out.

Perhaps it´s wishful thinking, but I´d really have liked to see McCrary head up an investigation and work it through to the end. Seems to me that both Douglas and Hazelwood did that, and, knowing that, Douglas is prominently mentioned on the book´s cover to get people to buy the book. I´m glad I picked it up at the library; while reasonably interesting, it´s not going to end up at my library at home.¤

3) Hardcover Book The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us by . I could not put this book down and have recommended it to so many people! You start to appreciate the work of a profiler and how important it is in an investigation. Gregg McCrary did such an awesome job in keeping you on the edge of your seat.¤

4) Hardcover Book The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us by . I´ve read just about everything by John Douglas and other books on profiling, and am a bit of a Court TV junkie. This book provides new information and insights into criminal profiling and certain cases than previously available, and for that reason, I´d recommend it for a true crime fan. It provides new information on the Paul Bernardo / Karla Homolka husband and wife serial rape "team", the Buddhist Temple Massacre near Phoenix, and the Waco tragedy. The fact that McCary presents fairly convincing evidence that Karla Homolka was hardly the "battered wife" she´s usually presented to be in this highly documented case was the most startling to me.

The problem is the writing is tedious to read at several points, and the chapter on the Waco stand-off seems to go on forever. The book could have used some more work by the editor, as some paragraphs don´t really fit together and some of the narrative goes along in a herky jerky fashion. For this reason, I would not recommend this book for someone with just a passing interest in the subject.¤

5) Hardcover Book The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us by . You can learn more in a one hour Discovery Channel special than you will in this book. The writing style is simplistic and tediously "Dragnet cute" which doesn´t help. What the book needs is a real writer and someone to help organize the material better. Oh, yes, and an editor to cut out the many self-congratulatory asides that further weaken the project.¤

6) Hardcover Book The Unknown Darkness : Profiling the Predators Among Us by .

From one of the country´s most preeminent criminal profilers comes this gripping, behind-the-scenes account of America´s most disturbing and complex serial killer and murder investigations. A former Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI´s Behavioral Science Unit, Gregg McCrary takes us deep into the minds of the nation´s shrewdest and most sinister predators. In The Unknown Darkness, he digs beneath the crime scene to examine in raw first-person detail the lethal competition between the country´s deviously dangerous killers and the dedicated professionals who are determined to get them off the streets.

In the basement offices of the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia -- now familiar from the books and films The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal -- McCrary served in one of the most elite forces for criminal investigation in the world, profiling criminals for over twenty-five years in more than a thousand cases involving homicide, serial murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault. He takes us inside his process on some of his most fascinating cases, including:

The Unknown Darkness also explores the strengths and pitfalls of modern criminal investigation and offers vivid details about what happens at a crime scene, what is actually involved in bringing a killer to justice, and finally what kind of a person is able to devote his or her life to grappling with the predators among us. Daring to relive the often harrowing experiences of his time with the FBI, McCrary has put together an eye-opening account of ten of America´s most frightening and riveting manhunts. He has also written an engrossing narrative on our justice system -- from the perspective of someone who has lived it day to day.

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