Mass Murder in Houston by John K. Gurwell First Printing 1974 by John K. Gurwell - 1974

Cordovan Press, 1974. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

E-128. Good. Paperback. Mass Market PB. 12mo. Cordovan Press, Houston, TX. 1974. 160 pgs. Wrappers worn with some shelf-wear to the extremities present. Previous owner's name present to the front wrapper. Text is browned and has some underlining present. Binding tight and solid. In an area of Houston known as the Heights, boys had been going missing for years, but it was the peace-and-love 1970s, so police just called them runaways, even if they’d left with little more than a swimsuit and some change. When the truth was uncovered, and police – and the rest of Houston – realized the boys had become victims of notorious American serial killer Dean Corll, Houston recoiled in horrified shock. Residents realized that they had not only become the site of the most grisly mass murder in Texas history, but the worst mass murder in all of U. S. History. The word serial killer had not yet been coined, and as body after decomposing body was uncovered from the dirt floor of the boat… Read More