{"product_id":"that-beast-was-not-me-one-forensic-psychologist-five-decades-of-conversations-with-killers-9798986512488","title":"That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations with Killers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey L. Smalldon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Black Lyon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Lyon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Murder - Serial Killers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL LOOK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAT THE MURDERING MIND ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1975, after Manson Family member Lynette \"Squeaky\" Fromme's attempt to kill President Gerald Ford, the FBI found a cache of letters in the would-be assassin's Sacramento apartment. The return address belonged to future forensic psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon, then a young undergraduate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade later, after the shocking murders of two co-workers, Smalldon's quest to understand the twisted minds and motivations of killers became personal in a way it never had been before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHAT BEAST WAS NOT ME documents five decades of conversations with murderers like John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, serial sniper Thomas Lee Dillon, and Donald Harvey-then thought to be the most prolific serial killer in American history. Through letters, prison visits, and interviews, Smalldon gives readers a terrifying look into the darkest recesses of the human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46380516049047,"sku":"9798986512488","price":2467.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798986512488.webp?v=1768769945","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/that-beast-was-not-me-one-forensic-psychologist-five-decades-of-conversations-with-killers-9798986512488","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}