The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: The Story of a Town in Terror

So I decided since it's the start of a new school semester and I don't currently have the time to devote to a 500 page book that I'm going to go out of order on the list. So the first Book I read was number 14 - *Non-Fiction Book*
The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: The Story of a Town in Terror By: James Presley

Started: Jan 1, 2015 Finished: Jan 12, 2015

Here is the Goodreads synopsis:
 
       The salacious and scandalous murders of a series of couples on Texarkana's "lovers lanes" in seemingly idyllic post-WWII America created a media maelstrom and cast a pall of fear over an entire region. What is even more surprising is that the case has remained cold for decades. Combining archival research and investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize nominated historian James Presley reveals evidence that provides crucial keys to unlocking this decades-old puzzle.

Dubbed "the Phantom murders" by the press, these grisly crimes took place in an America before dial telephones, DNA science, and criminal profiling. Even pre-television, print and radio media stirred emotions to a fever pitch. The Phantom Killer, exhaustively researched, is the only definitive nonfiction book on the case, and includes details from an unpublished account by a survivor, and rare, never-before-published photographs.

Although the case lives on today on television, the Internet, a revived fictional movie and even an off-Broadway play, with so much of the investigation shrouded in mystery since 1946, rumors and fractured facts have distorted the reality. Now, for the first time, a careful examination of the archival record, personal interviews, and stubborn fact checking come together to produce new insights and revelations on the old slayings

Here is what I thought: 

             I've always loved true crime books, and this one happened in Texas where I was born and raised. I loved this book personally it taught me a lot I didn't know about Texarkana and the surrounding area. I think they did a really good job and explaining the whole situation and it felt like you were there during the 40's when it happened. I would recommend this book.