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Evidence of Evil: The Ed Gein Story

Another So-So Ed Gein Book Author: Adam King My friend and I have recently started watching the third season of Monster, which focuses on Ed Gein’s story. I’d previously read Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho", which was more focused on Gein’s effect on popular culture (including movies such as Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre) than on what he actually did. I still felt, after reading it, that I didn’t really understand the true breadth of the story. Was Gein a serial killer or a grave robber or both? Who did [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-11T17:18:21-07:00November 11th, 2025|Tags: book review, Ed Gein, Monster, murder, read, reading, serial killer, true crime|

Changeling, The

"A great fairy tale tells the truth.” Author: Victor Lavalle Apollo is determined to be the father he never had. He dotes on his son, Brian, carrying him everywhere, uploading hundreds of pictures to social media, boring well-meaning friends. It seems that life is perfect, but soon Apollo’s wife (and Brian’s mother), Emma, starts to act strange. She asks weird questions about the baby. She claims she is getting pictures of Apollo ignoring him – pictures that immediately disappear from her phone. She says that the baby isn’t there’s – isn’t even a baby – and that her real son is [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-09T15:26:49-07:00November 9th, 2025|Tags: book review, fairy tale, horror, read, reading|

Enemy Within, The

Ravenloft's Take on Jekyll and Hyde Author: Christie Golden In a true case of wrong time / wrong place, Sir Tristan Hiregaard, a nobleman and ruler of Nova Vaasa, does the right thing and yet is blamed for a terrible crime he did not commit. Ravenloft’s forever formidable Vistani clear him of the crime through mystical means, but a rouge in their order, Rozalia, is sure that he remains guilty. Already dabbling in the blackest of magics, Rozalia cooks up a curse even she cannot quite handle, and a new dark lord is born. Soon, a mysterious figure named Malken [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-08T15:34:18-07:00November 8th, 2025|Tags: book review, Christie Golden, dark fantasy, fantasy, horror, Ravenloft, read, reading|