Vampire: The Richard Chase Murders (with 23 photos), is an in-depth look into the life and disturbed mind of a killer, his family, and his many victims, the living as well as the dead. Within these pages you'll discover what it was like for the police, and what a difficult job they had finding a killer they knew wouldn't stop until he was apprehended. It was a race against time, in a series of murders that would stun even the most hardened investigators. It is the story of a city under siege, held captive by the ...
Vampire: The Richard Chase Murders (with 23 photos), is an in-depth look into the life and disturbed mind of a killer, his family, and his many victims, the living as well as the dead. Within these pages you'll discover what it was like for the police, and what a difficult job they had finding a killer they knew wouldn't stop until he was apprehended. It was a race against time, in a series of murders that would stun even the most hardened investigators. It is the story of a city under siege, held captive by the man whose appetite for blood could not be satiated.
"Sullivan has written a fascinating account of an abnormal psyche of egregious proportions, and captures the very essence of Richard Chase's monstrous crime spree the citizens of Sacramento will never forget." Gary C. King, author of BLOOD LUST and DRIVEN TO KILL
Katherine Ramsland
"Although it's been over three decades since Richard Trenton Chase went on his killing spree, he still stands out as one of the most bizarre serial killers in America. Kevin Sullivan pulls out more information from interviews and old files than has been previously published, which will interest true crime fans and criminologists alike. His painstaking account presents the evolution of a delusional coldblooded killer."
Katherine Ramsland, bestselling author of "Psychopath" and "The Ivy Leag
Kevin M. Sullivan is a former contributing writer for Snitch, a weekly print newspaper devoted to issues of crime and the law. He's also a former contributing writer for the online site, In Cold Blog. His books include: Shattering the Myth: Signposts on Custer's Road to Disaster, a personality study of George Armstrong Custer; The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History; Murders in the Bluegrass: Tales of the Homicidal Bizarre (not yet published); and the forthcoming, Road to Disaster: George Armstrong Custer's Path to Little Bighorn, scheduled for a spring 2013 release by Globe Pequot Press. He is currently working on his next book, tentatively titled, The Storm.
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