The Texarkana Moonlight Murders: The Unsolved Case of the 1946 Phantom Killer
- ISBN-10
- 0786473258
- ISBN-13
- 9780786473250
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-05-14
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Michael Newton
Description
"Texarkana's phantom was not America's first serial slayer; he certainly was not the worst, either in body count or sheer brutality. But he has left a crimson mark on history as one of those who got away. The Phantom Killer left a haunting mystery behind. This is the definitive story of that mystery"--
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