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The Tuskegee Strangler - The Nicest Serial Killer They Ever Met - cover

The Tuskegee Strangler - The Nicest Serial Killer They Ever Met

Linda Lou Long

Publisher: WildBlue Press

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Every serial killer is a “nice guy”—until he’s found out. The shocking, true account of a Southern charmer who left a trail of victims in his wake. 
 
Jerry Marcus fooled them all. He was “a nice guy,” always helped at home, did well in school, an athlete, and always employed. When things went wrong, he was the first to help clean up the mess. He was the last person anyone suspected of being a serial killer. 
 
After Marcus was caught and sentenced to life in prison in the late ’70s, author Linda Lou Long spent years corresponding with him. The Tuskegee Strangler gives an inside look into the workings of a man who is not your typical serial killer.
Available since: 07/19/2022.
Print length: 278 pages.

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