Ritual Crime: Books on Specific Cases

Bainbridge, William S.. (1978) Satan’s power: A deviant psychotherapy cult. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA.
NOTE: On the Process (called “the Power” by Bainbridge). The Process, an English group, incorporated on US soil in January 1968. This book contains chapters describing Charles Manson’s link to the Process.

Bugliosi, V. & Gentry, C. (1979) Helter-skelter: The true story of the Manson murders. Bantam Books: NY. NY.

Cawthorne, Nigel. (1995) Satanic murder. True Crime: London.

Colvin, R. (1992) Evil harvest: The shocking true story of cult murder in the American heartland. Bantam: NY, NY.

Corcoran, J. Bitter harvest: Gordon Kahl and the Posse Comitatus: Murder in the heartland. Penguin: NY, NY.

Dubois, William Edward Lee. (1992) Occult crime: Detection, investigation, and verification. San Miguel Press: Las Vegas, NM.

Flynn, K, & Gerhardt, G. (1989) The silent brotherhood: Inside America’s racist underground.Signet (Penguin): NY, NY.

Kahner, L. (1988.) Cults that kill: Probing the world of occult crime. Random House.

Larson, B. (1989) Satanism: The seduction of America’s youth. T. Nelson: Nashville, TN.

Linedecker, C. L. (l991) Night stalker. St. Martin’s Paperback: NY. NY.
NOTE: The story of Richard Ramirez.

Linedecker, C. L. (1989) Hell ranch: Nightmare of voodoo, drugs, and death in Matamoros. Tom Doherty: NY, NY.

Manson, Charles, and Emmons, Nuel. (1986) Manson in his own words. Grove Press: NY, NY.

Provost, G. Across the border: The true story of the satanic cult killings in Matamoros, Mexico. Pocket Books: NY, NY

Reid, Greg. (1993). A professional’s guide to occult crimes. Youthfire Publications, Box 370006, El Paso, TX 79937.

Rhodes, Henry Taylor Fowkes. (1968) The Satanic Mass: A Criminological Study. Jarrolds, London.

Ridgeway, J. (1990) Blood in the face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi skinheads, and the rise of a new white culture. Thunder’s Mouth Press: NY, NY

Rowe G.T. (1976) My undercover years with the Klu Klux Klan Bantam Books, NY, NY

St. Clair, D. (1987) Say you love satan. Dell Publishing: NY, NY
NOTE: True crime format of teenagers involved in satanism and murder.

Sanders, E. (l990) The family: The Manson group and its aftermath. Signet, New American Library (Penguin Books): NY, NY

Scammell, H (l991) Mortal remains: A true story of ritual murder. Edward Burlingame Books (HarperCollins).
NOTE: ‘True crime’ format: story of satanic murders in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Schutze, J. (1989) Cauldron of blood: The Matamoros cult killings. Avon: NY, NY.

Terry, M. (1987) The ultimate evil: An investigation into a dangerous satanic cult. Bantam Books. NY, NY.
NOTE: An extensive investigation of the Son of Sam murders, linking them to a national network of cults.

Wick, Steve. (1990) Bad company: Drugs, Hollywood, and the Cotton Club murder. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich: San Diego, CA.