Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

New York looked like someone put Magic Grow on Miami, strung the whole thing with Christmas lights, then ground about a billion pounds of soot into it.

Sam and I talked that first day about our childhoods, about our first loves, about his family tree, which includes (it really does) both Malcolm X and Little Richard.

Less dead" homicide victims, a term credited to criminologist Steven Egger, have historically been not as thoroughly investigated as their wealthier, whiter, and perhaps more sober counterparts. Pretty white college students are the most dead. Black transgender hookers with addiction issues are the least dead.

Research suggests the amygdala is overactive in people with anxiety disorders and underactive in psychopaths.

I pulled over a bucket of popcorn and waited for the inevitable drama when detective ego, cowboy ego, federal government ego, lawyer ego, and serial killer ego started playing bumper cars. I hoped the victims wouldn’t wind up under the wheels.