That Beast Was Not Me

One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations with Killers

By: Jeffrey L. Smalldon

Narrated by: Eddie Frierson

AN UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL LOOKAT THE MURDERING MIND ...

In 1975, after Manson Family member Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s attempt to kill President Gerald Ford, the FBI found a cache of letters in the would-be assassin’s Sacramento apartment. The return address belonged to future forensic psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon, then a young undergraduate.

A decade later, after the shocking murders of two co-workers, Smalldon’s quest to understand the twisted minds and motivations of killers became personal in a way it never had been before.

THAT BEAST WAS NOT ME documents five decades of conversations with murderers like John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, serial sniper Thomas Lee Dillon, and Donald Harvey—then thought to be the most prolific serial killer in American history. Through letters, prison visits, and interviews, Smalldon gives listeners a terrifying look into the darkest recesses of the human psyche.

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it's ok

It's a good book. The author definitely lived an interesting life. I wish there had been more about his findings in psychological evaluations of the criminals.

Charles manson

Way to much info on charles manson all he did was get stupid kids from the midwest and south to do shit for him, ugh totally ruined the whole book, he’s not interesting at all.