By Fred Rosen
They stared into the faces of natural evil . . . and survived! Ted Bundy . . . Jeffrey Dahmer . . . David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz . . . Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer . . . those are a number of the names that strike terror into even the bravest of hearts. Human monsters, they preyed upon the unsuspecting, freely feeding their bad hungers. Their crimes have been unspeakable, as they maimed, tortured, killed, and killed back, leaving such a lot of lifeless of their bloody wake. yet someway, astonishingly, seven would-be sufferers fell into the clutches of the century's worst serial killers—and escaped demise via braveness, divine windfall, or simply simple good fortune. this can be the awesome actual tale of these who lived.
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It only served to make an active, anonymous highway that much busier, that much more anonymous, that much more loaded with potential victims. Driving along behind a semi at 75, it’s hard to pay attention to the dude raping the girl in the car by the side of the road and then dumping her body to disintegrate in the swamp. Going west, Interstate 10 passed into Texas over the Sabine River. Almost immediately the landscape changed. The swamp dried up and evergreens dotted the highway. Texas seemed drier, not to mention friendlier.
The Brights were Evangelical Christians. ” Sharon asked, looking at me directly. Well, there it was; I’d been expecting it. ” It was left unsaid that Judaism did not acknowledge Jesus as the savior. Sharon tried not to blink and wasn’t successful. 50 THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD “You know what, it doesn’t make any difference,” I explained. “I believe in God just like you do. ” The Brights were actually smiling after dinner, totally affable and relaxed. They invited me back to their place for coffee.
I believe he [God] said it wasn’t time yet, for some reason. ” She smiled. ” While Michele Whitehead had accepted what happened to her, her father had not. After his Jacks and beers, the alcohol broke down Ron’s bluff exterior. Ron Chapman shook, the grief engulfing him, and he buried his head in his hands. I understood: he couldn’t protect his daughter. “My husband hasn’t gotten drunk like that in four years, you have to excuse him,” said Roberta when we got outside. “Why? He has every right in the world to feel the way he does.