Slow Death: The Sickest Serial by James Fielder Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Slow Death: The Sickest Serial
Book Review: Sinister
Summary: 5 Stars
All serial killer cases are weird but this guy was in a class by himself. This entire story has an almost unreal feeling about it. Unfortunately it was real.
The town where these events occurred is named 'Truth Or Consequences' which is located next to another town called 'Elephant Butte'. It seemed like almost everyone in these towns is a drug addict, alcoholic, prostitute, running from the law in another state, etc.. The entire situation was like something out of the Twilight Zone.
During the first trial Ray's defense attorney had to be excused because his stepson put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. The book speculates that this lawyer got so disgusted about having to defend someone like Ray that he retired from the legal profession and now drives a fork lift for a living.
A female FBI agent who had watched one of Ray's video tapes was assigned to take notes about Ray's torture chamber, take photographs, etc. She handed in her report, went home that night, and committed suicide. Who knows what sort of negative energy remains in a place like that.
Sadly however there is some question about whether that particular video was real or one that Ray just staged. That's another disturbing aspect of this case. He would make videos of his attacks and people would pay $ 1,000 for them. It's like Ray was part of a network of psychopaths.
There's an undercurrent of satanism and the occult in this book. Ray claimed to be a satanist and to be the leader of a satanic cult. His girlfriend had books about witchcraft in her home at various times.
There have been quite a few cases where for example teenagers will start messing around with the occult, dressing in all black clothes, saying they are vampires, etc.. Those dark forces can start to worm their way into peoples' brains without them even realizing it.
There was a case in Kentucky I think where the kids were going to a hotel room and having seances, etc.. They later shot an entire family to death. Well they're going to have plenty of time now in a prison cell to think about this.
In this book it sounded like Roy Yancy isn't totally sure what caused him to strangle Marie Parker. I'm not sure Ronnie DeFeo is sure what drove him to murder his entire family during The Ametyville Horror either.
The term 'satanism' means different things to different people however.
David Ray was an intelligent predator. He was a soft spoken, hard working guy. That was all part of the facade that he portrayed to the world.
You get the feeling reading this story that nobody will ever know everything this guy did. The FBI stated that he probably killed over 50 people and if he was ever let out of prison he would kidnap someone before he even made it back to his house.
Ray was a dangerous person generally and shot his boss from the used car dealership. This was not sexually related.
Ray was obsessed with tormenting women because this is the only way he could become sexually aroused. This is called sexual sadism. This is caused by something very deep within the individual. People like this have become possessed by a perverse and evil force. Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, calls this force 'Factor X'. Rader, who aspired to be remembered as one of the most notorious criminal minds in history, undoubtedly holds David Ray in great esteem.
Ray created a collection of drawings of his activities and planned activities that was so evil that the FBI only let two or three people see it.
The hero of this story was Cyndy Vigil who stuck Ray's psycho girlfriend in the neck with an ice pick and got away. It was too bad she didn't stick her a few more times.
This book should be a warning for girls who choose to walk the streets selling sex. That is the first place people like David Ray go when they want to find victims.
This story generally shows how the American criminal justice system is far from perfect. To me David Ray, his girlfriend Cyndy, and his daughter should all have gotten the death penalty even if they didn't kill anyone.
Jeff Marzano
The Amityville Horror Collection (The Amityville Horror/ The Amityville Horror II: The Possession/ The Amityville Horror III: The Demon/ Bonus Disc - Amityville Confidential)
Horror Hotel
The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler (Double Feature)
My Descent into Death: And the Message of Love Which Brought Me Back
Book Review: Terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
I found this book to be wholly offensive, not because of the subject matter, but because of the way it was written. The writer consistently misspells place names, incorrectly translates Spanish words and phrases, makes sweeping generalizations about the people of New Mexico, uses quotation marks where they are unnecessary, over hyphenates, and rambles aimlessly through the story. The book is full of factual errors, negative stereotypes, and seems to rely heavily on local gossip. In fact, the only thing the author seemed to care about was printing transcripts from audio tapes made by Ray. I have never read a book that was as poorly written or researched.Book Review: The real story
Summary: 4 Stars
The account of this case by Jim Fielder is the closest you can get without having access to the case files of the State Police and the FBI. Fielder did not get his information from court transcripts but was present for the hearings, trials and sentencing in this case. While other books and articles guessed as to what the items in David Ray's "toy box" looked like, Fielder gained acces to the photos used as evidence and presents them to his readers.The information and accounts are accurate. His fresh approach to the book, as a story rather than "just the facts" gives the reader some insight into the persons who participated in this case which lasted 2 1/2 years. While Fielder takes some license as far as the interaction between the participants in this case, nothing about the case is factually inacurate. Jim Fielder takes you on an eye-opening journey into the world of criminal sexual sadism practiced by David Ray, a man the FBI described as so dangerous that if he were ever released from custody "he would re-offend before he got home." How do I know how accurate the book is - I prosecuted the case. Jim Yontz, Deputy District Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Book Review: WOW
Summary: 5 Stars
I to heard of the book from the Montel Williams show and all I can say is WOW. The book was extremely well written. I was very interested in the trial part of the book. I didn't think it would turn out how it did. It's hard to imagine something like that actually happening in real life, but this is proof that it does happen.Book Review: What a sicko!
Summary: 4 Stars
This book tells the story about David Parker Ray and his girlfriend, Cynthia Hendy, who would capture young women and enslave them in a trailer they called "The Toybox". They would be tortured and abused as well as having it videotaped for Ray's satanic cult. Three women survive the graphic violence and help put Ray behind bars (Hendy and other accomplices plead out). This book does tend to spend too much time on interviews with people who knew Ray and Hendy, but that might be to understand why they may have commited their crimes. The transcribed audiotapes of Ray in the book are graphic in language. Overall, it is a worthwhile read, as I finished it in less than a week.