^{Murder is shocking, no matter what the circumstances. But the perversity of some murders stun even hardened investigators. Mutilated corpses, sick rituals and obscene souvenirs are some of the ingredients that make certain murders truly deviant. This books reveals seven of these murders; the grisly deeds of five truly bizarre killers. These are stories about secrets, lies, and perversity. These are stories about murder. Real stories.}

^{The Case of Bobby Gray}

^{The curtain had been ripped from the west window. A lamp was broken. There was blood on the walls, floor and bed. An empty drawer had been abandoned on the floor, its contents tossed around. On the other side of the bed, Willis noticed a body lying on its stomach. The hands and feet were bound together and there was something wrapped around the person's neck.}

^{The Case of John Calvaresi}

^{The officers hurried to enter the apartment. A massive pool of blood greeted them as they opened the door to the first-floor apartment. Carefully, they stepped over it into the living room and were met with the gruesome sight of a man spread-eagled in another pool of blood. They were horrified to see that his head was lying next to him, with the face pointed toward the floor.}

^{The Case of John David}

^{He covered Miriam's body in a bed sheet and brought her down to the car. Putting the body in the trunk, he went to the farm where he worked. It was remote and no one would be around to notice what he was doing. At the farm, he took some gas from the fuel tank, tossed it on Miriam's body and lit a match to it. But the fire did not completely destroy the body and David had to find another way out. There were over one hundred hogs living at the farm. And hogs will eat absolutely anything.}

^{The Case of David Neal}

^{David "Toni" Lowry was found dead at the scene of the crime, covered in a pool of blood. He had died grasping a piece of green shrubbery that was obviously not a sufficient weapon to fend off his unrelenting attacker.}

^{The Case of Robert Todd}

^{The body of a thirty-two year old woman was in the doorway between the bedroom and living room. A blanket now concealed the body that was naked from the waist down. A light green shirt was wrapped around the victim's neck. She had received numerous stab wounds to the left side of her chest, while several linear injuries were across her abdomen.}

^{The Case of Samuel Brooks}

^{It was completely dark inside the apartment. Only a small flash of light came from the bedroom where the blinds were open a little bit, just enough to show that there was a body on the floor. The neighbor turned on a light and with increasing shock they walked closer. Masha was dead, beaten and stabbed and was lying in a large puddle of blood.}

^{The Case of Samuel Brooks}

^{As Sam Duval stepped out of the truck he felt an abrupt sense of trepidation. He first believed that he had seen a large doll lying in a shallow ditch between two of the plants. But as he approached the unknown entity, terror twisted the pit of his stomach. There, lying on her back, was the almost naked body of a petite woman. It was apparent by the destruction to her body that her death had not been a pretty one.}