Bestial (48 page)

SIMON & SCHUSTER
A VIACOM COMPANY
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2381-01

Bela Borsodi

HAROLD SCHECHTER
is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books
Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved
, and, with David Everitt,
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
. He is also the author of
Nevermore
and
The Hum Bug
, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York State.

Mug shots of Earle Leonard Nelson, aged twenty-four, at the time of his arrest for assaulting twelve-year-old Mary Summers in May 1921.
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.

A GALLERY OF EARLE LEONARD NELSON’S VICTIMS

Clara Newman, murdered February 20, 1926, in San Francisco.
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.

Mrs. Beata Withers, murdered October 19, 1926, in Portland. With her is her son, Charles.
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.

Mabel Fluke, murdered October 23, 1926, in Portland.
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.

Mrs. Florence Monks, murdered November 24, 1926, in Seattle.
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.

Mrs. Blanche Myers, murdered November 29, 1926, in Portland.
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.

The body of Mrs. Emily Patterson, murdered June 10, 1927, in Winnipeg.
Provincial Archives of Manitoba.