Journey into Darkness

JOHN DOUGLAS AND MARK OLSHAKER

POCKET BOOKS
New York London Toronto Sydney

$7.99 U.S.
$11.99 CAN.

GRIPPING READING FROM JOHN DOUGLAS

MAN DOWN

A Broken Wings Thriller

And by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

THE CASES THAT HAUNT US

From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI’s Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won’t Go Away

THE ANATOMY OF MOTIVE

The FBI’s Legendarv Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals

OBSESSION

The FBI’s Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back

JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

The FBI’s Premier Investigator Penetrates the Minds and Motives of the Most Terrifying Serial Killers

BROKEN WINGS

A Novel

AVAILABLE FROM POCKET BOOKS

P
RAISE FOR
J
OHN
D
OUGLAS AND
JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

“An unsparing account of a brutal business … The real genius here lies in the analytical rigor of Douglas’s crimescene investigations…. Gutsy, hard-nosed police work of the most difficult—and readable—kind.”

—Gene Lyons,
Entertainment Weekly

“Passionate, intelligent, and heartbreaking, the message of
JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
is a hard-hitting, no-holds-barred attack on our namby-pamby, wishy-washy, ‘politically correct’ age.”

—Roy E. Perry,
Nashville Banner

“One finally feels that Mr. Douglas’s keen eye for crimescene detail and his powerful inductive reasoning cannot be explained any more than one can explain his murderous quarries’ capacity for merciless savagery…. Mr. Douglas leaves us shaken, gripped by a quiet grief for the innocent victims and anguished by the human condition.”

—Dean Koontz,
The New York Times Book Review

“A hard-hitting, no-holds-barred look at [behavioral profiling] and how it has been used time and again to solve crimes across the country.”

—
Anniston Star

“John Douglas is a brilliant man…. And he’s a great guy, very articulate, very sweet. I wanted to cast him as Agent Jack Crawford in the movie.”

—Jonathan Demme, director of
The Silence of the Lambs

P
RAISE FOR
J
OHN
D
OUGLAS AND
M
ARK
O
LSHAKER’S
P
REVIOUS
B
OOK
MINDHUNTER

“A quirky, winning tale of awful crimes and awe-inspiring detective work … Douglas gives us a pair of human eyes through which to view crimes and criminals that are at once grotesque and compelling…. In the end,
Mindhunter
rings the bell because Douglas knows what all the great crime writers know—that the criminologist must be at least as interesting as the crime. On that score, Douglas fits the profile.”

—Richard Willing,
USA Today

“Although Douglas’s profiles reflect years of experience, there’s an uncanniness about their level of detail: He can predict the make and color of a killer’s car. In the Trailside Killer case, in which Northern California hikers were slain in 1979, Douglas rightly predicted the assailant was a stutterer…. Called the ‘FBI’s modern Sherlock Holmes,’ Douglas says he comes up with such details by going into a trancelike state in which he becomes both killer and victim…. Douglas’s conservative estimate is that there are between thirty-five and fifty serial killers hard at work around the country right now, leaving ‘several hundred’ dead people in their wake each year.”

—Deb Price,
The Detroit News

“A fascinating journey into the thrill killer’s psyche … Douglas seems to have a true gift of instinct.
Mindhunter
is gripping….”

—Lou Grieco, Dayton (OH)
Daily News

The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as “unsold and destroyed.” Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this “stripped book.”

The excerpt from
My 8 Rules for Safety
that appears on pages 184-85 is reprinted with permission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright © 1990 NCMEC. All rights reserved.

The excerpt from
Child Protection
on page 187 is reprinted with permission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright © 1985 NCMEC. All rights reserved.

The excerpt from
Kids and Company: Together for Safety
that appears on pages 188-89 is reprinted with permission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Copyright © 1990 NCMEC. All rights reserved.

POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
www.SimonandSchuster.com

Copyright ¢ 1997 by Mindhunters, Inc.

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

For information address Scribner, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

ISBN 13: 978-0-671-00394-4

ISBN 10:   0-671-00394-1

eISBN 13: 978-1-439-10781-2

First Pocket Books printing September 1997

10  9  8

POCKET and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Cover photo by Joshua Sheldon / Photonica

Printed in the U.S.A.

“In this … fascinating memoir of his twenty-five-year career with the FBI, John Douglas contends that psychopathic serial killers have a warped need to kill…. The key to Douglas’s approach is to look for the ‘signature’—as opposed to the modus operandi—of serial killers…. Douglas is at his best describing the terrible crimes that were committed and explaining the logic of his profiling method.”

—Charles P. Thobae, Houston
Chronicle

“Hannibal Lecter may have been a fictional creation but his counterparts exist in real life, and Douglas has tracked down, testified against or just sat down and talked with dozens of them…. A chilling memoir …”

—Lynda Hurst,
The Toronto Star

“In his spellbinding new book, the legendary Douglas … delves into much of the gritty how-to of criminal personality ‘profiling.’ … He’s downright gifted…. I defy anyone interested in psychology, detective work, or logic and puzzlesolving, to put
Mindhunter
willingly aside once begun.”

—Ann G. Sjoerdsma,
Virginian-Pilot

BY THE SAME AUTHORS

M
INDHUNTER

Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit

U
NABOMBER

On the Trail of America’s Most-Wanted Serial Killer

J
OURNEY INTO
D
ARKNESS

O
BSESSION

T
HE
A
NATOMY OF
M
OTIVE

BY JOHN DOUGLAS

S
EXUAL
H
OMICIDE

Patterns and Motives
with Robert K. Ressler and Ann W. Burgess

C
RIME
C
LASSIFICATION
M
ANUAL

with Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler

J
OHN
D
OUGLAS’S
G
UIDE TO
C
AREERS IN THE
FBI

BY MARK OLSHAKER

NONFICTION

T
HE
I
NSTANT
I
MAGE

Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience

V
IRUS
H
UNTER

Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
with C. J. Peters, M.D.

FICTION

E
INSTEIN’S
B
RAIN

U
NNATURAL
C
AUSES

B
LOOD
R
ACE

T
HE
E
DGE

ANTHOLOGY

U
NUSUAL
S
USPECTS

edited by James Grady

For information regarding special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-800-456-6798 or [email protected]

To Karla Brown, Suzanne Collins, Kristen French, Ron Goldman, Amber Hagerman, Cassandra Hansen, Tammy Homolka, Christine Jessop, Megan Kanka, Polly Klaas, Leslie Mahaffy, Shawn Moore, Angie, Melissa, and Nancy Newman, Alison Parrott, Nicole Brown Simpson, Shari Fay Smith, and all the other innocents, their families, friends, and loved ones, and the dedicated law enforcement officers who worked tirelessly seeking justice for them, this book is dedicated with respect, with humility, and with love.

Our special thanks and deepest gratitude go out to all the people who have helped make this work a reality. The first team, as it has been since our first book together, consists of our editor, Lisa Drew, and our agent, Jay Acton, the two people who both shared the vision, encouraged us to see it through, and supported us every step of the way. Likewise, Carolyn Olshaker, our project coordinator, business manager, general counsel, editorial consultant, cheerleader, and to Mark, so much more. Ann Hennigan, our research director, has become an essential part of the operation and has contributed enormously. And we know that with Marysue Rucci handling things at Scribner for us with her amazing combination of efficiency and sunny disposition, everything is going to go smoothly and remain under control. Without these five …

We want to express our profound appreciation to Trudy, Jack, and Stephen Collins, Susan Hand Martin and Jeff Freeman for sharing Suzanne with us. We hope, in telling her story, that we have lived up to their faith in us. We are also indebted to Jim Harrington in Michigan and Tennessee District Attorney Henry “Hank” Williams for sharing their recollections and insights with us, and to our intern, David Altschuler, and to Peter Banks and all of the people at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for their kindness, as well as giving us the benefit of their research, experience, and good work. We’re all a lot better because of them.