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Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott
A young man kidnaps his own nephew and makes him his servant and sex slave. He abducts young boys, has his way with them, and, if they "know too much," kills them. He forces his nephew to participate in his crimes and to consign these little victims, sometimes still living, to their graves. His father is afraid of his own son. His son mocks and abuses him, falsel...more
Paperback, 280 pages
Published
September 11th 2008
by Xlibris Corporation
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I really think an interesting book could be written about this case. It is about Gordon Stewart Northcott, who was convicted in 1929 of murdering three boys, who he had kidnapped and molested. One of his victims was Walter Collins, whose mother was played by Angelina Jolie in the recent Clint Eastwood movie "Changeling."
This young man was living on a chicken farm with his nephew, who was about 5 years younger than him. Apparently he was in some kind of abusive rapist/m...more
This young man was living on a chicken farm with his nephew, who was about 5 years younger than him. Apparently he was in some kind of abusive rapist/m...more
The story is good, despite the author's writing style. If he had just let the story tell itself, it would have been amazing. The historic details are insightful and add interest to the main storyline. BUT THE AUTHOR STINKS! He doesn't understand the meaning of the word irony, he peppers his text with italics and exlamation points (rather than using writing style to show emotion) and he constantly asks aside questions that are better left for reader to ask, not the author. His writing style ...more
If you like really gory serial killer stuff, you will be facscinated by this true story about the life of Gordon Stewart Northcott who kidnaps his own nephew and makes him his sex slave and partner in a series of killings of young boys in Southern California. The book is the basis for the movie Changlings with Angelina Jolie. Creepy!!
I saw and really enjoyed the move The Changeling. I wanted to learn more about the real Gordon Northcutt, so I bought this book.
It was interesting, chilling, and a pretty good read. I would have liked to know more about the victims, but I understand the focus was more on the killer and his bizarre family.
I enjoyed the actual quotes from the court proceedings.
For those who like books about serial killers, I would recommend this book.
It was interesting, chilling, and a pretty good read. I would have liked to know more about the victims, but I understand the focus was more on the killer and his bizarre family.
I enjoyed the actual quotes from the court proceedings.
For those who like books about serial killers, I would recommend this book.
It's the author's self/published effort of incredible research. I like it as a reference and would recommend reading "The Road out of Hell" (Flacco/Clark) first or soon after this one. JJ Pauls' book is hard to read, so I looked on the internet and surprised to find so much online. The author has a 6 part youtube.com lecture about the book as he dedicated the 3 thousand plus page court records to Riverside Library and Historical society. I needed to read it after starting the other boo...more
I think I was so shocked by this book because of the topic. It was a really bizarre book. NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED THOUGH!! It was actually pretty sad, as well.
Needed a good editor. Could've been so much better.
Bunny
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The story that Changeling was loosely based on.
I still have some questions and I'm not sure I agree with the authors opinion but it's pretty good.
Weird book - poorly written - very bizarre case!
I did not enjoy this book at all. I enjoy reading about crime and murder, but I suppose this book simply gave too much detail.
Not a very interesting read...lots of facts repeated. It has all the facts about the case (author said took 20 years to finish) but could have been written alot better!
The is the real story behind the movie "The Changling" and I thought it would be more interesting without the drama of Ms. Jolie.
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