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Erased: Missing Women, Murdered Wives
Based on five years of investigative reporting and research into forensic psychology and criminology, "Erased" presents an original profile of a widespread and previously unrecognized type of murder: not a "hot-blooded," spur-of-the-moment crime of passion, as domestic homicide is commonly viewed, but a cold-blooded, carefully planned and methodically e...more
Paperback, 337 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by Jossey-Bass
(first published March 21st 2008)
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For anyone who read Ablow's book about Scott Peterson and thought, "No, that's not quite right...," Marilee Strong has the answer. I was telling a friend about the book, and she said, "It's like a perfect storm of psychiatric conditions." That about sums it up.
Marilee Strong talks about many cases of men killing their wives, girlfriends and significant others, beginning with Chester Gillette, who murdered his pregnant girlfriend in 1906. She cites cases thro...more
I found this book to be absolutely riveting, and I find it incredible it has taken this long for someone to notice a pattern to these types of murders/vanishings. Strong only takes her research back to 1906 when Charles Gillette drowned his pregnant girlfriend, but I bet if one looked a little closer one would find that these types of murders go back even further. The main anchor of this book is the Scott/Lori Peterson case. I remember at the time that the media seemed baffled by Scott's casu...more
Marilee hit the nail right on the head when she wrote this book. It really gave me some insight to why these men kill their girlfriends/wives (even when they are pregnant). She had alot to say about her assumptioh on scott peterson and I really did thing she got it right BUT Im sick of hearing about the man, I have heard enough of him to last two life times. Most of these men are selfish bastards who only care about themselves and have sociopathic issues. I really do believe he feared becoming a...more
Very good read and very disturbing. A couple of cases came to mind that developed after this book was published are Josh Powell & Drew Peterson. I don't think much has changed in law enforcement and the way we view "circumsantial evidence". Interestingly enough with the Casey Anthony trial (who happens to fit the "eraser" profile even though she is female and the victim was her child) we just saw first hand how the law is twisted and misunderstood in a way that makes it pos...more
Erased is about psychopathic , intensely narissistic men who not only get rid of their wives through murder ( often to free the men up to be with a new lover ) but who make them literally disappear .More than well written , it is a page - turner and should be required reading for police authorites all arounf the country .Strong's poster child is Scott Peterson , but she offers plenty of other poignant examples of this all - too common phrnomenon. Strong's cliinical description of these supreme...more
It's not a fun topic. I appreciated the way the subject matter was handled, and the theory of "eraser" killings is very interesting and presented well. I would have liked to have read this book sooner; I did a presentation at the end of the spring semester about the Latoyia Figueroa murder case in particular, and had been trying to find as much information, statistical and otherwise, about the murders of pregnant women by their boyfriends/husbands. The Figueroa case is covered in this ...more
We see the headlines in the paper of a missing pregnant woman and think the father of the baby could never do this, he seemed so nice, so normal. Think again.
An important book. Understanding a specific type of domestic violence that is under reported by its very nature. Husbands or significant others who make woman disappear, by committing murder and well hiding the body, or by staging it to look like an accident. It seems like a book every law enforcement, social worker, judge and...more
An important book. Understanding a specific type of domestic violence that is under reported by its very nature. Husbands or significant others who make woman disappear, by committing murder and well hiding the body, or by staging it to look like an accident. It seems like a book every law enforcement, social worker, judge and...more
An excellent insight in the Dark Triad that makes up the character of Eraser killers (men who make their wives/girlfriends,significant others "disappear" ). Examining the pathology of these eraser killers could benefit local police force investigators by making them aware of the behaviors most often associated with these killers. While some steps have been taken by law enforcement to pay stricter attention to atypical behaviors in missing women cases, a more rapid response and intensiv...more
I have a lot of respect for how much research Marilee Strong put into writing this book and I think she made some good points in how these cases need to be investigated. This was a good read and offered insight into the high-functioning sociopaths that live among us.
A very interesting (albeit upsetting) analysis of the psychology behind "eraser killings" - when men kill their wives and get rid of their bodies in order to make them vanish, allowing the men to start over and pursue whatever deluded fantasies they have. It focuses on many wife/girlfriend-murder cases from over the years, but looks at the Laci Peterson case in more depth than the others. Warning: this book is very graphic. Ultimately, the author illustrates how people are not always w...more
A psychological look at why some men feel they can dispose of their 'women' with no remorse. OK, they don't really 'feel' but that's part of the psychology. Interesting read.
Very interesting read, lots of facts that I didn't know about the petersen case and lots of info about traits of sociopaths.
I think the best word for this book is "chilling" - story after story after story of men who murdered their wives/girlfriends, and in many cases got away with it. I'm kind of sorry I finished it at 10PM.
Maybe a few too many stories in the end, because they all blur together in one horrific blur. But a fascinating study of the psychology of what the author calls "eraser killers," and I wasn't bored by the Laci Peterson case (which is the frame of the book, really) ...more
Maybe a few too many stories in the end, because they all blur together in one horrific blur. But a fascinating study of the psychology of what the author calls "eraser killers," and I wasn't bored by the Laci Peterson case (which is the frame of the book, really) ...more
Sad.
I work at the local library, so I get to see all of the new books that have come out that look intriguing. I was checking a patron out a couple of weeks ago, and I saw a book in the stack called Erased: Missing Women, Murdered Wives. Being a closet fan of 48 Hours Mystery, I thought, “Wow, that looks interesting!”
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I say that refrain often at work...Click here to continue
I found this book interesting and thinks that the author has a good premise with her idea of an eraser killer. However, I would have liked more than just her journalist idea of the psychological breakdown of this type of killer. Having more input from profiles or psychologists that have interaction with these types of killers would have given the book more authority in my mind.
Great profile of wife murderers - some sociopath, others just evil.
Very scary, but necessary book. I hope the reforms she mentions are put into place before more men get away with this type of crime. The most disturbing part of the book is that for the most part it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to detect warning signs before these types of crime happen.
Interesting information but not well presented. Don't necessarily agree with her "Dark Triad" and it appeared that she force-fit several examples in her pattern.
Interesting fact - the creator of Earthday was a radical anarchist murderer.
Interesting fact - the creator of Earthday was a radical anarchist murderer.
Mostly a book of short stories about women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. Then a much longer story about Laci Peterson. Didn't offer much insight or evoke strong feelings of needing to get out and help change laws.
This book is intense. It's scary to know that in this day and age, crimes against women are still not taken as seriously as they need to be. The facts are very distressing.
I found the author's style of writing very hard to read and only got a couple pages into the book before I gave up and put it down. never finished it.
It's a little like reading a psychology textbook, but once you get past that, it's very interesting. . .and sad and angering.
I couldn't get into this book. Not an easy read, so not recommended unless you really want to learn about eraser killers.
This book is pure crap. It now has my wife psychoanalyzing me. I wish this author would never pick up a pen again.
True crime. A lot about the Scott/Laci Peterson case.
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