The Killer's Shadow Quotes

“Manson never killed anyone himself. What was terrifying about him, though, was his ability to attract seemingly normal, middle-class followers and inspire them to do his murderous bidding without any question of conscience or pang of remorse.”
― John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

“The journey to reckon with our nation's searing history of racial hatred, intolerance, and discrimination is ongoing, and there are no neutrals in that struggle. The shadow cast by Joseph Paul Franklin and his like is long and dark, so the sunlight to eradicate it must be even brighter and stronger. [p. 290]”
― John E. Douglas, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

“With today's technology, conversations that used to be limited to basements and meeting halls, the kinds of words and places that first helped radicalize Franklin, now have tens of thousands of participants online. Corrosive ideas, hate speech, conspiracies, and even potential crimes have a home online unlike any they have ever known.”
― John E. Douglas Mark Olshaker, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

“Due to the remarkable advances in communications technologies, we find ourselves living at a time when it is far easier to radicalize and inspire hate than ever before. The internet and social media have made it much easier to spread philosophies like Franklin's than it was in his time, and he would undoubtedly be delighted to see his face appearing frequently on sites like YouTube.”
― John E. Douglas Mark Olshaker, The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer