Jaycee Lee Dugard: the books that tell of her kidnapper's psychotic obsession

[benbennett]

Have a look at her alleged kidnappers book collection.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/jaycee-lee-dugard/6111933/Jaycee-Lee-Dugard-the-books-that-tell-of-her-kidnappers-psychotic-obsession.html

[Charms7]

Phillip Gorrido was one sick puppy alright.

[Srbo]

Well, Mr Koontz had nothing to do with the mindset of that guy.

The guy was and is sick, period, hopefully nobody will say that Mr Koontz stories had something to do with it.

I am really glad that the girl is alive and I hope she will recover from that horrible experience, even though I highly doubt that. At least not fully.

But, she is back to the normal World again, at least that is a good start.

[kingricefan]

I just hope that the fact that he was a Koontz fan isn't made into some huge deal by the media. Dean Koontz doesn't deserve to be dragged into some sick psychotic's law-breaking existence. Reading Koontz books does not make one a psycho. (Even if all he seems to write these days are books with gifted dogs, haha:biggrin2:) Don't get me wrong, I like Koontz, but mainly his older books (the ones with all the monsters and psycho's in them!). This kidnapper and rapist of a child and his wife both deserve the fullest punishment of the law! What they have done to this poor girl (now a woman with two children fathered by this monster) and her family is despicable! I can't imagine what that girl and her family are experiencing.

[sknut70]

Its always sad when they blame a book, movie, or music for someone’s bad behavior. This guy was suffering some serious psychosis and if he did not find Dean Koontz's characters to identify with he would have found someone else.

that’s some bad Publicity for Koontz to say the least, I’m reminded of the Rage incident, and king subsequent removal of the book from circulation.

[arista]

Sick somehow does not really qualify what he did to that poor girl.

[staropeace]

Low and common for any reporter to discuss the genre of books this sicko read in regards to having an affect on his crimes.
Any fricken cretin knows that reading a book about murder doesnt make one a murderer. It doesnt change the basic nature of a person. Nature and nurture takes care of that...and a big of the double-helix thrown in.
Bad writing skills of a reporter,on the other hand, may explain where this foolishness orginated from...........ouch a preposition......:eek2:

[kingricefan]

Sick somehow does not really qualify what he did to that poor girl.

And it certainly doesn't justify his wife's lack of going to the authorities when she knew what had taken place. All those years and not saying a word about it........ That's just as sick as what he did, IMHO.

[Srbo]

Amazing that he didn`t have " The Catcher in the Rye " on his bookshelf...

A lot of maniacs claimed the Catcher made `em do it, at least one time now that book is not "Sam`s dog " if you know what I mean...

[michal]

I think it's interesting, and I'm sure those who claim television is responsible for violence will also point out that horror books do the same. Personally I think deranged minds can find mirrors where ever they look, and I doubt The Catcher in The Rye was really responsible for John Lennon's death or for that poor girl's tragedy.

And yet, I have to admit that I'm a bit disgusted to hear this freak is an enthusiastic reader. It feels like a blasphemy.

[NathanStrickland]

The whole sad episode is another reminder for why people read supernatural horror fiction: we desperately want to ignore all the monsters walking around in human skin.

[CorbinKale]

Agreed. A criminal's book collection has no bearing on the crimes committed. Those clues should be omitted from the record.

Remember when they caught the Unabomber, and he had a worn copy of Al Gore's "Earth in the Balance"? There was probably no connection, and that information should never have been released to those not qualified to ignore it, appropriately.

I just unconvinced myself.

[Nero]

Agreed. A criminal's book collection has no bearing on the crimes committed. Those clues should be omitted from the record.

Remember when they caught the Unabomber, and he had a worn copy of Al Gore's "Earth in the Balance"? There was probably no connection, and that information should never have been released to those not qualified to ignore it, appropriately.

I just unconvinced myself.

Exactly. I'm going to feel sorry for SK when my book collection ends up in the news for all of the... um... well... I've been here all day if anyone asks okay???

*walks away whistling*

[hipmamajen]

Exactly. I'm going to feel sorry for SK when my book collection ends up in the news for all of the... um... well... I've been here all day if anyone asks okay???

*walks away whistling*

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

I do wonder what people would think if I ever went missing and they went through my bookshelves and google searches. I'm sure most people would come off looking a little odd, if not downright criminal.

BTW-I just want everyone to know right now that I only looked up how to make chloroform to see how easy it was after they released that Casey Anthony had done a search on the same thing...

As for Jaycee's story, it's so much scarier and more evil than any of the fiction I've read!

[Todash]

This makes me think about a story I read re where he had her living. I believe it was in People (or Pimple, as SK's son called it when he was a child). Yes, I found it. Here's the quote:


One of the strangest sights: a fish tank filled with dark green gunk, so muddied it was hard to see anything in the water. "But there was a couple of goldfish in there," says the source, "miraculously swimming around."What happened to her was horrible, truly awful. She and her children are going to have a tough time of it, to put it mildly. But I think when the media tries to manufacture drama, they can sometimes cheapen the reality of what has happened. I mean, seriously. An aquarium overgrown with algae? Duhn-duhn-DUHN. :rolleyes: I get the same feeling when they are talking about the books, like they really hoped to find shackles and chains and bits of flayed skin, and when all they found, really, was a depressing mess (http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20301854%2C00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines), they tried to inflate it into a Dungeon of Horror.

[mudpuppy]

I agree, some bad press for Dean Koontz. I like Dean Koontz, he's a good read, and good always triumphs over evil so I see no way in the world that his works could have "inspired" a person to kidnap, and rape. No way.

[Perse Jr.]

The kidnappers were psychotic creeps regardless of what they read (or how they cared for their fish). Like what Corbin pointed out; didn't the media try to turn the Columbine incident into a "Marilyn Manson made them do it" thing?

What a twisted world we live in. Like Hip said earlier, I would wonder too what people would conclude about me and the collection of books I have. Heck, I have spell books, books on exorcisms, childrens books, poetry, almost a full collection of SK, sci-fi, science, "literature," what would such a diverse collection say....that I've got multiple personalities?....pppuuullleeease....well, maybe... ;)

[SusanNorton]

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

I do wonder what people would think if I ever went missing and they went through my bookshelves and google searches. I'm sure most people would come off looking a little odd, if not downright criminal.

BTW-I just want everyone to know right now that I only looked up how to make chloroform to see how easy it was after they released that Casey Anthony had done a search on the same thing...

As for Jaycee's story, it's so much scarier and more evil than any of the fiction I've read!

I shudder to think of ANYONE looking at the things I've googled. Just because you've googled it doesn't mean you took the bait and read about it (Tubgirl, anyone?). And just because you've read about it proves nothing! I sometimes go into trance-like states and do this stream-of-consciousness googling when I'm waiting for the Tylenol PM to kick in. I would hate to be held accountable for the junk I've looked at.

[Todash]

I shudder to think of ANYONE looking at the things I've googled. Just because you've googled it doesn't mean you took the bait and read about it (Tubgirl, anyone?). And just because you've read about it proves nothing! I sometimes go into trance-like states and do this stream-of-consciousness googling when I'm waiting for the Tylenol PM to kick in. I would hate to be held accountable for the junk I've looked at.
Didn't we make a pact not to ever mention Tubgirl on the boards again?

No?

Can we?

:biggrin2: