The Gainesville Ripper

by Mary S. Ryzuk

Book Overview

Recounts the search for and trial of a serial killer who targeted on- and off-campus residents at the University of Florida, and describes in vivid detail how he tortured and mutilated his victims as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556113528
• ISBN13: 9781556113529
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 497 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book! Page turner, definatly!

Got straight to the point in this book...from the beginning it just got to the point. This dude did some gruesome stuff.

very good account of the Gainesville student murders

This book is just plain scary. But it tells it like it was, there was a demon in human form preying on the young beautiful people of this university town, taking their lives in the most grotesque fashion. It makes you wonder why? What makes these monsters become what they are? Is there a special hell for them, if not, there should be. I can't wait to hear the news that Danny Rolling, who was born the same month and year as I, has been executed.

The Florida, Gainesville Murders

Florida Attacked by "The Ripper"The Gainesville Ripper is the chilling true story about the gruesome murder of five college students in Gainesville, Florida. The book leads the reader through the horrible murders of these five students during the hot summer of 1990. Before the identity of the serial killer would be known, five people would be brutally murdered. The lives of their families would be destroyed, and a town would be living in fear. The book takes a look into the mind of a killer. It makes you ask yourself, "What could make a person do something like this?" You feel as if you were there. You will feel for the victims and their families. You will be shocked at the lack of remorse shown by the accused. For all of you who have ever thought, "This could never happen to me," this book will make you think again.

This book puts the reader on pins and needles !

Ryzuk presents a detailed compilation of facts surrounding the Gainesville murders in such a way that keeps the readers eyes glued to the pages. A must read for all True Crime buffs. If you like such thrillers as "Double Jeopardy" you'll thoroughly enjoy this one.

Intense~Action Packed

I am not that much of a book reader, but a friend gave me the paperback addition. It is a real attention getter, it goes into detail of each sadistic murder. A suppenseful, exhilirating, heart pounding book, wondering how and when he is to claim his next victom. For instance, I do not like to give away the contents. But, this one is so sadistic that it will give you a kind of idea of the terrible nature of this person. He waited in the apartment of a college girl that he had been watching for some time. His wait was finally over when she entered the room, unknowing to her that he was waiting in the shadows. When the time was right he attacked relentlessly, not giving her time to fight back(not to much anyway)....... That is only a taste of what it is about, so if you want the whole scoop, buy and read the book. It takes a real good book to get my attention, and I just couldn't put it down. Now the details of the event may not be exact. But it's pretty darn close. Thank You.