Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder

by David McGowan

The specter of the marauding serial killer has become a relatively common feature on the American landscape. Reactions to these modern-day monsters range from revulsion to morbid fascination--fascination that is either fed by, or a product of, the saturation coverage provided by print and broadcast media, along with a dizzying array of books, documentary films, websites, and "Movies of the Week". The prevalence in Western culture of images of serial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595326404
• ISBN13: 9780595326402
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Are You Programmed to Disbelieve?

This book is for people who are already familiar with the fact that the media habitually ignore serious issues. If this is new to you, it might be better to first read for example Mc Gowan's own "Derailing Democracy - The America the Media Don't Want You to See", or "Into the Buzzsaw" by Kristina Borjesson. Programmed to Kill is the result of what strikes me as careful research into America's prosecution policies regarding "serial killers". The non-prosecution of child kidnapping and forced male and female child prostitution crimes is evident from, for example, the Johnny Gosch and Paul Bonacci cases. You can read one court case transcript here: www.ritualabuse.net/franklin.htm After reading that, you will probably be less surprised that some "serial killers" are released from prison while announcing that they will kill again, or told to go on their way after only paying $60 in court costs. Former Son-of-Sam "serial killer" Dave Berkowitz looks pretty happy these days at www.forgivenforlife.com. Contrary to popular belief, "serial killers" do not appear to work alone, they are sometimes shielded from prosecution by patsies and the networks of (satanic) ritual abuse and child prostitution in their context are real. What David McGowan writes about is very hard stuff, but he presents it well. In the few places where he speculates, it is clear that he does so and I find his speculations very sensible. The book is very readable throughout. There is, dare I say it, even a spark of humor here and there. This well-crafted book is indispensable for those who enjoy finding out what the worst is that is being covered up. At least, I can't imagine what could be worse than this. Even if the American government openly admitted that they were behind 9/11, I would find this worse.

the red pill

This book will explain a thing or two about why the world seems a very dark place at the moment. If you require further convincing of the pure heart of darkness, or if you thought you understood real politics this book is for you. It is also a book for those who want the truth, and can take it. Who are willing to expose themselves to the real evils of this world, and hopefully be better equipped to deal with them? but I digress, on the authours website www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr65.html you can find some more information on the book.

Stunning Expose

David McGowan bills the book on his website (The Center for an Informed America), as the book of the century. I nearly started to laugh, but Mr. McGowan may very well be correct in his `modest' assessment. The book is meticulously researched (nearly 500 references) and the authors' knowledge of occultism, elitism, psychology and Satanism combines for the most stunning exposes of governmental corruption and cover-up you will probably ever come across. It makes sense of things like the Franklin cover-up, Bohemian Grove, MK-Ultra, the Manson gang, Marc Dutroux and much, much more. This book would be an instant #1 Best Seller if it were to get the exposure it deserves. Unfortunately, Programmed to Kill, will never be on the shelf of any of the big outlets and that is a crime in itself. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this one go out of print in short order considering the implications and the indictment it is on the US and other governmental `crime fighting' agencies, their media outlets and the force driving it all. The topic of serial killers had never really piqued my curiosity and I tended to shy away from the gruesomeness, not really wanting to hear the sad and morbid stories. I believed, rather naively, what the government and media had told me about the alleged perpetrators, but after reading Mr. McGowan's book, it seems that everything I thought I knew was for the most part, completely wrong. I've been researching conspiracies for a few years, ever since the governmental fairy tale story about 9-11, but I was still not prepared for the revelations found here. Mr. McGowan appears to blow the lid off what I would categorize as the mother of all conspiracies. Its not a quick read, because it contains a heck of a lot of information in sort of a minimal number of pages. And yet the book goes into quite a bit of depth to cover the details necessary. I was reading about six different books when I started this one, but I didn't touch any of them until I finished this. For an excellent analysis on the 9-11 Conspiracy see David McGowan's, "The Center for an Informed America" newsletters 67 through 69 and Darren Williams Pentagon video animation.

Eye opening

I have not read this authors earlier books so I didn't really know what to expect when I ordered this book. Beginning with the very first chapter, I was shocked by what I found. It is very hard for me to believe that everything in this book is true, but Mr. McGowan ssems to have done his homework and his points are argued quite well, in most cases. Overall, this is a very well written book. Although I am a huge fan of true crime books, I have never read a book like this before. Even though I have some minor reservations, I am giving this book five stars and highly recommend it as a unique perspective on serial murder.