The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey Into the Mind of the Serial Killer

by Jason M. Moss, Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jeffrey Kottler

Book Overview

DEAR MR. MANSON... It started with a college course assignment, then escalated into a dangerous obsession. Eighteen-year-old honor student Jason Moss wrote to men whose body counts had made criminal history: men named Dahmer, Manson, Ramirez, and Gacy. DEAR MR. DAHMER... Posing as their ideal victim, Jason seduced them with his words. One by one they wrote him back, showering him with their madness and violent fantasies. Then the game spun out of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446523402
• ISBN13: 9780446523400
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Found mold in the book

The quality of this book is atrocious, it was clearly in a flood and I found mold inside the book itself. Very disappointed of the quality that is permissible on here

Water damage

I ordered this for my High School library, and will not beeable to shelf it. There is water damage the last 100 pages and back cover has the smell of mold. This seller should have thrown this book in the garbage! Very dissapointed!

More Like "Inside the Mind of Jason Moss"

The premise of the book was that Moss delved into the minds of serial killers. No, he did not. The entire book was about what was going on inside his mind. John Wayne Gacy was the only serial killer covered in depth. But the coverage revolved around Gacy's attempt at "seducing" Jason. Very disappointing book.

Amazing to read.

This book is thrilling. It’s the kind of book you can’t put down once you start it. You are able to get the inside look and emotions that the author is experiencing.

Page turner

From the very beginning to the end of the book you will enjoy how this then young man naively wrote serial killers and took it to an extreme of visiting a few. Very provocative and different from normal true crime books. Definitely one to put in the collection if you are a true crime fan

Dangerous Game of Cat & Mouse

Reading some of the previous reviews it's apparent that the author Jason Moss rubbed many the wrong way, I have to wonder though if these readers read the prologue and afterword by Kottler. This book was written by a young man looking back on his experiences, attitudes, beliefs, etc. when he was 18, give the guy a break. I personally found the book engrossing and very suspenseful as well as an intresting insight into the young driven mind of a motivated young man driven to prove himself. The Last Victim is an entertaining and interesting break from the usual true-crime books which tend to sound either sensational or read like a police report. Jason Moss has given us a truly unique and different perspective of the twisted souls that repel and draw us at the same instant into their dark worlds. A definite reccomended read!

"INTENSE"

I couldn't put it down! It was thoroughly delightful. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject.

twisted, but fascinating

This book had to be one of the sickest, most twisted, yet, the most fascinating books I have ever read. It was such an easy read, and the author shows you how genuinely scared he became everything turned against him. It is a fascinating insight that shows serial killers and child molestors can never be cured.

Met him in person!!!

I recently was able to meet Moss in person, and I must say, he is even more interesting in person than what you will find out about in his book. Filled with so many ideas for the future,crime prevention, and a passionate concern for victims everywhere, we should support Moss and his endeavors any way we can. Not like it would take much work, the book is GREAT!!!

Jason Moss is CRAZY!!!

I cannot believe Moss did what he did. It took a lot of courage to go into a cell with Gacy. I don't know if Jason Moss is normal, or what, but this book was definately a great read. I have to wonder if the guards got in trouble for leaving Moss alone like that? It say Moss graduated Summa cum laude, so hopefully he stays on our side!