The Texarkana Moonlight Murders

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders was written by and Michael Newton. The 216 page book was published by McFarland in 2013 with an ISBN 10 of 1476605785. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. The Texarkana Moonlight Murders mentions 2 serial killers including Melvin Rees. The author Michael Newton has 19 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

In 1946, years before the phrase ""serial murder"" was coined, a masked killer terrorized the town of Texarkana on the Texas-Arkansas border. Striking five times within a ten-week period, always at night, the prowler claimed six lives and left three other victims wounded. Survivors told police that their assailant was a man, but could supply little else. A local newspaper dubbed him the Phantom Killer, and it stuck. Other reporters called the faceless predator the ""Moonlight Murderer,"" though the lunar cycle had nothing to do with the crimes. Texarkana's phantom was not America's first seria