Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 13
Reader Guide 15
Introduction: Mared and Karen 23
I What Remains
Preface: West Virginia is rough country. 33
1 "I like to rub furry things." 38
2 "It's just unbelievable that this could happen in Morgantown." 42
3 "Don't leave me in this room by myself" 46
4 "We're thumbing." 52
5 "No evidence of abduction." 57
6 "Apparently disappearance was run away type." 63
7 "The heart of a woman aches for the things she loves." 66
8 "Hey, I found something!" 70
9 "Girls shouldn't hitchhike." 74
10 "Some considered alcohol." 79
11 "Heard you were looking for me." 86
12 "Something's been dead for too long." 92
13 "Down the holler there." 99
II The Parade of Horribles
Preface: "Very strange, very violent, very nasty people." 109
1 "Maybe a hatchet?" 110
2 "I want a fucking press conference!" 117
3 "A white male, 6', blue eyes, brown hair, 197 lbs." 119
4 "More heads will roll!" 124
5 "There is no need to cover news." 128
6 "He was a crusading journalist." 132
7 "Aren't you afraid of getting into a stranger's car?" 136
8 "Why did Rowe see a green car?" 142
9 "Someone emotionally disturbed wrote the letters." 148
10 "Ridicule could trigger further violent reactions." 154
11 "I have seen him lose his temper to a very strong degree." 158
12 "I think he's a good suspect." 164
13 "Put him down." 168
14 "We are religious people here." 173
15 "Kill the pigs!" 178
16 "Former Fairmont man quizzed in decapitation." 182
17 "Whatever happened to the probe of the coed case?" 187
III So Much Smoke
1 "The confession itself should be punished." 197
2 "I met one Eugene Paul Clawson." 206
3 "Clawson really, really tried hard to convince people he did it." 212
4 "Take your trash." 218
5 "He cannot stand up to pushy, authoritative or powerful people." 224
6 "It was in some woods, remote." 233
7 "It seemed like a ritualistic murder." 237
IV Hunting
Preface: "Remember that house." 247
1 "We called it the Shade Effect." 250
2 "I still think Costanes did it." 256
3 "He set some fires." 264
4 "May be." 270
5 "Skull's the hardest part." 277
6 "One of America's first serial killers." 280
7 "Getting their drink on." 285
8 "Bill was as crazy as they get." 291
9 Whoever Fights Monsters 296
10 "The investigation's over." 299
11 The Vampire Next Door 304
12 "Someone was writing my book." 310
13 "Broken dolls." 314
14 "Women in Morgantown were still vulnerable." 318
15 "These guys were violent and abusive." 324
16 "Some kind of forest coven?" 329
17 "They should know". 334
18 "Protection from anything." 338
19 "The Ferrell girl probably would have froze." 343
20 "I can't believe it leads to someone." 347
21 "Danny ran the jackets for DNA." 350
22 "She reached up and she grabbed John by the throat." 355
23 "Very sinister and very dark." 360
24 "The murders looked ritualistic, scripted." 365
25 "He either killed someone or robbed a bank." 370
26 "A white car and a boot." 376
27 "I was convinced." 382
Epilogue: "It's never too late to uncover the truth." 388
Interviewees 401
Index 405
About the Authors 411
