03591cam a2200349 i 4500 332881866 TxAuBib 20171106120000.0 170719s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496709523 1496709527 (OCoLC)1002663224 TxAuBib rda Phelps, M. William. Dangerous ground : my friendship with a serial killer / M. William Phelps. New York : Kensington Books, 2017. 353 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsim. ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Part One: Friends. Meeting my "friend," the psychopath ; A murder of crows ; A dark mind ; Some sickness ; The impatient maniac ; Rootless tree ; The space between ; Death becomes him ; Killer instinct ; "Noodles" ; The "reality" of true crime ; Wounded bird ; High horses ; Long, long way ; Transformation ; Spectator ; Trusty and true ; The world according to Raven -- Part Two: Family. Selective madness ; Death-- as a performance ; I remember ; Feels like fire ; Strange condition ; Nightmares ; Satan's whisper ; The terror of damnation ; Ghost stories ; Ten of hearts ; Smoked ; Nostalgia as camouflage ; Oh, brother ... ; Risky uncertainty ; When grace abandons ; You can see with those eyes -- Part Three: Faith. A new purpose ; True blue ; Baby doll ; Case closed ; Question ; As much as I ever could ; The girl with the familiar last name ; Jane Doe, Florida ; All in ; The mighty Mississippi ; The big sleazy ; Brain scam ; Victim number six ; Grand optimist ; Black canvas ; Same old suffering ; The past as ransom for the future. Bklst 06/01/2017. PW 07/03/2017. In September 2011, M. William Phelps made a bold decision that would change the landscape of reality-based television — and his own life. He asked a convicted serial killer to act as a consultant for his TV series. Under the code name “Raven,” the murderer shared his insights into the minds of other killers and helped analyze their crimes. As the series became an international sensation, Raven became Phelps’s unlikely confidante, ally - and friend. In this deeply personal account, Phelps traces his own family’s dark history, and takes us into the heart and soul of a serial murderer. He also chronicles the complex relationship he developed with Raven. From questions about morality to Raven’s thoughts on the still-unsolved, brutal murder of Phelps’s sister-in-law, the author found himself grappling with an unwanted, unexpected, unsettling connection with a cold-blooded killer. Drawing on over 7,000 pages of letters, dozens of hours of recorded conversations, personal and Skype visits, and a friendship five years in the making, Phelps sheds new light on Raven’s bloody history, including details of an unknown victim, the location of a still-buried body — and a jaw-dropping admission. Eye-opening and provocative, Dangerous Ground is an unforgettable journey into the mind of a charming, manipulative psychopath that few would dare to know — and the determined journalist who did just that. 20171106. Jesperson, Keith Hunter 1955- Biography. Phelps, M. William Biography. Serial murderers United States Biography. Journalists United States Biography. True crime stories. TXDRI