Programmed to Kill : The Politics of Serial Murder

Rating:
Summary: Stunning Expose
Review: 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.


Rating:
Summary: Incredible, but flawed
Review: Everyone else has touched on the explosiveness of the material--it really is amazing. I'm a big fan of McGowan's other books and his website, but I think this book could have really used an editor and a different approach.

Clearly the strongest parts of the book are the first and last few chapters. The stuff in between represents the bulk of the text, but the way McGowan wrote it made it both confusing and ineffective. While the facts of each case were interesting, I felt buried in the details and missing out on the bigger picture. I can get all the gory facts from any number of "true crime" titles, what I wanted to know is what McGowan thought was really going on. There's just too much recitation of facts and tangential wanderings and not enough analysis.

I think a better approach would have been to explain exactly what McGowan thought was the common elements among some or all of the "serial killers" highlighted in the book and then flesh that out with some details about each case. But since the book is still so original in its arguments and the remainder of the book is excellent, I give it a well-deserved 4 stars.

Rating:
Summary: Eye opening
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: the red pill
Review: 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.