When a Marine Corps veteran has an unwelcome spotlight cast upon his life by Hollywood,

murder soon follows.

An execution-style killing in the Massachusetts woods cuts a young life short and baffles investigators in this episode of Last Seen Alive is brought to you by Audible.

This week I finished listening to the audiobook I told you I was

listening to last time, The New Evil, Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime by Michael

H. Stone, M.D. and Gary Brucato, Ph.D. Last time, I told you about the first half of the book,

which explores the meaning of evil and literally

turns it into a measurable quality with its own scale that you can plug crimes into, which

is super interesting for anyone who's into criminal psychology. Now I finish the second half of the

book which explores the origin of modern violent crime and the causes behind it. And those causes aren't necessarily what you might think.

For example, have you ever heard about how the invention of the typewriter

correlated with a new wave of brutal violence against women?

Yes, the typewriter.

This book is packed with information that will appeal to you if, like me,

you're interested in criminal psychology. It's also full of fresh new cases that I promise you've

never heard of. It's not just a rehashing of the same famous crimes we've all heard of over and

over again. A word of warning, though. This book discusses deeply disturbing acts of violent crime,

including crimes against children. And while that's true of many of the books I recommend here,

this book contains especially concentrated doses of disturbing material, including some cases

or perpetrators you may not have heard of before. So please be advised.

This book may not be suitable for all listeners.

With that being said,

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