When the police found Mr. Pilmar, 40, in a pool of his own blood outside his office on East 33rd Street, there was no sign of forced entry. The killing happened shortly after the building’s security guard’s normal quitting time, and detectives saw that as a hint that the killer was familiar with Mr. Pilmar’s business operations.
"There’s got to be something that would... would click in my mind. I’ve had photos of 21 of the victims and I’ve looked at them all over the years here and I’ve never recognized anyone of them."
Egocentric and grandiose Jack the Ripper alleyway in London. Alastair Grant/AP Jack the Ripper thought the world of himself and felt he would outsmart police...
Smooth-talking but insincere Ted Bundy had a "perfect" mask. AP Ted Bundy was a charmer, the kind of guy that made it easy for people to be swept into his web
in a weird way, these true crime stories—as horrific as they are—end up being comforting. “While living in a world where there is rapid social, political, economic, and technological change,” Andrist said, “true crime comforts people by assuring them that their long-held ideas about how the world works are still useful.”
