Deacon of Death : Life of Serial Killer Sam Smithers (Serial Killer True Crime Books Book 20)

Setting his own church on fire had been a mere warm-up—now he had learned how to completely compartmentalize his actions. Sam Smithers was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the 1950s.The household was uber religious…and uber abusive: absent father and horrendous mother.Married at 20 to his teenage sweetheart, Sharon. Yet Sam’s mother continues to meddle…Becomes a deacon in his Baptist church at age 24.Volunteer firefighting leads to curiosity about flames.Incidents of arson in the c

This serial killer was a true imbecileThis is one serial killer that belongs on stupid criminals oh are in example in the book of how not to be a serial killer that gets caught. I am not going to say what he did, because I think if I had known it wouldn’t have been so much fun every time I would go OMG this guy is an imbecile! though! I will say this is a very well written book and one that I highly recommend to any true crime fan. This makes for a great addition to your library. Who was a pilla

Title says he's a serial killer, but he's notSerial killers kill 3+ people and this guy killed two and was caught.This was a short book that I finished in a few hours before bed one night. There isn't much in depth about any of the victims, or anyone except Sam Smithers, really. No background information at all. Nothing to help you understand how they ended up where they are aside from maybe a short sentence that it was because of drugs or divorce that led to drugs.This man is a typical psychopa