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- Deadly Charm: The Story of a Deaf Serial Killer
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Gallaudet University Press
summary
From the day he was born, Patrick McCullough faced hardships and reacted with untempered anger. His mother, a soon-to-be-divorced military wife, was late to realize that he was deaf and never learned how to handle his outbursts. Eventually, she abandoned him by petitioning for him to be a ward of the state. Stints in mental institutions and dismissals from several schools punctuated the rest of McCullough=s early years. Despite this severe childhood, no one could have predicted the outcome of his life described in Deadly Charm: The Story of a Deaf Serial Killer.
Authors McCay and Marie Vernon present a compelling story about McCullough, a strikingly handsome man with a winning personality. His charm was endearing, but his incendiary temper resulted in increasing aggression and abuse. Eventually, he was convicted for the murder of two men. Yet, McCullough ingratiated himself with the court and served only seven years in prison. Once free again, he resumed his pattern of sweetness and mayhem. He beguiled sympathetic women whom he then abused and stalked. Finally, his rage culminated in a crescendo of destruction. Deadly Charm depicts a deaf serial killer driven by frustration and violence and leaves much to consider. Did McCullough=s deafness exacerbate his lethally violent nature? Perhaps his vicious impulses could have been constrained if his time in mental institutions had been more productive than his time in prison.
Table of Contents
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- 6. 1980: Dead or Alive?
- pp. 34-41
- 7. 1980: Sparks of Suspicion
- pp. 42-46
- 9. 1961–1962: Patrick’s First Years
- pp. 51-56
- 10. 1961–1965: A Destructive Child
- pp. 57-63
- 11. 1965: A Traumatic Separation
- pp. 64-72
- 12. 1967–1975: Growing Up in Trouble
- pp. 73-85
- 13. 1975: Memorial Day Disaster
- pp. 86-91
- 15. January 1978: A Second Chance
- pp. 101-107
- 16. 1978–1980: Troubled Waters
- pp. 108-113
- 18. 1982: On the Trail of a Bloody Weapon
- pp. 122-129
- 21. October 1982: The Corpus Delicti
- pp. 151-154
- 22. 1983: The End of a Romance
- pp. 155-163
- 23. February 1985: The Riley Murder Trial
- pp. 164-171
- 24. 1985: More Interrogation
- pp. 172-175
- 25. The Myer Case: Trial and Sentencing
- pp. 176-182
- 26. 1986–1993: Seven Years behind Bars
- pp. 183-199
- 28. Years of Incarceration
- pp. 206-213
- 29. 2001: Freedom and a New Romance
- pp. 214-221
- 30. Dear Patrick . . .
- pp. 222-226
- 31. The Aftermath of Tragedy
- pp. 227-234
- 32. In Memoriam
- pp. 235-238
- References
- pp. 239-241
Additional Information
ISBN
9781563684487
Related ISBN(s)
9781563684432
MARC Record
OCLC
768335003
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No