Charles Starkweather & Caril Fugate

Bibliography

There are at least two fairly recent books available on Starkweather and Fugate.  Others are out-of-print.  Of the more recent books, The Crime Library particularly recommends Born Bad: Charles Starkweather - Natural Born Killer by Jack Sargeant.  Of the earlier vintage, William Allen's Starkweather: The Story of a Mass Murderer is a good summary of the case.

Allen, William, Starkweather: The Story of a Mass Murderer.   Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.

Beaver, Ninette, and B.K. Ripley and Patrick Trese, Caril.   J. B. Lippincott Company, 1974.

O'Donnell, Jeff, Starkweather; A Story of Mass Murder on the Great Plains.  This is a work of fiction based on the case.

Sargeant, Jack, Born Bad: Charles Starkweather - Natural Born Killer.  This book consists of two separate essays.  The first essay, From Nebraska to the Heart of Darkness, is a summary of the case.  The second essay, Gun Crazy, analyzes the cultural impact of the Starkweather and Fugate case, particularly its impact on cult movies such as Badlands, Natural Born Killers, Kalifornia and Wild at Heart.

Contemporary accounts of the crimes, trials and punishment of Starkweather and Fugate can be found in the Lincoln Journal.

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1. Introduction
2. Charlie
3. Caril
4. The First Murder
5. The Death Deal
6. Next, Caril's Family
7. Cover up
8. Discovery
9. Run and Kill Again
10. And Again
11. Top of the World
12. Spree goes on
13. Finale
14. The Chase
15. Reckoning
16. A Plea for Mercy
17. ** New: A Most Unusual Team
18. ** New: "Runawaydevil"
19. ** New: Inspired by Blood
20. ** New: Jasmine's Trial
21. Bibliography