The Toolbox Killer

Criminologist Laura Brand considers Lawrence Bittaker to be the most sadistic serial killer in U.S. history. She fought to get in communication with him so she could better understand his psychology, and so she could hopefully find clues about where some of his victims’ bodies that were never found are. Her quest for answers led…

When Lawrence Bittaker had multiple heart attacks while incarcerated at San Quentin prison, he told criminologist Laura Brand he felt he’d gotten a taste of what his victims had experienced. Evidence shows, however, that his victims probably experienced much worse torture by his hands in their final days. Bittaker and his accomplice Roy Norris were…