Desperate Rites: Astrology and the Occult in the Richard Speck Murders - Softcover

Salerno, B D

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798988478539

Publisher: B D Salerno, 2023

Synopsis

True crime is stranger than fiction.

Criminology embraces the nuts and bolts of physical evidence, timelines, and logistics, but intangible components connect on multiple levels beyond the finite and measurable. They are the realm of the occult.

As a sequel to the ground-breaking analysis of the physical evidence in Richard Speck and the Eight Nurses: Deconstructing A Mass Murder, author B.D. Salerno offers insights into the metaphysical and occult aspects of the tragic mass murder of eight student nurses.

The author first presents an astrological analysis of the murders, followed by a riveting exposé of the numbers, dates, and occult symbols that surface frequently throughout the official narrative of this shocking crime. All of them reveal the involvement of a hidden hand - a dark cult who left behind their calling card in numbers, dates, and ritual imagery.

About this title

About the Author

BD Salerno received her undergraduate and graduate education at Rutgers University and her secondary education in New York City, where she trained in medical massage therapy, acupuncture, and other holistic modalities. Her eclectic interests - alternative healing, astrology, and true crime - focus on understanding what makes things tick.

Salerno combined her love for astrology with her fascination for true crime and published two books on the astrology of crime: Forensics by the Stars in 2012 and Exploring Forensic Astrology in 2016.

In 2023, following three years of intensive research, she published Richard Speck and the Eight Nurses: Deconstructing A Mass Murder. The present work is a sequel that concentrates on the astrology of the crime and the occult symbols sprinkled throughout the crime narrative in the form of numbers, dates, religious references, and imagery.

Edition details

• Publisher: B D Salerno
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798988478539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122