A murderous “ Jack-of-all-trades
”, Johann “ Jack
” Unterweger was a self-important and self-indulgent thief and pervert who, after serving sixteen years in prison for a brutal homicide, and penning several poems and books from his cell, was considered “ rehabilitated
” by the cultural elite of Vienna. Upon his release, he resumed his killing spree and was convicted of nine other murders in four different countries and two continents.
For the first time in English, read, in his own words, the story of his tormented childhood that became his ticket out of prison, and gave him free rein to leave a trail of dead sex workers behind him, from the red-light districts of Europe to Los Angeles’ infamous Cecil Hotel.
