To Kill and Kill Again

by John Coston

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The twelve-year rampage of "Missoula Mauler" Wayne Nance—and the shocking end to his murder spree
To his neighbors, Wayne Nance, a furniture mover from Missoula, Montana, appeared to be an affable, considerate, and trustworthy guy. No one knew that Nance was the "Missoula Mauler," a psychopath responsible for a series of sadistic sex slayings that rocked the idyllic town between 1974 and 1986.

Nance's only requirement for murder was accessibility—a preacher's wife, a teenage runaway, a show more female acquaintance, a married couple. Putting on a friendly façade, he could easily gain his victims' trust. Then, one September night, thirty-year-old Nance pushed his luck, preying on a couple who lived to tell the tale.

A true story with an incredible twist, written by former Wall Street Journal editor John Coston and complete with photos, To Kill and Kill Again reveals the disturbing compulsions of a charming serial killer who fooled everyone he knew, stumped the authorities, terrified a community, and nearly got away with it.


. Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. Sociology.
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Baby faced, friendly Wayne Nance was the local furniture deliveryman and a native son who remembered coworkers' birthdays and never slouched off on the job. He was so trustworthy that some customers just gave him the keys to their houses to make his deliveries easier. But beneath Nance's laughing facade was a homicidal psychopath who returned to these homes to commit unspeakable acts of sexual depravity and sadistic murder.
Listened to this as an audiobook and it was rather riveting. Serial killers represent the ultimate in evil as they keep spreading their mayhem until they are either caught or done in somehow. The monster Wayne Nance no exception here. Amazingly it seemed he had been on the list a suspects early on in his career but very little was actually done to tie him to anything. Again looking back at the era possibly the unavailability of accurate DNA might have been the hinderance. The narrative came off a bit contrived in almost novel like fashion yet it certainly kept me attentive to the next twist in the plot.

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Canonical title
To Kill and Kill Again
Original publication date
1992
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Wayne Nathan Nance
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Missoula, Montana, USA
Original language
English

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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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364.1Society, government, & cultureSocial problems and social servicesCrimeCriminal offenses
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HV6534 .M67 .N353Social sciencesSocial pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologySocial pathology. Social and public welfare.CriminologyCrimes and offenses
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