The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders (Hardcover)

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• Format: Hardcover   Learn more about the Hardcover format using Tower WIKI.
• Publisher: Union Square Press
• Number of Pages: 304
• ISBN: 1402768699
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113306584
• Release Date: November 3, 2009
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Documents the harrowing murders committed by decorated war veteran Gordon Stewart Northcott on his chicken ranch outside of Los Angeles between 1926 and 1928, describing the traumatic experiences of his nephew, Stanford Clark, who was held captive and forced to participate in at least 20 killings.

"And you wonder: How the hell did this guy go on to be a loving father and grandfather? How did he bury all that crap? That's a whole story in itself."--Clint Eastwood, director of "Changeling, "regarding Sanford Clark From 1926 to 1928, Gordon Stewart Northcott committed at least twenty murders on a chicken ranch outside of Los Angeles. His nephew, Sanford Clark, was held captive there from the age of 13 to 15, and was the sole surviving victim of the killing spree. Here, acclaimed crime writer Anthony Flacco-using never-before-heard information from Sanford's son Jerry Clark-tells the real story behind the case that riveted the nation. Forced by Northcott to take part in the murders, Sanford carried tremendous guilt all his life. Yet, despite his youth and the trauma, he helped gain some justice for the dead and their families by testifying at Northcott's trial-which led to his conviction and execution. It was a shocking story, but perhaps the most shocking part of all is the extraordinarily ordinary life Clark went on to live as a decorated WWII vet, a devoted husband of 55 years, a loving father, and a productive citizen. In dramatizing one of the darkest cases in American crime, Flacco constructs a riveting psychological drama about how Sanford was able to detoxify himself from the evil he'd encountered, offering the ultimately redemptive story one man's remarkable ability to survive a nightmare and emerge intact.

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