Introduction / by Josh Zeman -- Satan at Stanford -- The gun of August -- "Knock on coffins" -- Her name was Stacy -- Countdown : the final week -- Catch .44 -- Confession -- "Sam sleeps" -- The process -- Into the maze -- Blood in the badlands -- "Hello from the gutters" -- Minot? Why not? -- A matter of murder -- Inside the biggest case -- The most unlikely ally -- "Sam" speaks -- "Hunted, stalked and slain" -- What's happening, America? -- From the belly of the beast -- A coast-to-coast conspiracy -- A call to Copco -- In death's valley -- Murder reigned in Southern California -- Death mask.