Casey Sherman: Helltown

Casey Sherman talks to Carol Fitzgerald about HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod. Casey gives readers a real 360-view of the heinous crimes committed by Tony Costa in the summer of 1969 when young women were not just murdered, they also were dismembered and violated after their deaths. With the national story of the Manson murders, and the local story of Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, Costa’s rampage never made widespread news, but it has a long and storied history on the Cape. Casey shares how he came upon the idea of writing this book and his extensive research project, which included seeing some photos with images that are hard to get out of his mind. Also layered into the story are two literary legends --- Kurt Vonnegut and Norman Mailer --- each of whom competed to write about these murders, and the rivalry between them. He also talks about the film adaptation of HELLTOWN, which was signed even before the book was done. Books mentioned in this interview: HELLTOWN by Casey Sherman: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews More Bookreporter Talks To: Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks Meg Mitchell Moore: https://youtu.be/xS_qePvq2Xg Tom Perrotta: https://youtu.be/1WTvmf5mB3o Julie Clark: https://youtu.be/V_hvOAJO7ME Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events! Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s Sign up for the weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter here: https://tbrnetwork.com/newsletters/ FOLLOW US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookreporter Website: https://www.bookreporter.com Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald Video Edited by Jordan Redd