We All Go into the Dark

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A captivating, eloquent and nuanced book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across the board.
Three women were brutally murdered between early 1968 and late 1969, each after a night dancing at Glasgows infamous Barrowland Ballroom. Their murders were linked and ascribed to the spectre of the well-dressed, scripture-quoting killer who had apparently stalked the citys dancehalls. The figure was never caught or identified.

But the intervening years spawned a legend that never quite lost its grip on the popular imagination of Glasgow. The killings provoked the countrys largest ever manhunt, as well as countless suspects, books, documentaries, earnest speculation, pub theorising and bouts of urban mythmaking.

In We All Go into the Dark, Francisco Garcia delves into how Bible John has morphed across generations, interrogates our collective obsession with solving historic crimes and questions why some killings are forgotten with indecent haste and why others are never permitted to be forgotten at all.

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Both profound and hypnotic, this is a deep dive into the mysteriously compelling nature of all true true crime stories. I could not put it down. Denise Mina

Fantastica book about our obsession with true crime, what it says about us and the dark corners in our heads. David Whitehouse, author of About a Son

We All Go Into the Dark is a highly original book a work of true crime that is as interested in the myths surrounding the Bible John murders as it is in the person who committed them. With moral sensitivity, sophistication and scrupulous honesty, Francisco Garcia takes us deep into the realm of endless ambiguity which is the true subject of this fascinating book. Mark OConnell author of To Be a Machine

We All Go Into The Dark is a tremendous feat of compassion, integrity and incisive consideration. Its sophisticated moral analysis and humanity mark it as something far beyond the usual confines of the true crime genre, most fascinatingly on the competing mythologies which emerge around crimes which grip the press and the culture. Garcia asks not only who we remember and why, but also who we forget and why, and in this subtle expansion of terms has created a powerful, original and beautifully written account of a haunting killer and the stories which surround him. Megan Nolan author of Acts of Desperation

Author Bio

Francisco Garcia is a journalist and writer, specialising in true crime and internet subcultures. He has written for publications such as Vice, i-D, Dazed, Time Out and the Guardian. If You Were There is his first book.