Peter Woodcock: Canada’s Youngest Serial Killer
Author: Mark Bourrie
My Review and Thoughts:
"There was this ten-year-old girl. I did have plans to
cut her up to see what she looked like inside." ---Peter Woodcock
First and foremost, this is about one of the worst and
vilest criminals in the history of crime, and most have never even heard of his
name before. He is not a household name, meaning his name is very rarely ever
mentioned with the subject of Serial killing, or when the subject of criminal
nature comes up, and it's shocking, because he is one of the most brutal
personas in history.
A rapist and murderer of children. No one really knows how
many he raped, could be in the multi-hundreds, we do know he murdered three
children, and he was convicted of murdering 3 children. He spent his remaining
life in a psychiatric unit, but it was his crime that forever stained the
reality of Canada, the murder of three innocent children, and the crime that
Canada seemed to allow to happen. Many years later when they decided to give
him good behavior leave, from the hospital, he would again commit a crime
forever classifying his murderous insanity.
He was a matter of fact brutal persona, a sexual deviant. A
gainer of violence and pain. He brutality is something that is still talked
about and not forgotten, but one would think after his conviction at 18 years
old, the story would be over, but the future of this Criminal would be a stark
reminder of just how brutal and horrible and disgustingly disturbing this human
being is.
The book is written in the matter of fact way, it plays and
reads like a textbook almost; that is one of its downfalls in my viewpoint. The
story is vivid and gives you all the information, and the written dialogue from
the criminal himself, and the newspaper articles. The book is written in a
down-to-earth way. I almost want to say childish at times. I don't mean that to
sound cruel, but that's the way it's written. It's almost written a little to
school assignment type of paper. I wanted more. I wanted the book to come
together more like a story, where it was just factual, nothing more, nothing
less. All it did was lay down all the information, and that was it. It was
almost like reading court room transcripts or a college paper written for a
psychology class.
Don’t get me wrong, the book is good for those wanting to
know the serial killer through all the information. I was thoroughly
entertained and sickened at the horrors this young man did. It shocks me and
amazes me that this teenager, and even when he was a kid, enjoyed molesting
children as if it was no big deal. He molested and rapped kids like it was
collecting baseball cards.
The book does display the brutal and graphic crime scene
photos.
Would I Return to it Again: No, once was enough? The book as
I have said displays itself simple, and to the point. There is no story to draw
one in. It displays itself like a text book or court document.
Would I Recommend: Yes. For those who are interested in serial
killers and the criminal nature of children that kill, then this is a must
read. Truly a brutal case of violence. A case that is not well known but should
be. This is a must read true crime for its criminal historical reality.
Book Length: 138
My Rating: 3 out of 5
Four Words: Informative. Simplistic. Brutal. Shocking.