Eat the Evidence: A Journey Through The Dark Boroughs Of A Pedophilic Cannibal's Mind
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Eat The Evidence tells the story of a violent serial pedophile and murderer. It does not attempt to take the reader inside the mind of a serial killer, rather it attempts to take the serial perpetrator into the psyche of the reader. This allows the reader to experience a portion of the psychic primitiveness that a serial perpetrator uses to ensnare his victims. Eat The Evidence follows Nathaneal Bar Jonah from birth to death on a torrent of pedophilic and homicidal mayhem. The book was compiled from hundreds of hours of interviews and more than a hundred thousand pages of court documents.
Reviews and Endorsements
‘I first met John Espy a few years ago when we worked together on a homicide case in northern Montana. I’ve worked on hundreds of cases and I’ve met a lot of investigators, scientists, and experts who have spent their lives researching the heights, and deep, deep depths, of the human psyche. But I never met an expert who impressed me more than John: tough, compassionate, experienced, literate, and clearly brilliant. Just the qualities a writer needs to be able to research, and understand, and explain to the reader the unbelievable journey through the mind of the subject of this amazing book. As terrifying as the voyage may be, you couldn’t have a better guide than John Espy. You know he’ll have your back. And you’ll need it.’
— Robert A. Leonard, PhD, Professor of Linguistics; Director, Institute for Forensic Linguistics, Threat Assessment and Strategic Analysis, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
‘This journey through a pedophilic cannibal’s mind is at once a story for us all and a blueprint for professional psychologists of a human so evil as to cause us all to rethink what our species is capable of. Dr Espy, displaying here superb sharp-eyed empirical research and expressing his findings in a literarily graceful manner, brings out the essence of Nathaneal Bar Jonah, is so real and immediate a way that I found it at times difficult even approaching the pages of this masterly work.’
— John Herrmann, former Director of Creative Writing and American Literature, University of Montana
‘When John Espy first contacted me I was relieved to find someone who understood exactly where I had been forced to go in the search for my missing childhood friend - into the innermost thoughts of serial pedophiles. By sharing our research John and I were able to put together pieces of a puzzle that no one else had been willing to share. We learned that not only was Nathaneal Bar Jonah a serial pedophile and alleged murderer, but he was also part of an intricate fraternity of pedophiles who shared information and resources to abduct and murder children across the country. John Espy’s commitment to telling the truth about Nathaneal Bar Jonah and his associations is a testament to his search for justice in a world where all too often law enforcement acts as if the death of a criminal predicates the ability to find answers for his victims. His research is horrifyingly accurate. This book is a must-read for those who aren’t afraid of the truth, especially if the truth results in justice for all.’
— Melanie Perkins, Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker (Best Investigative Journalism) for Have You Seen Andy?
About the Author(s)
John C. Espy, PhD, LCSW, has been practicing psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for the past thirty-five years. He was supervised by R.D. Laing for many years and conducted a weekly supervision group with Sheldon Kopp. He has worked extensively in the area of primitive and psychotic personalities and has interviewed more than twenty serial murderers and pedophiles in the United States and Europe as part of his research on the manifestation of malignant projective-identification. His current practice primarily focuses on clinical and forensic consultation and long term treatment. He was previously a neurotoxicologist with NASA and has taught at numerous universities throughout the United States. Dr Espy is also a long standing member of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work and northwestern United States group moderator for the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society.
Customer Reviews
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Steven P. Anderson on 11/03/2014 12:07:18
(5 out of 5)
When I read Eat The Evidence I was troubled and I must say I was thankful for being troubled as this book literally opened my eyes to the heinousness of individuals with this particular character pathology. This is not an 'easy' book to read, nor should it be. Dr Espy has brought years of experience interviewing and studying 'dangerous' people to bear in this work. In the book blurb it says that Espy doesn't try to take the reader into the mind of the serial killer but rather takes the serial killer inside the mind of the reader and I would conclude that Dr Espy has accomplished this task admirably. In addition he has done something that I rarely see that that is he keeps himself our of the story line. There is no, 'I did this or I did that,' rather he allows Bar Jonah (the main character) to speak for himself. There is also something else about this book that should be said and that it is literary. This not a book that is just put together without care or concern for the writing. I would go so far as to say that this book is vastly more literary than Capote or Mailer, who 'tried' to do what in fact Dr Espy has succeeded in accomplishing. I cannot recommend this book enough and believe that if enough people read it and it receives the exposure it deserves it will become the work by which all others of this type will strive to become. Do yourself a favor and buy this book. look forward to the following volumes.
Steven P. Anderson, MD New York on 09/03/2014 23:41:26
(5 out of 5)
I purchased this book at the American Psychoanalytic meeting. I know of Dr. Espy and was curious that he had written a series of books on a pedophile. His work in the field of character pathology and primitive personalities is well known and considered to be cutting edge thinking. When I read Eat The Evidence I was troubled and I must say I was thankful for being troubled as this book literally opened my eyes to the heinousness of individuals with this particular character pathology. This is not an 'easy' book to read nor should it be. Dr. Espy has brought years of experience interviewing and studying 'dangerous' people to bear in this work. In the book blurb it says that Espy doesn't try to take the reader into the mind of the serial killer but rather takes the serial killer inside the mind of the reader and I would conclude that Dr. Espy has accomplished this task admirably. In addition he has done something that I rarely see that that is he keeps himself out of the story line. There is no, 'I did this or I did that,' rather he allows Bar Jonah (the main character) to speak for himself. There is also something else about this book that should be said and that it is literary. This not a book that is just put together without care or concern for the writing. I would go so far as to say that this book is vastly more literary than Capote or Mailer, who 'tried' to do what in fact Dr. Espy has succeed in accomplishing. I cannot recommend this book enough and believe that if enough people read it and it receives the exposure it deserves it will become the work by which all others of this type will strive to become. Do yourself a favor and buy this book. I look forward to the following volumes.
James Mason, MD - New York City on 16/11/2013 23:40:31
(5 out of 5)
Every now and then a work comes along that redefines the genre; Eat The Evidence is one such work. I would conclude that first Capote did so with In Cold Blood and then Mailer followed suit with The Executioner's Song. Dr Espy has now come along with Eat The Evidence and set the bar even higher.
Not only is this work a testimony to investigative journalism, it is also a work of literature. Dr Espy has taken a reprehensible character and allowed him to speak for himself through his own words and actions. Dr Espy has also done something that even writers of many books cannot do, he keeps himself out of the work. Dr Espy's sentences are chilling and at times breathtaking descriptions of how an individual of this primitive of a nature lives and breathes. When I received this book, I made a mistake, I chose to open it and begin reading one night thinking I would just 'read a bit' and then pick it up another time. However, I was totally consumed by the work. Only time dictated that I stop reading. It seems somewhat odd to again comment on the eloquence of the writing giving the subject matter, however I cannot stress enough how exquisitely Eat The Evidence is written. This is a work that SHOULD be mandatory for every parent, law enforcement official and therapist as well as anyone interested in the genre. I believe that Eat The Evidence will take its place at the top tier of works of nonfiction crime. It is a work that other works will be judged against.
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