'Randy was one of the kindest men I ever knew. If he had something and someone needed it, he'd give it to them. So far as I know, he didn't have any special hobby, unless it was helping other people. He made me feel like I was somebody, and the biggest majority of men seemed to want to make me feel so much lower than them, and all they wanted was to take me to bed. In five months, Randy and I never really had sex. He was a true gentleman.' said a former girlfriend of Randy Kraft who was very lucky to have gotten out of it alive. On the outside Randy Kraft was a normal fellow, a successful computer programmer and part time bartender operating in sunny Southern California. On the inside Kraft was a lethal sexual sadist that may have committed at least as many as fifty or sixty murders. His victims were all male, mostly homosexuals, who Kraft would torture and mutilate, sometimes while his victim was still alive. Apparently Kraft had a great deal of problems coming to grips with his own homosexuality, to say the least. What was the driving force behind his killings? Author Brian Lee Tucker, once again, delves into the 'behind the scenes' aspect of the story, using information from documented interviews, taped confessions, newspaper coverage, magazine articles, and court transcripts, provides an in depth, behind the scenes look into the life and mind of 'the Scorecard Killer, ' a man so cruel, sadistic, and remorseless, that upon his arrest, investigators discovered a coded list depicting cryptic references to his victims, 'scoring them' on their sexual performance before killing them.
About the Author: Brian Lee Tucker is a former bartender, house painter, and a "late-blooming hippie," whose mother gave birth to him on the way to the Woodstock music festival on August 15th, 1969. Needless to say, he didn't make it to Woodstock, but he made up for it later by forming his first band, Yellow Moon, at the tender age of twelve years old, with his mother, Karina, and his father, Jackson, on backing vocals and guitar. Influenced by the mellow, smooth sounds of bands like the Mamas and the Papas, the Byrds, and singers like Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot, he created a signature sound all his own, a folk-ish, soft rock style that made him a home town institution around San Fransisco in the early eighties. Staying true to his roots, he is still an avid fan of the classic 60s and 70s pop culture, as well as the classic literature of such noted writers as Harper Lee, J.D. Salinger, and rebel writers like the late Hunter S. Thompson. A fledgling writer and poet, he is currently at work on his first book of fictional stories. Also a hardcore true crime buff, he is currently at work on another true crime book LEATHER APRON, about Jack the Ripper.