Graysmith, Robert

Overview

Works:	61 works in 297 publications in 10 languages and 9,128 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Case studies Biographies Film adaptations Thrillers (Motion pictures) True crime stories Crime films Thrillers (Television programs) History Sources
Roles:	Author, Bibliographic antecedent, Narrator
Classifications:	HV6534.S3, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Robert Graysmith

Zodiac by David Fincher( Visual )
Auto focus by Paul Schrader( Visual )
Zodiac = : Le Zodiaque( Visual )
Robert Graysmith biographical file( )

Most widely held works by Robert Graysmith

Zodiac unmasked : the identity of America's most elusive serial killer revealed by Robert Graysmith( Book )

18 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in English and held by 1,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A former "San Francisco Chronicle" reporter continues his account of the series of murders committed in California beginning in 1968 by revealing the final solution to the crimes, which baffled investigators for more than thirty years

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith( Book )

35 editions published between 1976 and 2020 in 8 languages and held by 933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A "San Francisco Chronicle" reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies in which letters were sent to the "Chronicle," announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac

Zodiac by David Fincher( Visual )

46 editions published between 2007 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Het waargebeurde verhaal van een beruchte seriemoordenaar die in de jaren '70 in San Francisco huishield. Deze moordenaar, die nooit opgepakt is, liet vreemde aanwijzingen en brieven achter bij zijn slachtoffers

The girl in Alfred Hitchcock's shower : a murder that became a real-life mystery, a mystery that became an obsession by Robert Graysmith( Book )

23 editions published between 2010 and 2016 in English and French and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The "New York Times"--Bestselling author uncovers a real-life mystery of murder, body doubles, and obsession, as he explores the case of Marli Renfro, Janet Leigh's body double in the infamous shower scene in "Psycho," who reportedly became the victim of a serial killer

Black fire : the true story of the original Tom Sawyer--and of the mysterious fires that baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco by Robert Graysmith( Book )

8 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco

Amerithrax : the hunt for the anthrax killer by Robert Graysmith( Book )

10 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in English and held by 599 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"October 2001: A tainted letter is delivered to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in Washington. Four postal workers are infected with inhalation anthrax. Two of them die."

The Sleeping Lady : the trailside murders above the Golden Gate by Robert Graysmith( Book )

7 editions published between 1984 and 1991 in English and held by 594 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unabomber : a desire to kill by Robert Graysmith( Book )

4 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 502 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The author provides a psychological portrait of Kaczynski and questions the FBI's efforts in uncovering the Unabomber

The murder of Bob Crane by Robert Graysmith( Book )

4 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In June 1978, Bob Crane, the star of the sixties sitcom Hogan's Heroes but now reduced to playing on the dinner-theater circuit, was found bludgeoned to death in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was appearing in a comedy titled Beginner's Luck. There was what appeared to be a telephone cord knotted around his neck; his nondescript apartment, rented for him by the theater, was filled with pornographic pictures and videotapes of himself and numerous women - some from Scottsdale, others from cities where the play had previously toured. The killer could have been the husband or boyfriend of any of them, but it could also have been Bob's estranged wife, Patti, or his best friend, John Carpenter, who appeared with Bob in several of the tapes. Bob was cooling toward Carpenter, friends had noticed, though they had palled around in Scottsdale

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith( Recording )

16 editions published between 2003 and 2015 in English and held by 322 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder. His first victims were a teenage couple, stalked and shot dead in a lover's lane. After another slaying, he sent his first mocking note to authorities, promising he would kill again. The official tally of his victims was six. He claimed thirty-seven. The real toll may have reached fifty. He was never caught."--Container

The bell tower : the mystery of Jack the Ripper finally solved-- in San Francisco by Robert Graysmith( Book )

2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 312 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reveals the identity of London's Jack the Ripper and details his murders in San Francisco

The laughing gorilla : a true story of police corruption and murder by Robert Graysmith( Book )

2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

San Francisco, 1926: A series of women are slashed to death and dismembered. Incredibly, eyewitness reports claim the perpetrator was a hulking brute with razor-claws for hands who lumbered on all fours and laughed maniacally before shredding the nude flesh of his female victims. The tabloid press called him the Laughing Gorilla and loved every sensational beat of the story. For Inspector Charles Dullea of the San Francisco Police, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departments in the country, the serial killings raised a haunting question: "who could commit such crimes?" Nothing prepared Dullea for the answer

Black fire by Robert Graysmith( )

16 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco

The Laughing Gorilla : the true story of the hunt for one of America's first serial killers by Robert Graysmith( Book )

5 editions published between 2010 and 2014 in English and held by 104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chronicles the investigation into a series of grisly murders in 1920s San Francisco perpetrated by a man eyewitnesses claimed to have razor claws for hands

Auto focus by Robert Graysmith( Book )

3 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Investigates the bizarre 1978 murder of the popular television star, the shocking orgies of his last days, and the 1992 arrest of John Carpenter

The bell tower : the case of Jack the Ripper finally solved ... in San Francisco by Robert Graysmith( Book )

3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reveals the identity of London's Jack the Ripper and details his murders in San Francisco

Zodiac (v.f.)( Visual )

3 editions published in 2013 in French and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. Looks into the lives of the four men most effected by the killer: San Francisco PD Homicide, David Toschi and William Armstrong, the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith. Displays the psychological and emotional effects of the killings, as well as the endless procedural details of the investigation (handwriting experts, the "2500" suspects), the letters sent to the San Francisco Chronicle by Zodiac and the work of a 20+ year investigation that wears down and whittles away at any kind of normal life for Toshi and Graysmith. Both men are obsessed with Zodiac and both pay for this obsession with the hard years and loves lost and never regained

The bell tower : the mystery of Jack the Ripper finally solved by Robert Graysmith( Book )

1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Zodiac unmasked : the identity of America's most elusive serial killer revealed by Robert Graysmith( )

2 editions published in 2018 in English and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robert Graysmith reveals the true identity of Zodiac--America's most elusive serial killer

Auto focus by Paul Schrader( Visual )

14 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"L'authentique histoire de Bob Crane, vedette du petit écran et grand adepte de sexe, qui finira assassiné par son meilleur ami