Born Bad

by Bill G. Cox

Book Overview

featuring excerpts from his chilling "death diaries" which detail his murderous crimes, here is the shocking true story of Jason Massey--the teenaged torture killer of Texas. Includes 12 pages of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786002743
• ISBN13: 9780786002740
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Could hardly read it, but could hardly put it down!

I could barely read it, but i couldn't stop reading it! You won't be able to put this one down if you can handle gruesome stuff like this! This boy, severely disturbed by a childhood corrupted by a careless mother is distrubing to read about. To enjoy torturing animals and eventually humans in such a way, to inflict such cruelty or fantasize about doing so is so sick and unimaginable. His diaries which are in this book, are so hard to read, especially at bedtime, but you can't stop reading them either! Jason Massey was a sick individual who deserved nothing less than what he got, and in some opinions, maybe more! I suggest this book to anyone who wants to be captivated by the first page!

A Reader

I read Born Bad while I was on holiday in Fiji - can I just say that if you are reading this book I would read it short bursts, don't read it for hours on end like I did right before you I went to sleep.I have read alot of horrifying books in my time but let me tell you this one sears itself into your memory I suffered some of the worst nightmares ever from this book. I found it very hard to believe that a young man that was as sick as he was, saying the things he said to anyone who would listen, was left to walk around terrorising society - not a soul reported him, nobody. I think a large number of people need to realise this sort of behaviour was like a red flag. Those poor children who were murdered because no one said a word - tragic.Jason Massey was a sadistic lust murderer who voided his right to live by brutally torturing and murdering two poor kids who trusted the wrong person.I think society as a whole has to take responsibility for Jason Massey and all those like him, as the book says females between the ages of 10 and 40 were at risk of crossing paths and dying violently with the female hating Jason Massey. Not to mention all the poor innocent animals he raped and murdered.Born Bad is a terrifying but very real story of an extremely disturbed boy that grew up into a brutal monster and he could be living in your neighbourhood or terrorising your children.God forbid...

BOOK / MOVIE

I live 15 miles from where this happened and I was about 15 yrs old. At that age you don't even think that something like this can happen. The town that this happened in is very small, maybe 30-40 miles south of Dallas,Tx. But it can happen anywhere, it helps you open your eyes. This guy Jason Massey really needed help but I'm sure nobody ever offered him help. It is sad the way he was brought up, but he didn't have to kill anyone. I'd really like someone to make this a movie. I know the family of the victims would probably not approve, but I think alot of parents need to open their eyes to reality that this can happen anywhere. You always see in big cities stuff like this happening not in little home towns where you didn't even have to lock your door. This was a good book but a movie should be better with more detail.

NOT FOR THE WEAK STOMACH.....

It is amazing that this book is true. Yes, it is vile, disgusting, and shocking to say the least. But it is true, and if the story is to be told it should be done with no punches pulled. That is how the author approaches it, with every gory detail and twisted fantasy included. This person, Jason Massey, was probably one of the sickest individuals to ever live, and I personally found the story an interesting read. While some true crime books (I've read over 60) bog down after the arrest and get really boring when it comes to all the legal maneuvering, I stuck with this one till the very last page. Even the "death diaries", while ridiculous, aren't really that silly when you figure that they were a prelude to his horrific actions, and we are actually peering inside one of the most disgusting minds ever to walk the earth. If you dislike gross things then, yes, avoid this book at all costs. However, if you are a "TRUE" true-crime fan I can't see why you wouldn't find this story fascinating, because it is just so amazing that it really happened just a few years ago.

Tons Of Details, TRUE STORY, peo., plac., & time accurate!

I loved the book, I live in the city that it happened in and everything is in detail to the fullest. There is no covering up or anything. I do with they would make a movie out of this. The murderer is amazing, and its shocking that this happened in such a little place.