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The road out of hell : Sanford Clark and the true story of the Wineville murders

The road out of hell : Sanford Clark and the true story of the Wineville murders

Book 2009

From 1926 to 1928, Gordon Stewart Northcott committed at least 20 murders on a chicken ranch outside of Los Angeles. His nephew, Sanford Clark, held captive there from the age of 13 to 15, was the sole surviving victim of the killing spree. Here, crime writer Anthony Flacco-- using never-before-heard information from Sanford's son Jerry Clark-- tells the real story behind the case. Forced by Northcott to take part in the murders, Sanford carried...