Book · 2018 · True Crime
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
The #1 New York Times Bestseller
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It's by Michelle McNamara about the East area rapist. That's an incredible book. I'll be gone in the dark or something.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2026 The best things said about it
I'll be gone in the dark that's the name of her book and that's the uh i think the name of the series too.
Tom Segura The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2021 Why people recommend it
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara, completed posthumously with the assistance of Patton Oswalt, is a gripping and meticulous true crime investigation into the horrific crimes and elusive identity of the Golden State Killer. Joe Rogan recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience while discussing infamous serial criminals, describing it as an incredible and deeply compelling piece of investigative journalism. Alexandra Alter also discussed the work on The Book Review, connecting McNamara's obsessive research and harrowing narrative directly to the real-world breakthrough and subsequent arrest in the decades-old case. Tom Segura brought up the book on a separate episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, noting both the high quality of the investigative writing and its subsequent screen adaptation in the true crime television genre. Commentators frequently praise the book not only for its page-turning suspense and vivid atmospheric dread, but also for the tireless dedication of its author, whose personal crusade to unmask the perpetrator played a crucial role in bringing a reign of terror to light. It remains widely regarded as a watershed moment in modern true crime literature.
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Alexandra Alter the book is titled all begun in the dark by Michelle mcnamer and it's a true crime story about The Golden S… 1
“the book is titled all begun in the dark by Michelle mcnamer and it's a true crime story about The Golden State killer”
Joe Rogan It's by Michelle McNamara about the East area rapist. That's an incredible book. I'll be gone in the dark o… 1
“It's by Michelle McNamara about the East area rapist. That's an incredible book. I'll be gone in the dark or something.”
Tom Segura i'll be gone in the dark that's the name of her book and that's the uh i think the name of the series too 1
“i'll be gone in the dark that's the name of her book and that's the uh i think the name of the series too”
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“Well that was the one that Patton Oswald's wife was working she she was writing that book”