The Jolly Roger Social Club : a true story of a killer in paradise / Murder Murderers
Foster, Nick, 1966-
The Jolly Roger Social Club : a true story of a killer in paradise / Nick Foster. - 268 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Verso erroneously lists this as the paperback edition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266).
1. The Tipping Point -- 2. Bocas del Toro -- 3. Welcome to Panama -- 4. The Story of Bo Icelar -- 5. "We Are Just Molecules" -- 6. Where Is Cher? -- 7. Darklands -- 8. When Scott Met Bill -- 9. Life Behind Bars -- 10. The Lights That Don't Go Out -- Epilogue: 'I am your worst nightmare'.
In the remote Bocas del Toro, Panama, William Dathan Holbert, aka "Wild Bill", is awaiting trial for the murder of five fellow American ex-patriots. Holbert's first victims were the Brown family, who lived on a remote island in the area's Darklands. There, Holbert turned their home into the "Jolly Roger Social Club", using drink- and drug-fueled parties to get to know other ex-pats. The club's tagline was: "Over 90% of our members survive". Those odds were not in his victims' favor. But this is not just a book about what Holbert did and the complex financial and real estate motives behind the killings; it is about why Bocas del Toro turned out to be his perfect hunting ground, and why the community tolerated, even accepted, him for a time.
9780715651353
Holbert, William Dathan.
Murder--Panama--Case studies.
Murderers--Panama--Case studies.
True crime stories.
364.1523092
The Jolly Roger Social Club : a true story of a killer in paradise / Nick Foster. - 268 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Verso erroneously lists this as the paperback edition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266).
1. The Tipping Point -- 2. Bocas del Toro -- 3. Welcome to Panama -- 4. The Story of Bo Icelar -- 5. "We Are Just Molecules" -- 6. Where Is Cher? -- 7. Darklands -- 8. When Scott Met Bill -- 9. Life Behind Bars -- 10. The Lights That Don't Go Out -- Epilogue: 'I am your worst nightmare'.
In the remote Bocas del Toro, Panama, William Dathan Holbert, aka "Wild Bill", is awaiting trial for the murder of five fellow American ex-patriots. Holbert's first victims were the Brown family, who lived on a remote island in the area's Darklands. There, Holbert turned their home into the "Jolly Roger Social Club", using drink- and drug-fueled parties to get to know other ex-pats. The club's tagline was: "Over 90% of our members survive". Those odds were not in his victims' favor. But this is not just a book about what Holbert did and the complex financial and real estate motives behind the killings; it is about why Bocas del Toro turned out to be his perfect hunting ground, and why the community tolerated, even accepted, him for a time.
9780715651353
Holbert, William Dathan.
Murder--Panama--Case studies.
Murderers--Panama--Case studies.
True crime stories.
364.1523092