Johann Bachmann
Robert Pickton: True Crime Serial KillersBy Johann BachmannHe hunted in the shadows. The system let him.Between 1997 and 2002, dozens of women-many Indigenous, many sex workers-vanished from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. For years, their disappearances were ignored, dismissed, or buried under bureaucratic indifference. Behind it all was one of Canada’s most chilling predators: Robert Pickton.In this gripping, unflinching work of true crime, author Johann Bachmann tells a story far more disturbing than just one man’s monstrous acts. Through meticulous research, survivor testimonies, and investigative insight, Robert Pickton: True Crime Serial Killers lays bare a devastating truth: Pickton’s killing spree was enabled by a system that failed its most vulnerable.This is not a story of one killer. It is a reckoning with the institutions-police, government, and society-that allowed him to thrive.From the rainy alleys of Vancouver’s marginalized neighborhoods to the eerie isolation of a pig farm in Port Coquitlam, this book weaves together:The stories of women who vanished and the lives they livedThe overlooked reports, ignored witnesses, and warnings that went unheededThe systemic racism and social neglect that marginalized entire communitiesThe determined efforts of investigators, family members, and survivors who refused to give upTold with empathy, urgency, and moral clarity, this book is both a memorial and a call to action. It refuses to let these women become statistics. It challenges the reader to confront how injustice becomes normalized-and how predators like Pickton exploit society’s blind spots.Foreword by Dr. Raven Sinclair, Indigenous scholar and advocate, adds vital perspective on the broader crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.For readers of:The Girls Are Gone, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Highway of Tears, American Predator, and The Lost Girls.
