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The episode highlighted the book as an investigative work by an Australian journalist and former detective who assembled Christopher Wilder's extensive criminal record, tracing his crimes from Sydney to the United States. The hosts noted that the author tracked down a retired detective and pieced together Wilder's rap sheet, providing a shocking true account of the serial killer’s history. The discussion presented the title as a detailed source for listeners interested in the case.
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The book, published by an Australian journalist who pieced together the serial killer's prolific criminal history, tells the shocking true story of serial killer Christopher Wilder from his early crimes in Sydney to his time on America's most wanted list.
He was struck that this notorious sex offender had come from Australia in the 1960s and he'd never heard of him.
McNabb's first career was as a police detective, and he managed to track down a retired detective who remembered Christopher Wilder. He'd been on his trail since back in the 60s.
I mentioned Christopher, he said, oh you mean that bastard, the photographer? And a long list of expletives followed. They really wanted to nail him, but they just couldn't get the evidence.
McNabb eventually pieced together Wilder's prolific criminal history and published a book called The Snapshot Killer, the shocking true story of serial killer Christopher Wilder from Sydney's beaches to America's most wanted.
Wilder had grown up in a suburb of Sydney and McNabb found his rap sheet began when he was a teenager.
