Tracy Ullman, coauthor of THE SERIAL KILLER'S APPRENTICE - a Boswell event

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Tracy Ullman, author of The Serial Killer's Apprentice, a new true crime examination of serial killer and rapist Dean Corll and his accomplices, known for the Houston 'Candyman murders' of the early 1970s.

Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager David Brooks had already been ensnared by the charming older man, bribed with cash to help lure boys to Corll’s home. When Henley unwittingly entered the trap, Corll evidently sensed he’d be of more use as a second accomplice than another victim. He baited Henley with the same deal he’d given Brooks: $200 for each boy they could bring him. By the time he was seventeen, Henly had helped with multiple murders and believed he’d be killed, too.

Ullman tells the story of Corll and his accomplices in its fullest form to date. This book is the story of the unspeakable evil and sorrow that befell Houston in the early 1970s. From Harold Schechter, author of Murderabilia: "Consistently gripping… not only the definitive account of the infamous 'Candy Man' case - offering eye-opening information never before revealed - but a brilliant study of the minds and motivations of pedophiliac predators: both a page-turning true crime narrative and a major contribution to the field of forensic psychology."

Tracy Ullman is a documentary producer, director, and writer who has produced non-fiction programs for Discovery Networks, Oxygen, and PBS. Her most recent production is a six-part limited documentary series about serial murderer John Wayne Gacy and the new discoveries made in his case for NBC's Peacock.

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