Book Signing / Talk with Local Author Michael Benson

They Looked Alike…

Robert Bruce Spahalski and Stephen Spahalski were identical twins. Same hair, same eyes, same thirst for blood. Stephen was the first brother to kill—by viciously bashing in storeowner Ronald Ripley's head with a hammer.

Acted Alike…

Unlike Stephen, Robert didn't stop with just one victim. With the cord of an iron, Robert strangled prostitute Morraine Armstrong while having sex. With his bare hands, he choked his girlfriend Adrian Berger. He brutally bludgeoned to death businessman Charles Grande. Even his friend Vivian Irizarry didn't escape his lurid killing spree. Robert ultimately confessed to the four murders in vivid detail. But police suspected there were many more.

And Slaughtered Alike…

The twins' twisted story became even more bizarre as the true nature of their sick psyches came to light. In these pages, Robert Spahalski reveals for the first time the horrific details of his life and crimes in a disturbing look at the inner workings of a homicidal mind...

Includes 16 Pages of Shocking Photos

Michael Benson is the author or co-author of 41 books, including the true crime classics Betrayal in Blood and Lethal Embrace. He is also the author of Who's Who in the JFK Assassination and Inside Secret Societies. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.