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Thirteen in the Fog: The Herbert Mullin Case and the Warning Signs a Community Could Not See
Paperback
Biographies General20th Century United States HistoryTrue Crime
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 3 2026
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Between October 1972 and February 1973, thirteen people were murdered in and around Santa Cruz County, California.
At first, the deaths appeared unrelated. A hitchhiker. A college student. A priest. A family. Young men in the redwoods. An elderly man working in his yard. Each tragedy seemed isolated. Each carried its own explanation. Few could see the pattern forming beneath the surface.
Only later would authorities connect the crimes to Herbert Mullin, whose violent delusions and escalating instability left a trail of devastation across the community.
Thirteen in the Fog examines the case through a victim-centered lens, focusing on the lives lost, the families left behind, and the small coastal community struggling to understand what was happening before the full scope of the danger became visible.
Exploring the social atmosphere of early-1970s Santa Cruz, public fears surrounding drought and earthquakes, mental health challenges, and the limits of hindsight, this book looks beyond headlines to ask a difficult question:
How does a community recognize danger when it still looks like ordinary life?
Based on publicly available records and historical sources, this narrative examines one of California's most disturbing murder cases while keeping the focus where it belongs: on the victims and the lasting impact of their loss.
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