The Northern Maine Massacres: Memoir of the Campfire Killer
Book One of The Northern Maine Massacres Series

From the author of the powerful memoir The Night I Didn’t Flinch comes a chilling new descent into psychological horror.

For thirty years, the North Maine Woods swallowed campers whole. From 1978 to 2008, young couples vanished along logging roads and remote campsites. Their bodies were never recovered. The official reports faded into silence, but the whispers never stopped, stories of a masked figure, a hidden bunker, and a killer who collected his victims in ways too grotesque to imagine.

The Northern Maine Massacres: Memoir of the Campfire Killer exposes the dark legend of James Crocker, a Vietnam War medic whose battlefield trauma twisted into a new war back home. Behind a gas mask, Crocker stalked tattooed prey, preserving their skin as scripture-bound trophies in his underground lair. Each hunt was ritual. Each murder, a confession.

But this is more than a story of killings, it’s an exploration of trauma, secrecy, and the terrifying truth that the wilderness can keep its monsters hidden for decades. Local game warden Roy Dupuis begins to unravel the threads, chasing whispers through small towns and endless woods, until folklore and reality collide in a terrifying pursuit.

Christopher Waters, an Army Combat Veteran and author of the raw and unforgettable memoir The Night I Didn’t Flinch, brings the same visceral storytelling and emotional depth to this first installment of The Northern Maine Massacres Series. Blending the intimacy of memoir with the intensity of psychological thriller, Waters delivers a haunting tale that will stay under your skin long after the last word.

Perfect for fans of true crime, style fiction, atmospheric thrillers, and psychological horror, this book will make you think twice about every story you’ve ever heard around a campfire.