The Unicorn’s Secret:
Murder in the Age of Aquarius
A true-crime thriller chronicling the unforgettable story of Ira Einhorn. Philadelphia’s leading hippie—and a founder of the self-fulfillment movement—who was arrested in 1979 when the mummified body of his missing girlfriend was discovered in his closet. After prominent figures testified on his behalf, Einhorn was freed on a low bail—and then fled. His friends still could not believe this peaceful figure could commit murder.
After hundreds of interviews, exclusive access to Einhorn’s sensational private writing, The Unicorn’s Secret resolves the mystery—and spins a compelling biography both Einhorn and the beautiful and talented Holly Maddux, who tragically fell under his spell. Those dual stories provide a dark subtext to the social changes of the sixties and seventies. The revelations in the book led directly to Einhorn’s capture and conviction, and was the source of the 1999 NBC mini-series, The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer.
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Praise
“Steven Levy reveals with a reporter’s eye and a writer’s analysis the phenomenon of a man and the times that resulted in a leading peacenik charged with the bludgeoning death of his girlfriend.”
— Boston Globe
“Perhaps the ghastliest and most macabre testament yet to the cunning power of the psychopath. If more evidence is needed that violence and madness lurk just beneath the surface of everyday life, Steven Levy provides it in engrossing detail.”