United States of True Crime: Alabama

The Most Chilling Cases in All 50 States

By: Ashley Hudson

Narrated by: Ashley Hudson

Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

United States of True Crime is an anthology series with books devoted to the most disturbing cases in each of the 50 states. This book focuses on 10 of the most chilling crimes in Alabama history.

True crime junkies may recognize some of the highly publicized cases, but I’ve made sure to include lesser-known, equally unsettling crimes.

The cases included in this book:

Audrey Marie Hilley: Black widow who murdered her husband, then attempted to poison her own daughter. She was able to evade capture by posing as her fictional twin sister.

Daniel Lee Siebert: Spree killer who butchered his girlfriend, her two sons who were both under age six, and his friends.

Michael McLendon: To date, McLendon’s massacre in 2019 was the bloodiest in the state of Alabama. He murdered his friends, family, and even his family dogs.

Richard Hawes: A family annihilator in 1888 whose crimes sparked a statewide riot.

Sixteenth Street Church Bombings: Racially motivated attack by KKK members that left four young Black girls dead and is now viewed as a turning point for the Civil Rights Movement.

Amy Bishop: Harvard-educated professor who became infamous after she went on a shooting rampage that left three coworkers dead. However, the attack was not her first time killing. When she was a teenager, she shot her brother under suspicious circumstances.

Joseph Dewey Akin: Code-blue junkie nurse who was convicted of intentionally overdosing a patient in his care and is suspected in the deaths of 17 of his former patients.

Thomas Whisenhant: Murderer with a pattern of desecrating the bodies of his victims.

Scottsboro Boys: One of the most notorious court cases of the 20th century where two white women falsely accused nine Black boys of rape.

Gerald Patrick Lewis: Serial killer whose heinous crimes include slaying a woman who was eight months pregnant and removing the fetus from her body.

If you’re a true crime enthusiast who enjoys hearing about some of the most depraved monsters in our country, you will love United States of True Crime.

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Good work

Ashley has quickly became one of my favorites to listen to. She does such a great job researching and putting together these books. Her voice is super easy to listen to which is a great thing in my opinion! I’m definitely looking forward to the next book to be released!!!

Mostly Mundane Murders

Stories 3/5
Narration 4/5

The Amy Bishop case was interesting, but the rest were pretty ordinary.

The narration was ok for this type of book.

Pleasant and enjoyable

I thought this was neat to hear cases from my home state. Many cases I had never heard of. The author tells the stories very well and has a nice voice to listen to. I think the chapters could have been more thorough and in depth but overall each case covered the main points the average true crime enthusiast wants to hear about. I would definitely recommend this series.

Alabama Crimes

I have enjoyed reading about some famous
murderers from the State of Alabama. Performance was well done.

Scary People

I really enjoyed listening to the author as she told the twisted stories of some truly scary and evil people. The details were quite eye opening and revealed the depths of what evil some humans can do to one another. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about these types of depraved people!

Awesome, quick true crime read

Loved that this was a nice overview of many cases so I was able to hear a little bit about a lot. Not too many details to bog down the story. Just what I wanted. Also, I really enjoyed the author/narrator’s voice. She was a good amount of animated that was appropriate for the subject matter.

If you are from Alabama DON’T listen!

This performance is AWFUL. Even worse the author is reading the book. If you are going to write a book and then read it, PLEASE do your homework and learn how to pronounce City names and peoples last names. Outside of major city’s we all know, she butchers the pronunciation.