Long Island’s Vanished Heiress
The Unsolved Alice Parsons Kidnapping
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A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents.
When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island's wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months.
J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Parsons's husband and their live-in housekeeper, Anna Kupryanova, had become prime suspects. Botched ransom attempts, clashes between authorities, and romantic intrigue kept the investigation mired in drama. The crime remained unsolved. Now, in this book, former Suffolk County detective Steven C. Drielak reveals previously classified FBI documents-and pieces together the mystery of the Alice Parsons kidnapping.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of interesting details
- De Rachel en 10-16-18
De: Hugh Brewster
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A Very Private Woman
- The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer
- De: Nina Burleigh
- Narrado por: Siiri Scott
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easier to listen to than to read
- De Cheaton en 06-05-20
De: Nina Burleigh
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Madness Under the Royal Palms
- Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
- De: Laurence Leamer
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
In March 1999, a Palm Beach matron and her socially ambitious husband invited the elite of the island for a dinner dance honoring Prince Edward. Among those dancing to the string orchestra that evening would be those accused of murder and spousal abuse, and others who would suffer fates both unseemly and unspeakable. Among the outer circle there would be murders, suicides, and fatal fires.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just what I've been waiting for
- De kk en 09-29-09
De: Laurence Leamer
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Diamonds and Deadlines
- A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
- De: Betsy Prioleau
- Narrado por: Beth Hicks
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. Diamonds and Deadlines reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen “empress of journalism”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful biography of forgotten gilded age publishing icon
- De Amazon Customer en 03-24-24
De: Betsy Prioleau
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Mystery on the Isle of Shoals
- Closing the Case on the Smuttynose Ax Murders of 1873
- De: J. Dennis Robinson
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 116
For the first time, the full story of a crime that has haunted New England since 1873. The cold-blooded ax murder of two innocent Norwegian women at their island home off the coast of New Hampshire has gripped the region since 1873, beguiling tourists, inspiring artists, and fueling conspiracy theorists. The killer, a handsome Prussian fisherman down on his luck, was quickly captured, convicted in a widely publicized trial, and hanged in an unforgettable gallows spectacle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent read
- De 6catz en 03-19-15
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Eye of the Beholder
- The Almost Perfect Murder of Anchorwoman Diane Newton King
- De: Lowell Cauffiel
- Narrado por: Chris Abernathy
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Battle Creek, Michigan, is famous as the birthplace of breakfast cereal, and the nearby suburb of Marshall is as wholesome as shredded wheat. Well-known for its colorful Victorian mansions, this stately slice of 19th-century Americana became infamous on a frigid night in February of 1991. Newscaster Diane Newton King was stepping out of her car, her children strapped into the backseat, when a sniper's bullet cut her down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly Researched Book but UNNECESSARILY WORDY
- De Mary Burnight en 01-07-22
De: Lowell Cauffiel
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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
- The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
- De: Hugh Brewster
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
The Titanic has often been called "An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era", but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner's most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Employing scrupulous research, he accurately depicts the ship's brief life and tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of interesting details
- De Rachel en 10-16-18
De: Hugh Brewster
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Bitter Remains
- A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price
- De: Diane Fanning
- Narrado por: Karyn O'Bryant
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 253
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 234
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 233
On July 13, 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson of Kinston, North Carolina, went to pick up her two toddler sons. It would be the last time she was seen alive. Laura's ex, Grant Hayes - the father of her two sons - and his wife, Amanda, the mother of his newborn daughter, both pointed the finger at each other as the one guilty of murdering Laura, cutting up her body, and then transporting and disposing of the remains on the shores of Oyster Creek, Texas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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COMPELLING ACCOUNT - WRONG NARRATOR!
- De The Louligan en 03-18-16
De: Diane Fanning
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An Uncertain Justice
- De: Marnie Pehrson
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12
Gripping True Crime Historical Southern Romance On a sunny afternoon in March 1922, Deputy Sheriff Morton was gunned down in cold blood, and his grandson, Sherman, wants revenge. For Sherman, only an eye-for-an-eye retribution will serve the demands of justice, but elements of the community feel differently. Soon the national media ignites a frenzy amongst boys' organizations across the country, coaxing the governor to consider a stay of execution for the two youths responsible for the crime. As Sherman's anger and frustration increase, his life begins to unravel--affecting his job and his ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hate the Virtual Voice Narration!
- De lmcdowell en 07-01-24
De: Marnie Pehrson
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The Parable of the Knocker
- The True Crime Story of a Prosecutor’s Fight to Bring a Serial Killer to Justice
- De: Bryan Porter
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 15
The Parable of the Knocker is a nonfiction book about the investigation, prosecution, and trial of a notorious serial killer, Charles Severance. Severance committed his crimes in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, an affluent, historic community just miles south of Washington, DC. Over the course of a decade, Severance ambushed three outstanding Alexandria residents in their middle-class neighborhood by knocking on their front doors in broad daylight and shooting them unexpectedly when they answered the knock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough and Thoughtful!
- De Dr. Kate en 10-12-19
De: Bryan Porter
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Testimony of a Death
- Thelma Todd: Mystery, Media and Myth in 1935 Los Angeles
- De: Patrick Jenning, Marshall Croddy
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 5
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On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd’s death was making headlines throughout the nation. Was it murder, suicide, or accident? Cast against the background of Hollywood and Los Angeles, the film industry and the growing metropolis, her death baffled both the public and the investigating authorities. After numerous attempts to solve the mystery over the last...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Facts
- De Anonymous User en 01-03-25
De: Patrick Jenning, y otros
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"I'll Get You!" Drugs, Lies, and the Terrorizing of a PTA Mom (true crime)
- De: Riley J. Ford
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
TRUE CRIME! PTA president Kelli Peters had a normal, happy life in Orange County, California, where she volunteered at her daughter's school, carpooled, and took care of her family. When a school parent angrily accused Kelli of keeping her son waiting during the afterschool pick-up, it appeared to be a simple confrontation with an overprotective mother. Kelli soon learned, however, that she was the target of a twisted plot against her that involved drugs, lies, schemes, and a campaign to ruin her life. The vendetta led to reputations tarnished, careers lost, secret lives uncovered, two ...
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3 out of 5 stars
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bad ai
- De Nathan Bruff en 05-12-24
De: Riley J. Ford
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Collateral Damage
- The Mysterious Deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen, and the Ties that Bind Them to Robert Kennedy and the JFK Assassination
- De: Mark Shaw
- Narrado por: Phil Thron
- Duración: 21 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 210
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 184
If there had been no cover-up of Robert Kennedy's complicity in the murder of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and he had been prosecuted based on compelling evidence at the time, the assassination of JFK by Bobby's enemies would not have happened - changing the course of history and preventing the murder of media icon Dorothy Kilgallen.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Author Makes Unsubstantiated Claim About Trump
- De Gordon Moncibais en 06-02-21
De: Mark Shaw
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The Devil's Gentleman
- Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
- De: Harold Schechter
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 181
The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune - hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Book Without an Accompanying Wiki Page Is Always A Treat
- De Carolina en 02-27-17
De: Harold Schechter
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Confidential Confidential
- The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
- De: Samantha Barbas
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out stars' sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities' carefully constructed images and built a media empire. Confidential became the best-selling magazine on American newsstands in the 1950s, surpassing Time, Life, and the Saturday Evening Post. Confidential's spectacular rise was followed by an equally spectacular fall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating! Painstaking Research & Documentation
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 05-22-19
De: Samantha Barbas
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The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks
- Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland
- De: John Railey
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
In the summer of 1967, 19-year-old Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared. She was a mountain girl who had come to Manteo to work in the outdoor drama The Lost Colony. Her body was found five days later, floating in the sound. This riveting narrative, built on unique access to the state investigative file and multiple interviews with insiders, searches for the truth of her unsolved murder. This island odyssey of discovery includes seances, a suicide, and a supposed shallow grave. Journalist John Railey cuts through the myths and mistakes to finally arrive at the long-hidden truth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A reporter's tenacity finally reveals a murderer
- De Susan Clark Smith en 07-28-21
De: John Railey
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Murder in Little Egypt
- De: Darcy O'Brien
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 235
Fusing the narrative power of an award-winning novelist and the detailed research of an experienced investigator, author Darcy O'Brien unfolds the story of Dr. John Dale Cavaness, the southern Illinois physician and surgeon charged with the murder of his son Sean in December 1984. Outraged by the arrest of the skilled medical practitioner who selflessly attended to their needs, the people of Little Egypt, as the natives call their region, rose to his defense. But during the subsequent trial, a radically different, disquieting portrait of Dr. Cavaness would emerge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well-Written and well-performed
- De Kelly Smith en 08-09-20
De: Darcy O'Brien
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Careless Whispers
- The Award-Winning True Account of the Horrific Lake Waco Murders
- De: Carlton Stowers
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 17 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 403
When the bodies of three teenagers were found on the shores of Lake Waco, Texas, in July 1982, even seasoned lawmen were taken aback by the savage mutilation and degradation to which they had been subjected. Yet only 52 days after the gruesome triple-murder was discovered, frustrated authorities suspended the case indefinitely. Patrol Sergeant Truman Simons, who had been called to the scene that night, saw the carnage firsthand - and vowed to find the ferocious killer or killers. He soon became a man with a mission, risking his career and his family's safety in search of evidence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Seriously? The narrator is not that bad!
- De Chercoo en 05-05-19
De: Carlton Stowers
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Depraved
- A True Story of Sadistic Muder in the Heartland
- De: John Glatt
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
John Edward Robinson was a 56-year-old grandfather from rural Kansas. An entrepreneur and Eagle Scout, he was even honored as "Man of the Year" at a Kansas City charity. To some of the women he met on the internet, he was known as Slavemaster - a sexual deviate with a taste for sadomasochistic rituals of extreme domination and torture...even killing.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappeared
- De L. Pavela en 04-10-25
De: John Glatt
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Long Island’s Vanished Heiress
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- L Mahoney
- 10-21-23
Interesting story
Takes you back in time to the beginning of the FBI and J Edgar Hoover.
The writer makes it easy to follow the many characters involved. The narrator did a good job at "just the facts mam" story telling, it fit well for this story. Enjoyed it.
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- Richard Roland Mackey
- 10-21-23
Incredible story
They should have been indicted and jailed. They were so guilty, Total incompetence by many groups.
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- Kristi
- 03-29-24
A really great story!
I'd never heard the story before, but it was so interesting. it was a real life mystery and I enjoyed hearing about it. there were a lot of great details that made you able to picture exactly what was happening. fascinating. I would definitely recommend.
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- Dr. Barbara P
- 10-08-24
Good story about a mysterious crime
This was an interesting sad story, worth listening to. Since I grew up on Long Island I was familiar with Stony Brook, which is a beautiful place. The characters are well-drawn, the manipulations of the perpetrators are sinister and the competition and incompetence of the various law enforcement agencies are incredible. The narrator is good.
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