The Pied Piper

Bloodlands collection

De: Harold Schechter

Narrado por: Steven Weber

Duración: 1 h y 5 m

Resumen del Editor

With makeup and an affected Elvis pout, Tucson’s Charlie Schmid was a crude parody of a bad-boy heartthrob. In 1964, he still had a hold on girls who’d follow him anywhere. He murdered three of them.

It was the dawn of the free-love movement - perfect for a magnetic madman who’d also foreshadow its end a few years later in the malignant charisma of Charles Manson. The inspiration for a classic story by Joyce Carol Oates, Schmid, the most bizarre serial killer of any era, was the epitome of a narcissist flattered into believing he could get away with murder.

The Pied Piper is part of Bloodlands, a chilling collection of short addictive historical narratives from bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter. Spanning a century in our nation’s murderous past, Schechter resurrects nearly forgotten tales of madmen and thrill-killers that dominated the most sensational headlines of their day.

©2018 Harold Schechter (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

A bit sexist but informative

At first I thought this was the literal old story of the pied Piper complete with magical flute. Imagine my surprise when the narrator began talking about murder.

I found it to be a good summary of the story, however, the author seemed to be a bit judgy of women. Calling Mary Finch "dumpy" and another "promiscuous/ admired prostitutes" for getting paid for what other girls gave away for free. The book might be old though. It's very factual and that's about all.

interesting

very interesting story. a lot better than the others. I cant believe how crazy some people are.

enjoying the bloodland collection

I am enjoying the bloodland collection! this is my fourth book of the series. I really like the little bits of history you get in each story.

Fast read

Simple read and straight tell. No speculation or insight into criminality. The subject is hidden in the past.

Short True Story

I found it distressing how many people knew about it but didn't notify the police and how easy he manipulated others.

like listening to a crime show on TV

It was well read and written. felt like listening to a TV show about old crimes.

Genuinely Disturbing. Love It!!

Growing being told about the Mansons, I'm surprised this isn't talked about more. Can't Recommend Enough this whole series!

The pied piper

interesting... I was not aware of this crime until I listened to this audio book.

Arizona murders

Pied Piper – 1950’s killer. This story didn’t have an enormous amount of background info but just was interesting in the peculiarities of the murder and his garish obsession with his appearance/make-up.

Bloodlands collection – 6 books The Pirate, Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie, Brick Slayer, Panic, Pied Piper, Rampage

Crime stories, whether in movies, TV or books always reflect the morality and mortality of humans – as cautionary tales to warn us…me especially. The bigger the human flaws or outsized characters; the villain(s) or defenseless victim(s), the press (broadsheet & tabloid), psychiatrists, police, and/or lawyers the more I gawk...

Note: all the ebooks were tricked out with Kindle in motion special effects. Bumped up the ante to the sensationalism...can’t tell if that’s a shot at the press or not…

Poetry and Thrill Kill

Creepy story effectively, if unimaginatively told. Without the racist epiphets in number of other Harold Schechter books. Perhaps because victims and killers were all anglo?