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Ep. 1: The Philpotts  By  cover art

Ep. 1: The Philpotts

By: Thomas Glasser
Narrated by: Joanna Simpson
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Publisher's summary

After six of Mick Philpott's 17 children were killed in a house fire, the police closed in on their prime suspects - their parents. Hear the secret police recordings as police bug their hotel room to reveal the killers.

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Interesting & further ruining my faith in humanity

This is a professionally made audio program describing events surrounding and the incident of each crime. The case is well detailed and the actual audio clips do an excellent job of making the events feel real and current.

Personally, I prefer to read (listen to) fiction, because I've never heard of many of these cases - as they're all from the UK and I am not - and they really remind the listener how awful humans are to each other.

The voice acting and narration are perfect. It feels like you're listening to a news documentary.

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Very sad story

I appreciated that they explained the recordings since I couldn’t understand most of what was said in the original recordings. Still was interesting that they included it though. One issue I had was with the description - it says his 17 children were killed but really it was just 6 of his children as his other 11 were with the mother than left him prior to this happening. (Assuming all other 11 were from the same mom)

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Chilling accounting

Very sad story about this family. Everything about this story is well laid out and the results of which are very chilling.

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real crimes

love listening to real crimes and how the law figured out the the cases. real 911 calls hard to understand

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Great show!

I really enjoyed listening to this audio show this past weekend! ! ! ! !

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Meh

Sensationalistic, somewhat interesting, and full of garbled recordings. I listened and now I’m deleting because once was enough.

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Not what I thought it was

This is a series of real-life crimes that includes actual 911 calls, etc. I wish I'd read the blurb more closely. You might enjoy this, but it was not for me. I love crime novels, but when it comes to hearing live audio I become a little faint of heart. If you enjoy learning about the gory details of people's misfortune, then you'll enjoy this series. If you're a more empathetic type of person, I'd advise against this listen; it's quite heartbreaking.

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Not my cup of tea.

Couldn't get through it. unless you enjoy recorded police crimes, I do not recommend it.

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