Killing Women

The True Story of Serial Killer Don Miller’s Reign of Terror

By: Rod Sadler

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Will a serial killer soon walk the streets again?

Don Miller was quiet and reserved. As a former youth pastor, he seemed a devout Christian. No one would have ever suspected that the recent graduate of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice was a serial killer.

However, when Miller was arrested for the attempted murder of two teenagers in 1978, police quickly realized he was probably responsible for the disappearances of four women. Offered a still-controversial plea bargain, he led police to the bodies of the missing women.

Now, after 40 years in prison, Miller has served his time and is due to be released into an unsuspecting population. In Killing Women, author Rod Sadler examines the crimes, the “justice” meted out, and the impending freedom of a man nationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. Frank Ochberg described as “a member of a small, deadly, dangerous population: murderers who stalk, capture, torture, and kill; murderers who derive sexual and narcissistic gratification from their predation; murderers who maintain a ‘mask of sanity’ appearing normal and harmless.”

©2020 by Rod Sadler (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing

Very interesting

I enjoyed the story and the narrator. This is a good book if you like a lot of detail.

Meh.

The story was interesting but the author's repetition and style brought it to simply boring.

Interesting

I found the story interesting. Was there some repetition? Yes, but it wasn't irritating.

Good hometown story

A bit repetitive/ but well written and narrated. The author captured the story in a way that recognized the victims and the victims families. It showed how Miller devastated and impacted so many people with his actions.

what a maddening criminal

great story. was flabbergasted at how stupid don miller must have thought everyone else was to suggest that (in the face of actual evidence) he “couldn’t remember” anything to suggest he committed the crimes he was accused of. maddening! great story

Tough

I personally had a very hard time getting into this book and being able to follow it. Found myself rewinding often. Upon finishing I’m still not sure of the timeline or order of the crimes.

I am drawn to these longer, more detailed books for the context/story/and the trials. This one seemed short on the context and very heavy on the trial portions. Some books pull me right into them and make me feel like I’m witnessing it in real time, this felt more like a textbook.

Disturbing

Presented well, sad, factual events. The judicial system worked. We the public are better off, that he is in prison.

Fascinating Case

This case is pretty close to home, so it's interesting that I hadn't heard of the case before listening.

I did give a slight chuckle when the reader mispronounced a few Michigan city names, a good reprieve from the seriousness of the case.

An interesting story, told poorly

Struggled to continue listening because the story was not told in an entertaining way

not bad, but dry

the narrator was good, but the story didn't leave much for him to work with. there's not much emotion, conflict or suspense. would make a better paper back. the writing was good. seemed like he translated the police reports and trial transcripts.