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From a colonial manse in New England to a small-town home in Iowa to a Beverly Hills mansion, these residences have taken on a life of their own, gaining everything from local lore and gossip to national - and even global - infamy. Here, writer Steve Lehto recounts the stories behind the houses where Lizzie Borden supposedly gave her stepmother "40 whacks", where the real Amityville Horror was first unleashed by gunfire, and where the demented acts of the Manson Family horrified a nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and engrossing stories.
- By S. Winchester on 09-14-16
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Undisclosed Files of the Police
- Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present
- By: Bernard Whalen, Philip Messing, Robert Mladinich
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York's police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this history is an insider's look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good History of Crime in NYC
- By Bob Shinders on 03-10-17
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A Death in Belmont
- By: Sebastian Junger
- Narrated by: Kevin Conway
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 376
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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In 1963, with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings, a murder occurred in Belmont, just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Junger's family, a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler. Roy Smith, a black man who had cleaned the victim's house that day, was convicted, but the terror of the Strangler continued.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing mystery
- By E. Lundin on 05-08-06
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Innocent Blood
- A True Story of Obsession and Serial Murder
- By: Terry Ganey
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Innocent Blood is the true story of Charles Hatcher and his life of crime - a powerful and blood-chilling glimpse into the darkness between sanity and madness. It also chronicles a justice system gone wrong. Throughout his criminal career, Hatcher was able to fool dozens of psychiatrists, who repeatedly failed to identify him as a multiple murderer. Hatcher's astonishing skill was not just in his ability to murder and escape imprisonment. He became an expert at manipulating the criminal justice system.
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2 out of 5 stars
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a real missed opportunity
- By MrsCeeDoubleAargh on 06-28-18
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Serial Killers Case Files
- By: RJ Parker
- Narrated by: Don Kline
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
The horror genre is tremendously indebted to serial killers. Something about their twisted psychology and abhorrent acts have turned folks like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz, and Andrei Chikatilo, to name a few, into household names and media figures. In Serial Killer Case Files, true crime author RJ Parker offers several cases that deal with the names above and also shine a light on killers that are not as present in popular culture but whose bloody actions are worse than any horror movie out there.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Straight Facts of Serial Lillers
- By Pulplife on 03-18-14
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Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- By: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 26 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,581
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,857
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,848
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A familiar story from a unique perspective
- By Laura on 11-26-13
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Wrecking Crew
- Demolishing the Case Against Steven Avery
- By: John Ferak
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 242
In 2016-17, while working for the USA Today Network’s Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case again Steven Avery, who had already beat one wrongful conviction only to be charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. In Wrecking Crew, Ferak lays out in exacting detail the post-conviction strategy of Kathleen Zellner, the high-profile, high-octane lawyer, to free Avery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just Excellent...
- By Magaae on 12-19-18
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Terror in Ypsilanti
- John Norman Collins Unmasked
- By: Gregory A. Fournier
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 32
Between the summers of 1967 through 1969, before the term serial killer was coined, a predatory killer stalked the campuses of Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan seeking prey until he made the arrogant mistake of killing his last victim in the basement of his uncle's home. All-American boy John Norman Collins was arrested, tried, and convicted of the strangulation murder of Karen Sue Beineman.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing for me
- By 6catz on 05-03-17
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Manhunters
- Criminal Profilers and Their Search for the World’s Most Wanted Serial Killers
- By: Colin Wilson
- Narrated by: Brandon Massey
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4 out of 5 stars 120
In this fascinating, in-depth account of the hunt for serial killers, Colin Wilson, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, examines the ways they can be tracked down and caught, from the tried-and-true methods of the early 20th century to the high-tech processes in use today. Wilson examines such areas as psychological profiling, genetic fingerprinting, and the launch of the Behavioral Science Unit. He delves into the importance of fantasy to serial killers, the urge to keep on killing, the desire to become notorious, and murder as an addictive drug.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I learned something valuable
- By maciora on 02-10-15
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Anatomy of Injustice
- A Murder Case Gone Wrong
- By: Raymond Bonner
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and windows, but barely ninety days after the victim’s body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Elmore had been on death row for eleven years when a young attorney named Diana Holt first learned of his case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A miscarriage of justice if I've ever seen it
- By Education is KEY on 10-11-17
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The Brick Slayer
- By: Harold Schechter
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 406
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story4 out of 5 stars 359
A series of brutal home invasions terrified Los Angeles in 1937. They ended in Chicago a year later with the arrest of African American teenager Robert Nixon, igniting racial tensions in an already appallingly divided city. Tortured in custody and portrayed by the press in the most lurid and flagrantly racist terms, Nixon faced an all-white jury. It would be the fastest conviction in the history of Cook County. The case against Nixon is a still-relevant examination of bigotry, suppressed rage, and the making of a murderer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Weber
- By T. Stephens on 08-11-19
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Indefensible
- The Missing Truth About Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer
- By: Michael Griesbach
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 558
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 507
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Story4 out of 5 stars 505
An insider exposes the shocking facts deliberately left out of the hit Netflix series Making a Murderer - and argues persuasively that Steven Avery was rightfully convicted in the 2005 killing of Teresa Halbach.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Buy This Book
- By Tippecanoe on 09-10-16
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
- A True Story of Injustice in the American South
- By: Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington, John Grisham - foreword
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,376
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,369
In The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist, Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington write a true story of Southern Gothic horror - of two innocent men wrongly convicted of vicious crimes and the legally condoned failures that allowed it to happen. Balko and Carrington will shine a light on the institutional and professional failures that allowed this tragic, astonishing story to happen, identify where it may have happened elsewhere, and show how to prevent it from happening again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book - sheds light on horrific injustice
- By A. Mackenzie on 03-16-18
Publisher's Summary
On the afternoon of April 26, 1913, thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan arrived at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked, to pick up her paycheck. The next day, Mary’s bloody, battered, and bruised dead body was found in the basement of the pencil factory, the victim of foul play.
The Jewish-American factory superintendent Leo Frank was arrested, tried, and convicted for the murder in a controversial trial. Frank himself became the victim of a lynch mob, when they broke him out of prison and hung him from a tree. But was Leo Frank truly guilty of Mary Phagan’s violent death? Or did the real killer get away with cold-blooded murder? Listen to this compelling tale of child murder, anti-Semitism, racism, and legal twists and turns that rival any true crime case today and decide for yourself.
Included is a complete and riveting bonus story from the best-selling true crime book, Serial Killer Couples, by R. Barri Flowers, in which ruthless killers Alvin and Judith Neelley abducted 13-year-old Lisa Millican from a mall in Rome, Georgia, and sexually violated, tortured, and murdered her. An added bonus is an excerpt from the author’s best-selling true crime short, The Pickaxe Killers: Karla Faye Tucker and Daniel Garrett, who brutally murdered two people in a death penalty crime that shocked the nation.
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- Sooo many books...
- 10-25-17
Quick read
Very quick and concise read. Only worth it if you want the basic facts of the case. Narrator wasn't the worst but definitely not the best that I've heard.
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- Мартин
- 06-08-16
Could have been better
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The narrator.
What was most disappointing about R. Barri Flowers’s story?
It did not catch me up in the moment.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
I think a different narrator might have been better
Was Murder at the Pencil Factory worth the listening time?
It was a short listen so I suppose but I probably will not listen it it again.
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- louise
- 10-21-13
Another great listen!!!!
I received this audiobook as a gift from a special friend. As usual, I was not disappointed.
Crime does not pay. Some people still have a conscious, even after 3 decades.
I love the detail and research that Barri Flowers puts in each of his books. He is one of my favorite authors. I have heard him speak about some of his books on Podcasts, and it is always a joy to listen to him.
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I highly recommend this book to any True Crime reader, you will not be disappointed.
My next listen will be "The Pickaxe Killers" from this great author.
Bravo Mr Flowers, keep us wanting more.
Louise
New Brunswick, Canada