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In 1989, Eileen Franklin, a young California housewife, claimed to recover a repressed memory of her father killing her playmate 20 years earlier. In a landmark trial, the father was charged and convicted of first-degree murder, based solely on his daughter's testimony. This book chronicles the trial, explores the remarkably dysfunctional Franklin family and delves into the credibility of repressed memories as evidence.
This version contains a 2011 Epilogue, which details the reasons for the reversal of George Franklin's murder conviction and the refusal of the district attorney to retry him for murder.
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- Brittany
- 08-15-15
Superb!
As an avid true crime lover I especially enjoyed the detail in this book. The entire court case was told in such a way to make you feel as if you were there. Too many true crime stories assume guilt based on a conviction, in this tale the reader is allowed to make up their own mind. I found myself wondering what I would have done had I been on the jury, with the facts that the jury was given, and also trying to decide what I thought with all the facts. That was an interesting change for me, as usually my option of guilt is decided before the book even makes it to the courtroom.
The narrator did a pretty good job of portraying the different speakers, although there were moments that she annoyed me in her attempts to do this. Overall though, she added to the book and did not take away.
Highly recommend!
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- Rjai
- 08-05-15
Job well done.
This book had you on the edge of your seat. I was late for a lot of appointments because I didn't want to get out of the car. Ms. Wendy did an awesome job narrating the story.
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- dawn raught
- 07-24-17
Author/ narrator dissonance
I had a hard time with this book. I was unsure of the authors intent at several points because of the narrators delivery. It occurred to me that it may have been vague for the narrator as well so she did the best she could in interpreting through inflection. Still, although I found the basic facts gripping, I was not a fan of how the author portrayed behaviors of the female victims and the way he described the appearance of the prosecuting attorney. False memory syndrome is fascinating and I'd like to find titles that focus on the emerging science of such. All in all I walked away wondering if the author has ever known anyone that was a victim of abuse or incest because he seemed like either a closet chauvinist or the bitter ex of a victim.
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- Ginger
- 03-13-16
Interesting story but slow read
What about Wendy Almeida’s performance did you like?
Had to listen on faster speed. Narration is too slow and tedious.
Any additional comments?
Interesting subject matter. Be prepared for a slow narration.
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- Jennifer Nelson
- 11-30-15
Interesting and addictive story, bad narrator
Would you consider the audio edition of Once Upon A Time, A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law to be better than the print version?
No, the narrator was annoying. I found myself getting irritated at her over and mis-pronunciations.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Wondering if her story is true, or how much of it is true.
Would you be willing to try another one of Wendy Almeida’s performances?
NO
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It kept me interested and wondering what was going to happen next. It made me research this case, look at pictures of the family and try to decide for myself.
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- Elizabeth
- 10-03-15
Fascinating true story!!!
Where does Once Upon A Time, A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This ranks among my favorite Audible books. I remember this story from the '90s and the facts are very different than what was reported at the time. This story details an abusive and extremely dysfunctional family and a father accused of murder by his daughter. The author presents a believable psychological explanation and a 2011 update.
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- Diane NJ
- 11-05-21
Wow! I couldn't stop listening!!
The author has truly done some of the most intense research I've ever read and has woven it into an easy to follow and fascinating account of the trial and the FRANKLIN FAMILY. The latter makes the trial easier to understand--it's never tedious and always extremely thorough. I truly recommend it. I'll be looking for more from the author for sure. Fascinating...
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- Judy
- 01-15-20
Slow
This story is way too slow and dragged out it was interesting however I don’t think it had to be so painfully slow
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- Will
- 11-06-18
No Complaints Here
A good book by a good author, well narrated.
If you read this book and enjoyed it you might consider getting "In Broad Daylight" by the same author. It was VERY good.
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- brooke browning
- 02-15-17
Great book, distracting narrator
This was an engrossing book....I appreciated the detailed account of the trial in particular. I found the narrator distracting. She repeatedly mispronounced a term commonly used in the criminal justice realm: the abbreviation for 'preliminary hearing' is said 'PRE-lim' and not 'pre-LIM' as the narrator pronounced it...over and over. I also disliked her attempts at a Southern accent and the voice she gave to Barry...she made him sound like a stereotype. I'm sure she's a great narrator on other books, for she has a beautiful reading voice. I just don't think she worked for this one.
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- Susanne
- 01-15-22
Could have been cut down by 50%
The narration was absolute horrible! It would have worked with an adventure story or a fairy tale, but with true crime...?
The story itself was over-detailed. I skipped the chapters with the defence and the prosecutions finishing speeches. No need for that, I was not a member of the jury. Also hearing about a courtcase from across the floor...not relevant at all.
I kept on listening, only because I don´t want to return every other audiobook.
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- Ann
- 01-16-16
Overlong
Too long boring at times stuck with it hoping that I would get into it .
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- By appreciative reader on 12-09-23
By: James Renner
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The Princes in the Tower
- Solving History's Greatest Cold Case
- By: Philippa Langley
- Narrated by: Philippa Langley
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Philippa Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research initiative: ‘The Missing Princes Project'. In the summer of 1483, Edward V (aged 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (aged 9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over 500 years, history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle Richard III. Following years of intensive research in UK, American and European archives, astonishing new archival discoveries have been uncovered that change what we know about the fate of the Princes in the Tower.
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Narrator
- By The Rev. Craig on 12-07-23
By: Philippa Langley
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Starkweather
- The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America
- By: Harry N. MacLean
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend (and possible accomplice), Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They then drove to the nearby town of Bennet, where a farmer was robbed and killed. When Starkweather’s car broke down, the teenagers who stopped to help were murdered and jammed into a storm cellar. By the time the dust settled, ten innocent people were dead and the city of Lincoln was in a state of terror.
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solid
- By Patrick on 11-30-23
By: Harry N. MacLean
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In Broad Daylight
- Crime Rant Classics
- By: Harry N. MacLean
- Narrated by: Dave Clark
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Ken Rex McElroy terrorized the residents of several counties in northwestern Missouri. He raped young girls and brutalized them after they went to live with him or even married him; he shot at least two men; he stole cattle and hogs, and burned down the houses of some who interfered with his criminal activities. Thanks to the expert efforts of his lawyer and the pro-defendant bias of state laws, he served no more than a few days in jail, the author shows.
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Interesting story
- By Tracey on 09-29-23
By: Harry N. MacLean
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The Joy of Killing
- A Novel
- By: Harry MacLean
- Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This fever dream begins on a stormy fall night at a lake house in the north woods of Minnesota, where we are introduced to a college professor who a few years earlier had written a novel in which he justified a gruesome campus murder under the nihilistic theory that there is no right or wrong, no moral center to man's activity. The writer returns to the lake house where he had spent his childhood summers and locks himself in the attic, intent on writing the final story of his life.
By: Harry MacLean
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Wilder Intentions
- Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota
- By: C. J. Wynn
- Narrated by: Katrina Medina
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jackson waited for his fiancée, Angila Wilder, to pick him up from work as she always did. But this time, she didn’t show - and Christopher’s calls went unanswered. The police found what looked like a scene from a horror movie at their home. The backdoor kicked in. A bedroom splattered with blood. And a pregnant young woman violently stabbed to death.
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Incredibly shocking and intriguing story
- By Amazon Customer on 01-06-21
By: C. J. Wynn
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Little, Crazy Children
- By: James Renner
- Narrated by: James Renner
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In September of 1990, in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, sixteen-year-old Lisa Pruett was on her way to a midnight tryst with her boyfriend when she was viciously stabbed to death only thirty feet from the boy's home. The murder cast a palpable gloom over the upscale community and sparked accusations, theories, and rumors among Lisa's friends and peers. With a fresh perspective and painstaking research, James Renner reconstructs the events leading up to and following that heartbreaking night. What emerges is a portrait of a community seething with dark undercurrents.
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Somewhat Jumbled Storytelling
- By appreciative reader on 12-09-23
By: James Renner
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The Princes in the Tower
- Solving History's Greatest Cold Case
- By: Philippa Langley
- Narrated by: Philippa Langley
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Philippa Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research initiative: ‘The Missing Princes Project'. In the summer of 1483, Edward V (aged 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (aged 9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over 500 years, history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle Richard III. Following years of intensive research in UK, American and European archives, astonishing new archival discoveries have been uncovered that change what we know about the fate of the Princes in the Tower.
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Narrator
- By The Rev. Craig on 12-07-23
By: Philippa Langley
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