The Michigan Murders

The True Story of the Ypsilanti Ripper's Reign of Terror

By: Edward Keyes

Narrated by: Pete Cross

In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, 19-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body stabbed over 30 times and missing both feet and a forearm was discovered on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of 20-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated.

Over the next two years, five more bodies of female students were uncovered around the area. In the wake of these murders, southeastern Michigan was terrorized by something it had never experienced before: a serial killer. But after multiple failed investigations, a chance sighting finally led to a suspect: an all-American boy studying elementary education at Eastern Michigan University who wasn't all that he seemed.

©2010 Edward Keyes (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

pretty good

it kept my attention and was extremely detailed some of the details made me quiver but I guess that's kind of what makes a good book unfortunately these are true events but that made me want to pay attention to make sure they got the b*stard

Extra ordinary details

I’m familiar with these murders as I was a freshman at Eastern in the fall of 1968 but left after freshman year so not on campus in the summer of 1969 when they began.

Being so familiar with Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor and Eastern University and the University of Michigan, the details of where bodies were found and locations of where victims lived or where murdered, was chilling.

I have thought that I was so insecure as a freshman, that if such a clean cut guy would have offered me a ride, I have no doubt I would have been so flattered as to accept. Timing is everything. Good thing I had left campus.

The narrator was good and held my interest.

I do wish the author had used real names. It detracts from the story especially for people who are already familiar with some of them.

Interesting Story

Great story! However, the author was a bit too wordy foe me. Many, many unnecessary details that added nothing to the story.

one of the best

this is a great True Crime book I would recommend it to anyone who is into the genre

chilling account

A graphic, chilling account of the murders that gripped southeast Michigan from 1967 to 1969. Names have been changed, but those that lived in the area know which murders are covered in this book. Some details are very shocking.