The Riddle of Emmon Bodfish

De: Paul Holes, Peter McDonnell, Josh Sanburn

Narrado por: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente

In 1999, Emmon Bodfish was murdered in his home in the wealthy enclave of Orinda, California, just east of San Francisco. For the young crime-scene analyst Paul Holes, it quickly became the most bizarre and surprising case of his storied career.

It was immediately clear how Emmon had died: by being hit over the head with a heavy object. What wasn’t clear was who did it and why. Each clue was like a doorway to an expanding labyrinth of leads—leads involving pagan ceremonies, stolen artwork, a mysterious disease, an elusive shoe pattern, entomology, a blue demon, a family inheritance, an enigmatic child, a struggle for identity, and passages written in a secret language throughout two decades of Emmon’s diaries.

No matter how deep Paul went into the tunnels of the mystery, the shape-shifting shadow of Emmon’s antagonist stayed just out of reach. Paul had never faced anything like it. He became obsessed with solving it. For himself and for Emmon.

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Excellent

Kept me interested to the end
This was a different type of audible but I like it
The narrators were good and I like that there was multiple people involved with this audible
Even though the case was never really solved it was well worth the listen.

WOW

I listen to a lot of criminal podcast and some of them I cannot Listen to Because Of The Voice or there's people talking to each other this podcast was excellent excellent in the fact that it's a true story is even more fantastical. The evidence that was presented in the way it was presented was just way above what I'm used to listening to so thank you thank you thank you

J Meyer

This is how a true crime story should be told - focussing on the life of the victim, who they were, their character, their life and what they left behind. Such a big fan of Paul Holes, who pursues every case with such passion, commitment and determination, being led by the evidence and science.

A great mystery!

This interview format was a different experience. Hearing experiences from the actual people brought the story to life. I would like to hear more real life case files like this in the future.

Haunting and unsolved

Warning: spoilers
For me, hearing the final solution is something I usually expect in a telling of a homicide case, so I was a little surprised to find that the case was never solved. But, there was an amazing, intriguing plotline along the way. One of the main things I found interesting was how Emmon (Margaret) was verbally abused as a kid, told that he would never be enough, something that haunted him for the rest of his life. Then he passed on this to his son as well. Amazing story and will definitely recommend to all my friends.