The Amish Wife

Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go Free

De: Gregg Olsen

Narrado por: George Newbern

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime story.

In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner’s report: natural causes. Ida’s husband, Eli, was never considered a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his son, Danny, with him, murder followed.

What really happened to Ida? The dubious circumstances of the tragic blaze were willfully ignored and Eli’s shifting narratives disregarded. Could Eli’s subsequent cross-country journey of death—including that of his own son—have been prevented if just one person came forward with what they knew about the real Eli Stutzman?

The questions haunted Gregg Olsen and Ida’s brother Daniel Gingerich for decades. At Daniel’s urging, Olsen now returns to Amish Country and to Eli’s crimes first exposed in Olsen’s Abandoned Prayers, one of which has remained a mystery until now. With the help of aging witnesses and shocking long-buried letters, Olsen finally uncovers the disturbing truth—about Ida’s murder and the conspiracy of silence and secrets that kept it hidden for forty-five years.

©2024 Gregg Olsen. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Olsen has a gift for taking mountains of paperwork and interview material and weaving them into a cohesive narrative that is often difficult to put down, especially for die-hard true-crime fans. Because he frames the book as a step-by-step process of discovery, readers will feel like they’re right there with him as he’s knocking on doors and spinning out on the Midwestern ice. An engaging, well-researched historical excavation…”—Kirkus Reviews

“The details of the case are gripping enough, but Olsen elevates them with sturdy prose, meticulous research, and admirable journalistic tenacity. This addendum to a once-settled story lands as much more than a footnote.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The story is riveting…Folks interested in that peek behind the curtain will love this.”—Booklist

Great book

Didn’t think I’d like it but was pleasantly surprised. Reader had a great voice and it was a great storyline

Great read

Great follow up story from the first book. Love Gregg Olsen's books, he's one of my favorite authors now.

all the new information about the Amish

nothing at all. it was a good read, well listen. I hope I find another just as good. lots of twists and turns

Round about.

Not what I expected. Sometimes are to keep straight and f it was present day origins ast.

Not so good.

Please disregard my previous review, as it was for another book and author and got attached to the wrong one. As to this one, I have listened to a number of Olson's books and found them all compelling. This one; not at all.

Amazing story told perfectly

I listened to the podcast wicked words this story intrigued me. it was told in very good taste. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

True crime told with too much graphic detail.

I honestly thought this would be more about the life of the Amish wife that was killed but it was about her husband who was suspected of her murder and the murder of their son. A tragic story that was told in graphic sexual detail of the husband’s homosexuality and perverted behavior. The title needs to be changed to reflect the story’s content and perhaps rated XXX.
I had to stop listening because it becomes more than I cared to know about the husband. I was disappointed and feel like I need to shower off the remaining stains of this account. I will never know if he killed his wife even though it seems like he does.

Loved it!

i so much love this authors writing style and have read all his true crime books! I wish he had more and more but so loved that he did this follow up to the original story. NOW, this narrator has become one of my favorites! There could be no one better to have presented the essence of what the author wanted to have come across in how he felt and how the characters played out. I will always read whatever this author puts forth!!

Love a good story teller

I love true crime stories, especially when the author is a good storyteller, and the narrator catches all the right inflections

Outstanding

I didn't appreciate all the swear words but other than that it is a great work. Amazing how Eli got by with all of it. I had read about Little Boy Blue in the Readers Digest many years ago. Heartbreaking.