The Michigan Murders

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

De: Edward Keyes

Narrado por: 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

Decent Audio book

People complain about the narration. I see this complaint on other titles too, but on all of these complaints, the reviewers do not mention if they adjusted the speed of the playback. Adjusting the speed always fixes a narrator that does a good job but has a cadence that is monotonous or exaggerated. With this particular title I sped-up the narration about .75 and it was perfect. The narrator was clear and concise. This is not a book where the narrator puts on different voices. So, it is like Forensic Files or The New Detectives. The audio production qualities were great, so I believe any complaints about the narrator are null and void when playback speed adjustments are not mentioned.

The story is pretty good. It did have a little bit of an anti-climatic ending though. I think the author should have explored more suspects and taken us down those paths a bit, even if they lead to a dead-end. I like stories that are told chronologically as the story unfolded in real life. There are always multiple suspects or leads in cases where the perp is a stranger to the victim. I like to be pulled in the wrong direction as the police would be while they investigate.

This book covers the victims and how they went missing, and then it moves to the events leading up to the discovery of a particular suspect. We don’t get any juicy red herrings, or false leads. Life is never this simple. It seems that there was much more investigation going on with these cases that we do not hear about in this version. We only hear about a particular path taken and not all other paths. But, there was a great mystery in this story in determining the identity of the main suspect. This mystery was the best part of the book. There were a few sections where I could visualize the scene and the visuals are still with me after completing the book. This very day, I could take a pencil and sketch up what the author wanted me to visualize. In sum, if you like true crime, you will be satisfied with this book. I fixed the narration with a simple speed adjustment.

Yes and No.

I personally thought that the narration was very good. I did bump up the speed to x1.1 for a smoother delivery, but overall I enjoyed the young sounding voice of the narrator.
The book… the book was okay but I felt that it bogged down in several places while describing the early days of DNA analysis. It did so by relying on trial transcripts too much rather than just wrapping it up in a page or two of exposition.
Terror in Ypsilanti was better overall if you’re interested in this case.
One of the greatest things about audiobooks is the ability to look up locations on Google maps, or Google to find out what people looked like in real life.

Awesome details

I really enjoyed this book. I recommend it for any true crime junkie. I loved that it was so informative.

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.

interesting account of murder and the accused

it shows the perverse way law enforcement goes about singling out someone for a crime they need solved. There is no innocent until proven guilty, just guilty unless you can with whatever means prove your innocence.

I loved listening to this book!

this is a long one but a great one. every bit worth listening to from beginning to end.