Bitter Remains
A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price
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Karyn O'Bryant
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Diane Fanning
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On July 13, 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson of Kinston, North Carolina, went to pick up her two toddler sons. It would be the last time she was seen alive. Laura's ex, Grant Hayes - the father of her two sons - and his wife, Amanda, the mother of his newborn daughter, both pointed the finger at each other as the one guilty of murdering Laura, cutting up her body, and then transporting and disposing of the remains on the shores of Oyster Creek, Texas. This is the hauntingly true story of a devoted mother, a disturbed couple, and how these horrific events came to pass.
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
The missing-persons case of Heather Strong, a young, beautiful suburban mother, baffled Florida detectives. When the file was handed to a veteran investigator, he knew Heather was dead. The challenge was to find her body - and whoever killed her. Soon a sordid triangle of sex, jealousy, and rage came to light. The killers were cunning, manipulative, depraved - and they were as close to Heather as a man and a woman could possibly be.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The last M.William Phelps book for me
- By Michelle in New York City on 02-01-16
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Seduced by Evil
- The True Story of a Gorgeous Stripper-Turned-Suburban-Mom, Her Secret Past, and a Ruthless Murder
- By: Michael Fleeman
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
As an exotic dancer at The Great Alaskan Bush Company in Anchorage, Mechele Hughes Linehan knew how to captivate men. Three of them were convinced she was engaged to them. Then one spring morning in 1996, one man, Kent Leppink, was found in the snow, shot in the head....Days before his death, Kent had removed Mechele's name from his million-dollar life insurance policy. He wrote a letter to his family stating that, should he meet foul play, Mechele would likely be among those involved. But she wasn't charged with Kent's death. She married a doctor, moved to Olympia, Washington, and began a new life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An intriguing tale with some twists
- By Brenda646 on 02-17-22
By: Michael Fleeman
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Exposed
- The Secret Life of Jodi Arias
- By: Jane Velez-Mitchell
- Narrated by: Elizabeth White
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 288
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 261
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Story4 out of 5 stars 258
On June 9, 2008, the butchered body of Travis Alexander was found in his Mesa, Arizona, home. The grisly nature of his death made instant headlines: With 29 knife wounds, his throat slit, and a gunshot to the head, Travis was left to die. The prime suspect in the case was Alexander's ex-girlfriend, the attractive and soft-spoken Jodi Arias. Though Arias initially said that she was nowhere near the scene of crime, little about this case was as it seemed, and before long she had been caught lying to police. As the investigation progressed, her lies evolved multiple times before finally resting on an appalling claim: She had killed Travis in self-defense.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Narrator, Untrustworthy Writer
- By MaxMiniTV on 04-15-16
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No Regrets: And Other True Cases
- And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files, Book 11)
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 135
A ship's pilot legendary for guiding mammoth freighters through the narrows of Puget Sound, Rolf Neslund was a proud Norwegian, a ladies' man, and a beloved resident of Washington State's idyllic Lopez Island. Virtually indestructible even into his golden years, he made electrifying headlines more than once: after a ship he was helming crashed into the soaring West Seattle Bridge, causing millions in damages; and following his inexplicable disappearance at age 80. Was he a suicide, a man broken by one costly misstep? Had he run off with a lifelong love? Or did a trail of gruesome evidence lead to the home Rolf shared with his wife, Ruth?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally...worth it!
- By Luv lots on 09-04-13
By: Ann Rule
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The Dating Game Killer
- The True Story of a TV Dating Show, a Violent Sociopath, and a Series of Brutal Murders
- By: Stella Sands
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 158
In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on the The Dating Game, one of America's most popular television shows at the time. Handsome, successful, and romantic, he was embraced by the audience - and chosen as the winner by the beautiful bachelorette. To viewers across the country, Rodney seemed like the answer to every woman's dreams. Until they learned the truth about his once and future crimes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Like listening to a news report
- By E.J. in Pa. on 09-18-18
By: Stella Sands
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Don't Look Behind You: And Other True Cases
- Ann Rule's Crime Files, Book 15
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 254
Ann Rule, who shared her own nerve-jangling account of unknowingly befriending sadistic sociopath Ted Bundy in The Stranger Beside Me, chronicles other fateful encounters with the hidden predators among us in this riveting collection, fifteenth in the best-selling series drawn from her personal files. First in line is a stunning case that spanned thirty years and took a determined detective to four states - ending, finally, in Alaska - where he unraveled not one but two murders.
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1 out of 5 stars
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DON'T BOTHER.......
- By The Louligan on 11-16-13
By: Ann Rule
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The Surgeon's Wife
- A True Story of Obsession, Rage, and Murder
- By: Kieran Crowley
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 228
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4 out of 5 stars 204
In the summer of 1985, in his exclusive Upper East Side Manhattan apartment, Robert Bierenbaum, a prominent surgeon and certified genius, strangled his wife Gail to death. He then drove her body to an airstrip in Caldwell, N.J., and dumped it into the Atlantic Ocean from a single-engine private plane. The next day he reported her missing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Written
- By Susie Q on 12-21-17
By: Kieran Crowley
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By Their Father's Hand
- The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre
- By: Monte Francis
- Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 191
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Neighbors were unaware of what went on behind the tightly closed doors of a house in Fresno, California - the home of an imposing, 300-pound Marcus Wesson, his wife, children, nieces, and grandchildren. But on March 12, 2004, gunshots were heard inside the Wesson home, and police officers responding to what they believed was a routine domestic disturbance were horrified by the senseless carnage they discovered when they entered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Be Very Prepared for Disturbing and Graphic Detail
- By Jessica on 02-21-17
By: Monte Francis
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Laci
- Inside the Laci Peterson Murder
- By: Michael Fleeman
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 111
Praying for a happy ending, friends and family stood by Laci's grieving husband Scott. Four months later, Laci's decomposed body was found in the murky waters of San Francisco Bay. The body of her child had washed ashore about a mile away, after a possible "coffin birth." It was a sad closure to an exhaustive search, and a grim end to a marriage that by all accounts had appeared to be perfect.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By deborah on 01-21-18
By: Michael Fleeman
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Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- By: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 26 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,000
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,844
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,829
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything I remembered about the case was wrong..
- By karen on 06-22-12
By: Vincent Bugliosi, and others
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A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-blooded Murder
- By: Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Morris, Linda Castillo - foreward
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 304
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story4 out of 5 stars 278
Thirty-year-old Barbara Weaver was content to live as the Amish have for centuries - without modern convenience - but her husband, Eli, wanted a life beyond horses and buggies. Soon he gave in to the temptation of technology and found ways to go Online and meet women. When Barbara was found dead, shot in the chest at close range, all eyes were on Eli... and his mistress, a conservative Mennonite named Barb Raber. Barb drove Eli to appointments in her car. She gave him everything he asked for: a laptop, rides to his favorite fishing and hunting spots, and sex.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid True Crime novel
- By justin on 06-05-18
By: Gregg Olsen, and others
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Devil’s Knot
- The True Story of the West Memphis Three
- By: Mara Leveritt
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 880
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 788
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 789
“Free the West Memphis Three!” - maybe you’ve heard the phrase, but do you know why their story is so alarming? Do you know the facts? The guilty verdicts handed out to three Arkansas teens in a horrific capital murder case were popular in their home state - even upheld on appeal. But after two HBO documentaries called attention to the witch-hunt atmosphere at the trials, artists and other supporters raised concerns about the accompanying lack of evidence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly disappointing
- By La Becket on 12-05-12
By: Mara Leveritt
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Picture Perfect
- The Jodi Arias Story: a Beautiful Photographer, Her Mormon Lover, and a Brutal Murder
- By: Shanna Hogan
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 288
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 288
Travis Alexander was a handsome, hard-working, practicing Mormon who lived in Mesa, Arizona. His good looks and easygoing manner made him popular with everyone, especially the ladies. So when he was found with a bullet wound in the face and his throat slashed, the brutal murder sent shock waves throughout his community. Who could have done something so sinister? But soon a suspect was singled out-Jodi Arias. A beautiful, aspiring photographer, Jodi had been in a long-distance relationship with Travis the year before.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know Siri now read books.
- By Adam on 10-20-14
By: Shanna Hogan
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The Stranger She Loved
- A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder
- By: Shanna Hogan
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 384
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 384
In 2007, Dr. Martin MacNeill - a doctor, lawyer, and Mormon bishop - discovered his wife of 30 years dead in the bathtub of their Pleasant Grove, Utah, home, her face bearing the scars of a facelift he had persuaded her to undergo just a week prior. At first the death of 50-year-old Michele MacNeill, a former beauty queen and mother of eight, appeared natural. But days after the funeral, when Dr. MacNeill moved his much younger mistress into the family home, his children grew suspicious.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The story of a true psychopath
- By Michelle in New York City on 11-27-15
By: Shanna Hogan
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Deliver Us
- Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields
- By: Kathryn Casey
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 171
Over a three-decade span, more than 20 women - many teenagers - died mysteriously in the small towns bordering Interstate 45, a 50-mile stretch of highway running from Houston to Galveston. The victims were strangled, shot, or savagely beaten.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Creepy creepy creepy
- By 6catz on 04-10-15
By: Kathryn Casey
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Lie After Lie
- The True Story of a Master of Deception, Betrayal, and Murder
- By: Lara Bricker
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
A seemingly perfect world held an even more unlikely killer... Julie Keown had a great job, financial security, and a perfect husband who was attending Harvard Business School. But after Julie suddenly died, and doctors discovered she’d been poisoned with the main ingredient in antifreeze, her parents began to suspect that her husband, James, was not so perfect. This blow-by-blow account shows how investigators and state police unraveled James Keown’s chilling web of deceit.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring writing and lack of any narrative arc
- By Josh on 11-21-18
By: Lara Bricker
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Story4 out of 5 stars 83
Susan McFarland watched, powerless, as her husband, Rick McFarland, went into a downhill spiral of get-rich-quick schemes, quirky shopping trips, and prescription-drug abuse. Susan, a rising star at a major corporation, finally had enough. When she decided to call it quits, Rick ended her life, leaving three young boys - ages 5, 8, and 11 - without a mother. A two-month long search by law enforcement and volunteers found no trace of the missing woman....
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5 out of 5 stars
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a very good book
- By Stephane on 06-19-12
By: Diane Fanning
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Death in Texas
- A True Story of Marriage, Money, and Murder
- By: Carlton Smith
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 67
Robert and Doris Angleton seemed to have the perfect life. Until she was coldly murdered in her own home, shot 13 times in the head, chest, and abdomen.... Suddenly, the ideal husband seemed anything but perfect: He was jailed, accused of hiring his older brother, Roger, to kill his wife for money - possibly as much as $2 million. However, without the crucial eyewitness testimony of Roger - who soon committed suicide in a Houston jail cell - the case against Robert rested entirely on circumstantial evidence. But the facts raise more questions than answers....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating!!
- By BVerité on 11-12-20
By: Carlton Smith
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Evidence of Love
- A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
- By: John Bloom, Jim Atkinson
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 994
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 988
Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the North Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires. On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY!!!
- By leelee8888 on 01-30-19
By: John Bloom, and others
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Written in Blood
- A True Story of Murder and a Deadly 16-Year-Old Secret That Tore a Family Apart
- By: Diane Fanning
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
An army brat-turned-marine, Michael Peterson saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke University's School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple - well-respected, prosperous, and happy. All that came crashing down in December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home in an exclusive area of Durham, North Carolina.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could not be more biased
- By Brenda on 05-30-22
By: Diane Fanning
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The Perfect Father
- The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
- By: John Glatt
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 569
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 570
In the early morning hours of August 13, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick, Colorado, home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family's safe return. But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By jill greeson on 07-23-20
By: John Glatt
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Beautifully Cruel
- By: M. William Phelps
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 173
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Story4 out of 5 stars 171
Iowa housewife Tracey Pittman Roberts seemed to have it all: natural beauty, three loving children, and a fairy-tale second marriage to a wealthy, handsome businessman. But beneath the happy façade was a woman who used lies, manipulation, sex, ugly allegations, blackmail - and even murder - to serve her own selfish ends. In 2001, police rushed to Tracey's home after a shooting left her vulnerable young neighbor dead. Tracey claimed it was an act of self-defense. Nine gunshot wounds - and a decades-long trail of extortion and fraud - said otherwise.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really bad book
- By CJFLA on 12-18-17
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Kill for Me
- By: M. William Phelps
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Aspiring model Sandee Rozzo's big mistake was being kind to Timothy "Tracey" Humphrey. After Rozzo refused the 'roided-up ex-con's advances, she described how he imprisoned, raped, and brutalized her for two days. When the courageous woman pledged to testify against him, Humphrey knew he had to silence her. That's when he turned to 19-year-old Ashley Laney. She had fallen in love with Humphrey, her personal trainer, and would do anything for him. On their wedding night, he made a strange request - one that would end with eight gunshot wounds and a dead body.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ONE OF THE AUTHER'S BEST
- By Steve on 09-04-18
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Lust Killer
- By: Ann Rule, Andy Stack
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 919
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 819
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 816
When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a relentless search for a killer. With little evidence available, and the public screaming for answers, he must find a remorseless, brutal killer whose identity will shock them all....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on Brudos!
- By Ms.Bliss on 01-06-18
By: Ann Rule, and others
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- 01-22-16
Sad Story Very Well Told
It is so hard to learn of yet another tale of misery and violence perpetrated by people. This story is very hard to know and my heart goes out to all of those effected by two truly horrible people.
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- Karen
- 10-30-16
local
I'm a Kinston resident and while I didn't know any of the people involved, I feel for Laura's family and friends and for all of the children that are now without parents. I'm glad that justice was granted foe Laura's death and that her murderers are behind bars.
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- Momma M
- 09-20-23
Narrator mispronounces word
It isn’t a party it is partay
To me it isn’t that hard to find the correct pronunciation. Ask any person in the legal field or google it
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- Lindsey
- 02-26-24
Twisted
Good twisted story but at times a little repetitive. Overall glad I listened to it.
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- REBA
- 03-14-24
WOW
Laura's story was a great way to honor a life that ended too soon. Gripping story that sounds like a work of fiction, but it's not.
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- Kemarri
- 03-07-16
Good Listen
A a fan of true crime books in my opinion this book was bronze. It held my attention and was very detailed, describing the characters and helping me to visualize them as I read the story. I think I gave this book three stars because of narration.
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- Sandra Burkhalter
- 12-17-20
The narration is dreadful
Whoever the lady is that narrates the story is ruining the amazing story. Her inflection and monotone way, and how she always ups her pitch after every sentence, is grinding on me. It's very disappointing because the story is excellent. This should be recorded with a man's voice who expresses more emotion and inflection in his voice.
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- Leslie
- 05-18-23
Crazy, Ridiculous, evil exploits!!
As a true crime lover! This one did not disappoint!! I an addicted to stories of unbelievable human depravity, selfishness, ignorance and mayhem. In this. I was proud our Justice system works!! Some people, should NOT walk this earth!!!
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- SharpeKat
- 09-25-23
GREAT NARRATOR!!! HEARTBREAKING DOCUMENTARY
The Narrator was EXCELLENT, with a clear & non-judgemental voice. The Perpetrator’s repetitive & aggressive cruelty & stupidity, an inflexible Justice System, & blindness of the victims was too much for me. I skipped forward to the Trials, which were compelling & heartbreaking.
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- Judi E Igasaki
- 01-21-18
I feel like it coulda been good, but...
Seems like a looooong build-up to get to the murder that I now already know from the start of the book. The narrator was really hard to listen to; I’m not going to be able to finish it. I love true-crime stories but unfortunately listening to her was distracting in that I was just annoyed. I’ll google the story to get the nuts and bolts.
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