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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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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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Forensically detailed - but worth it
- By Goldfrapper on 08-08-16
- Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- By: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
fantastic and informative
Reviewed: 06-01-25
learned so much more that i dodnt know about the Manson Family here than any podcast
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The Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes
- Incredible Real-Life Murders
- By: Robin Odell
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping collection of stories of human criminality at its most bizarre.
These unusual, sensational murders recall not only gruesome historical crimes, but also touch on shocking and macabre modern murders. Included are details of groundbreaking advances in crime detection, law enforcement, and forensic science. This is the top-secret report on the most grisly, and unusual, criminal activity of our time.
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Excellent book
- By ryan on 21-01-19
- The Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes
- Incredible Real-Life Murders
- By: Robin Odell
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
The Mammoth book of BS
Reviewed: 25-11-24
none of these crimes are bizarre, imagine a photo of a crime, thats what this is, due to oversaturation of cases, i remember nothing
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Red Dragon
- Hannibal Lecter, Book 1
- By: Thomas Harris
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered - the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls bear witness. All hope rests on Special Agent Will Graham, who must peer inside the killer's tortured soul to understand his rage, to anticipate and prevent his next vicious crime. Desperate for help, Graham finds himself locked in a deadly alliance with the brilliant Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the infamous mass murderer who Graham put in prison years ago.
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Red Dragon, kept me on the edge of my seat
- By Mrs on 20-07-15
- Red Dragon
- Hannibal Lecter, Book 1
- By: Thomas Harris
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
the narrator let's things down a lot
Reviewed: 22-09-24
so the narrator has about 4 voices in his repertoire which makes it hard to figure out who's talking. But his biggest failure is Francis Dolarhyde is supposed to have issues with the letter S due to his cleft lip. this is emphasised early in the book by avoiding plurals and words with the letter in general. HOWEVER, when dealing with Freddie Lounds, this affliction dissappears for some reason, I lost count after 30 words with the letter S and the interaction carried on fir a while, they all sounded like the rest of the way he speaks. Poor, poor narration. This along with his very limited vocal range makes me wonder why he was chosen, maybe he was cheap? his actual narration voice was good, but his character voices were well below sub par.
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The Evil Within
- By: Trevor Marriott
- Narrated by: Yaz Shah
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Throughout his time as a murder squad detective, Trevor Marriott has seen firsthand the wanton slayings and butcheries that have been committed by both men and women who have warped, depraved and sadistic minds. In this fascinating and chilling book, he examines the world's most notorious serial killers and the despicable crimes they committed.
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Brilliant, dark, fascinating, well-narrated
- By Eoin on 26-02-17
- The Evil Within
- By: Trevor Marriott
- Narrated by: Yaz Shah
lazy writing
Reviewed: 18-09-24
The main story i have come across so far is the Paul Bernado and Karla homolog. this is a deep story and doing it in 14 minutes is ridiculous. There are some inaccuracies, without getting into the nitty gritty and being PG the body parts of the dismembered girl were not tied to concrete, they were incased, it even says so about 60 seconds later. It also doesn't go into the MAJOR controversial "deal with the devil". Karla made her deal before the tapes were seen, if they had been seen she would have never gotten the deal she did. so much is just skipped and written blasé. there are plenty of others, but this one is the one I have just listened too and am quite familiar with.
Due to this I thought I would give 10 minutes to seeing if the next story, which is a 4 minute story, (yes 4 minutes) was wrong, and what do you know, it is.
Wayne Broden never confessed to Nomra Vallencourt it was someone else (Raymond Sauve) which is said at the very end, but it leads like it is Wayne Boden, fir example, the author states "12 months later her killer struck again" when it wasn't the same murderer, and it was 15 months not 12.
Jean Way was found on 17th not 16th.
How can you get so many inaccuracies in 4 minutes? this is supposed to be their job? I'm sure there's more but this was a 10 minute Google search.
Then we come to Robert Pickton, you're gonna tell Canada biggest serial killers story in 20 minutes! I see Fred West on the cover, I wonder how that will get butchered.
And then I came across a stupid contradiction, with Tsusto Miyazakis chapter. writer sayd "he charred the remaining bones in his furnace ground them up and sent them to his family, Then 60 seconds later says he took his next victim to the same place and the bones of victim 1 were still there. Are they a blackened powder send to the family? or still out in the open? How can you be so incompetent?
The only reason why it got the stars it did is it covers cases that aren't normally covered in true crime, and then i feel compelled to do my own research as this writer is so bad. But i wonder how much else is inaccurate when back to back stories are?
There are much better compilation books. Get some Robert Green or Greg Olsen
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The Devil You Know
- By: Gwen Adshead, Eileen Horne
- Narrated by: Gwen Adshead
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Serial homicide. Stalking. Arson. Gang crime. Who are the people behind these acts of terrible violence? What are their stories? And what is it like to sit opposite them? Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists, and she has spent 30 years providing therapy inside secure hospitals and prisons. Whatever her patient's crime, she aims to help them to better know their minds by helping them to articulate their life experience.
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A disagreeable book.
- By andrewjlockley on 01-09-23
- The Devil You Know
- By: Gwen Adshead, Eileen Horne
- Narrated by: Gwen Adshead
very good
Reviewed: 17-09-24
only negative point is the way she can come off stuck up at times mentioning niche poets and other incidents. but overall very good, have recommended it to colleagues
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True Crime Stories Boxset: 48 Terrifying True Crime Murder Cases
- List of Twelve Collection, Book 1
- By: Ryan Becker
- Narrated by: Michael Goodrick
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The horrific and disturbing nature of these stories often makes you question everything you thought or believed about humanity. Yet they are engaging and fascinating at the same time. We all had evil thoughts throughout our lives. What is it that makes us different from those who actually act upon it? Is it the act alone? These are questions that many ask themselves, and these stories will help dig into the elements and psychology behind some of the most terrifying killers in history.
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Full and well researched
- By Elizabeth Frounks on 27-08-19
- True Crime Stories Boxset: 48 Terrifying True Crime Murder Cases
- List of Twelve Collection, Book 1
- By: Ryan Becker
- Narrated by: Michael Goodrick
its like a plagiarised kids school homework.
Reviewed: 17-09-24
most of these stories are 5-10 minutes long. Seems like the writer (definitely not deserving to be called an author) wenton Wikipedia and just submitted that to his publisher, and to make it even better the narrator can't pronounce a lot of things and sometimes randomly raises his voice for a split second. Save your money/credits. There are books on here that take 4-6 hours per story and have 12-16 stories. 4-6 may seem a lot per story, but he didn't copy his stuff from Wikipedia. Get some Ryan Green or Greg Olson, not this wish "true crime" Ryan
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True Crime Case Histories, Books 13, 14, & 15
- 36 Disturbing Stories True Crime Stories
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Simon de Deney
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This compilation of 36 stories across three True Crime books contains deeply disturbing content. Unlike typical news reports or TV shows that often sanitize the details of heinous acts, these accounts present an unflinching look at the darkest corners of human behavior. In this collection, you'll find 36 True Crime stories from the last several decades. Many of which you may never have heard of.
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Brillent
- By Shanie on 20-10-24
- True Crime Case Histories, Books 13, 14, & 15
- 36 Disturbing Stories True Crime Stories
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Simon de Deney
some inaccuracies
Reviewed: 08-09-24
There are a few inaccuracies but the one that sticks out the most is on the "Death of a cheerleader" chapter, the author gets a victims name, age and proffesion wrong, and fails to mention John Ortiz-Kehoe is believed to be wrongly convicted. He calls her "19 year old Rose Lattimer" when she's actually 18 year old Rose Larner and wasn't a model, she wanted to be a police officer. it's disrespectful when you get things that wrong, as a writer, do better.
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Dangerous Dozen
- Notorious USA True Crime Box Set
- By: Gregg Olsen, Katherine Ramsland, Rebecca Morris, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 25 hrs and 43 mins
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A true-crime collection culled from the crime files of the New York Times best-selling series, Notorious USA.
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Brillent narrator kevin pierce
- By Shanie on 11-11-23
- Dangerous Dozen
- Notorious USA True Crime Box Set
- By: Gregg Olsen, Katherine Ramsland, Rebecca Morris, Kevin M. Sullivan, M. William Phelps, Ron Franscell
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Katherine Ramsland is a con artist
Reviewed: 27-08-24
in her H.H. Holmes chapter she states it has been written about many times, so she named it "psychopath" to offer an updated neuroscientific explanation. she explains not a single thing, like she thought of a quick blurb (probably the quickest Holmes chapter in existence) and then shat it on to some paper, the chapter is 5 minutes 40 seconds, you can't even explain the start of Holmes' scams in that time frame but she claims she can talk about him, his crimes and then give her neuroscientific explanation. I've left a lot of reviews about her but she's the laziest most misleading crime "author" (i say author in the same breath as stevie wonder could play in the NFL) how she got to be part of this compilation is the biggest mystery. its not often, actually its never been the case until her where I prefer Wikipedia to an author.
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True Crime Case Histories, Books 1, 2 & 3
- 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection)
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Timothy G. Little
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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I start all of my true crime books with a quick word of warning. Most news articles and television true crime shows skim over the vile details of truly horrible crimes. In my books, I don’t gloss over the facts, regardless of how disgusting they may be. I try to give my listeners a clear and accurate description on just how demented the killers really were. I do my best not to leave anything out. The stories included in these books are not for the squeamish.
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True crime addicts will love this
- By Shanie on 04-10-24
- True Crime Case Histories, Books 1, 2 & 3
- 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection)
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Timothy G. Little
again with the inaccuracies
Reviewed: 24-08-24
its not hard to get facts right, to add to my earlier review, there is no "Worthington" in Sussex, theres a Worthing. I know this because I grew up there. this guy is the worst narrator for pronouncing things, he can't even pronounce Britain's most famous river, its the river bloody Thames! not tames. The author just takes short cuts and is a hypocrite. rushes the details to pump out drivel one after the other. if members of the public are picking apart the stories (which I see many of the reviews do) then its clear this isn't a good book. Save your money and credits. Go listen to Peter Greens books narrated by Steve White, they're delivered much better and far more accurate.
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Twelve from Hell
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- By: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Ernie Sprance, Steve White
- Length: 37 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Often told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims with all the elements of a classic thriller. This collection includes the stories of Harold Shipman, Fred and Rose West, the Kurim case, the Mockingbird Hill massacre, the Truro Murders, Herb Baumeister, Katherine Knight, Henry Lee Lucas, and Nannie Doss.
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Very good
- By Shanie on 18-11-23
- Twelve from Hell
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- By: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Ernie Sprance, Steve White
only half good
Reviewed: 20-07-24
the first half of this book is hard to listen too, the narrator speaks so quickly and without any form of enthusiasm like he's just reading a book report. its been edited in such a way that it comes across like he can do a whole book in one breath, at speed. The second narrator is much better, actually has some passion to his proffesion with good cadence which tells a good story which draws you in. I would rate 5 stars if the second narrator did the whole thing. but due to only being able to listen to half of this 3 stars will have to do.
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