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With the Devil's Help
- A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder
- By: Neal Wooten
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 227
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 227
In the tradition of The Glass Castle, Educated, and Heartland, Neal Wooten traces five decades of his dirt-poor, Alabama mountain family as the years and secrets coalesce.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From knock to knock, it will keep you wondering!
- By Scotty Baker on 02-25-23
- With the Devil's Help
- A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder
- By: Neal Wooten
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
I loved it!
Reviewed: 06-12-24
I don't often leave reviews, but this was a great book! I actually learned a thing or two and the story was very honest, heartfelt, at times hard to listen to, as it was very emotion-filled. I feel as though I know the author well and if I saw him I'd just go up and give him a hug.
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Where Children Run
- By: Karen Emilson
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 316
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Story5 out of 5 stars 304
Twins David and Dennis Pischke's lives change forever when their father dies and a man damaged by the war arrives at their farm near the isolated town of Moosehorn, Manitoba. Boleslaw Domko quickly works his way into their lives and their mother's bed. Where Children Run opens with one of their earliest memories - the day Domko throws their infant stepsister against the wall. In this firsthand account, the twins recall years of neglect, starvation, and enslavement; horrific beatings and candlelit nights spent in the nearby St. Thomas Lutheran Church.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read
- By Shay on 11-06-24
- Where Children Run
- By: Karen Emilson
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
great book
Reviewed: 05-11-24
great story and narration! Hard to listen to the horror of it all, but told very well!
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The Man with the Candy
- By: Jack Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 701
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 630
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Story4 out of 5 stars 628
A full account of the most heinous crime of the century in which nearly 30 young boys were sexually tortured to death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Boys Who Met the Man with the Candy
- By Kindle Customer on 05-13-18
- The Man with the Candy
- By: Jack Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Somethings were a little off the mark!
Reviewed: 04-27-22
It was a very good book, with the very inaccurate description of the Houston dialects. Being a 3rd generation Houstonian, and a 6th generation Texan... I have never heard anyone speaking as described in this book. Even my mother, who I would say, has a distinct Texas accent, but not at all the way he described it. I probably wouldn't have said anything about it, except he made quite a point of it in the book.
The Hights of Houston was a working class part of town, and is now overhauled as a upper middle class, trendy place to be.
I was young when this happened, but remember it very well. I lived very close to the boat shed and remember seeing the activity going on there. It was a scary time, I didn't understand what had transpired at the time, very well, so it was nice to hear more of the inner dynamics and what the families were going through.
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Body Parts
- By: Caitlin Rother
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
On a chilly November afternoon in 1998, a tearful 36-year-old man walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department in Eureka, California, and confessed to something horrible. "I hurt some people," he said. Inside his pocket was the ghastly proof of his statement. But there was more to Wayne Adam Ford than the trail of mangled victims he left behind. More, even, than the twisted predator inside, which drove him to increasingly perverse sexual appetites.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Oh, the narration!
- By Nicole A. on 11-23-20
- Body Parts
- By: Caitlin Rother
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
San Ber NAR dino?
Reviewed: 11-20-20
This ladies voice and pronunciation was too much for me. She spoke with a very flat, monotone, granny voice and the way she pronounced San Bernardino was just ridiculous.
The story was ok, but rambled on too much about characters that only had a passing role.
I made it through this book... but it wasn't easy. I wouldn't recommend it.
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Whoever Fights Monsters
- My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
- By: Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,984
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,584
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,571
Face-to-face with some of America's most terrifying killers, FBI veteran and ex-Army CID colonel Robert Ressler learned from them how to identify the unknown monsters who walk among us - and put them behind bars. Now the man who coined the phrase "serial killer" and advised Thomas Harris on The Silence of the Lambs shows how he has tracked down some of the nation's most brutal murderers. Join Ressler as he takes you on the hunt for America's most dangerous psychopaths. It is a terrifying journey you will not forget.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Murderino checking in
- By Sarah R Bongiovanni on 06-16-17
- Whoever Fights Monsters
- My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
- By: Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
Boring
Reviewed: 06-23-20
I am interested in profiling, not profilers, or this guy's personal journey with the FBI.. I can't listen to anymore of this.. I ,I ,I ,ME ,ME ,ME. VERY boring!!!
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Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83,020
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73,920
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73,692
Fifteen-year-old Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenage golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SO GOOD
- By Ashleigh on 05-24-18
- Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
Pretty Good
Reviewed: 05-18-20
Athough I usually only read non-fiction.. This was a nice break. A well written story, perhaps a slight bit predictable, but good nevertheless. 😀
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