Leila
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Prison Days: The First Six Months
- By: Simon King
- Narrated by: Todd Waites
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Get ready to experience the real-life drama from behind the walls of one of the country's worst maximum-security facilities. Experience horrific assaults, bloodthirsty murders, and the kind of drama that needs to be heard to be believed. Simon King shares a raw and uncensored look beyond the razor wire, giving you the opportunity to see how life really runs inside a place filled with those the society would rather forget.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good listen! Recommend!
- By Leila on 06-16-21
- Prison Days: The First Six Months
- By: Simon King
- Narrated by: Todd Waites
A good listen! Recommend!
Reviewed: 06-16-21
If you find stories about prison life fascinating, especially from the point of view of the guards, responsible for day to day operations in that world, you’ll like this audiobook. I have over 700 audible titles in my library, and can be picky. The author shares his experiences as a guard working in the prison system day to day. From the shocking and horrific, to the funny and mundane. His style is clear, flows very well, kept my interest from the very first, to last page, and, I think the narrator did an excellent job as well. He was animated, engaged, very professional, has a very pleasant voice, and, in my opinion, gives an entertaining performance of the authors narrative. This was a great pick. I’m pleased with it. I was not given any compensation for my review, or reduction in price. I just wanted to share my thoughts regarding this title. In my opinion, it’s a winner…
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Lying Next to Me
- By: Gregg Olsen
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes, Scott Merriman, Katie Koster, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,488
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,803
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,787
Adam and Sophie Warner and their three-year-old daughter are vacationing in Washington State’s Hood Canal for Memorial Day weekend. It’s the perfect getaway to unplug—and to calm an uneasy marriage. But on Adam’s first day out on the water, he sees Sophie abducted by a stranger. A hundred yards from shore, Adam can’t save her. And Sophie disappears.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hardly a likeable character in the bunch !!
- By ROBIN on 05-29-19
- Lying Next to Me
- By: Gregg Olsen
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes, Scott Merriman, Katie Koster, P. J. Ochlan
A+++
Reviewed: 08-19-19
I haven’t even listened to this entire audiobook yet, I’m on chapter 39, but I just have to say this thriller is outstanding!. Not one chapter has been boring, the story hasn’t slowed down, every character is very believable, and the plot and turns in the story have grabbed my attention from the first chapter, and kept it!. I am really enjoying this story. This is the first book by this author I’ve read (listened to) I’m definitely going to read more of his books! New fan!! :)
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The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75,072
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69,196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69,037
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good listen!
- By Lori K. on 12-14-15
- The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
Riveting!!
Reviewed: 01-04-19
Wow! This is one of the best audio books I have listened to! This book was very well written. The story flows. It doesn’t get bogged down with too much detail, and it’s just captivating from beginning to end. The reader does an excellent job, very talented artist. He draws you in as he tells the story, and his pace and inflection is perfect. I will look for other books read by this artist. He’s a new favorite. This is a gripping, well written, excellent book about a murdered young girl and the man who went to prison for her murder ......
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The Haunting Hour
- By: Radio Spirits
- Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy, Stacy Harris, Lesley Woods
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Terror in the night! Terror on the air! Terror in your mind's eye! Steel your nerves against tales of ghostly graveyards and lonesome corpses...time travel and amnesia...mentalists, mummies, and murder! These 16 exciting tales of the supernatural and the strange feature Frank Lovejoy, Les Damon, Stacy Harris, Lesley Woods, Jackson Beck, Parker Fennelly, Lon Clark, Bret Morrison, Berry Kroeger, and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great dramas, but no supernatural element.
- By Mike Marek on 11-17-16
- The Haunting Hour
- By: Radio Spirits
- Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy, Stacy Harris, Lesley Woods
Excellent old time radio!
Reviewed: 12-29-18
I'm a true old time radio fan and this is a wonderful collection of this old radio series " The Haunting Hour". The remastered sound quality is excellent too. The sound for every episode is crystal clear!I I really enjoyed every episode and hope Audible will offer more episodes from this great series:)
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Shot in the Heart
- By: Mikal Gilmore
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4 out of 5 stars 78
Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977. Writer Mikal Gilmore is his younger brother. In Shot in the Heart, he tells the stunning story of their wildly dysfunctional family: their mother, a black sheep daughter of unforgiving Mormon farmers; their father, a drunk, thief, and con man. It was a family destroyed by a multigenerational history of child abuse, alcoholism, crime, adultery, and murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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too bad it's abridged
- By Lisa on 04-10-04
- Shot in the Heart
- By: Mikal Gilmore
- Narrated by: Will Patton
This audio book would be perfect if it wasn't abridged!!!
Reviewed: 06-15-18
I read this book years ago, it was so good I read it more then once, so I was so excited when I found the audiobook available on audible, and I was even more excited when I realized that Will Patton was the narrator, he is one of my favorite narrators and does an excellent job reading this book too. But the party was over when I realized that this audible edition is abridged!!!! There is so much material missing. I was so dissapointed! I don't understand why anyone ever thinks it's a good idea to remove part of a book. I don't care if I have to pay more, or if the book costs less for an abridged version. I want the book in it's entirety. I hope audible will offer this title unabridged, soon. This is a very interesting book written by Garey Gilmore's brother, Mikal Gilmore, about growing up in their violent, disfuntional family. Read The Executioners Song, which audible has, unabridged, about Gary Gilmore, who killed two men and then fought for his right to die, written by Norman Mailer. Both books are excellent, but like I said, this version of Shot In The Heart is abridged....sigh.....very, very bad audible.com. Don't cheat us, we want our audio books uncut!! At least I do.......
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Keri 1: The Original Child Abuse True Story
- By: Kat Ward
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
- Length: 26 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 621
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 555
From the outside, there was no reason to suspect the family life of young schoolchild Keri was anything but unremarkable. Two loving parents, a backdrop of 1960s Britain; life had provided for her, at least with the riches of modesty. Keri herself however, would often confound teachers with her erratic behaviour, which was at best sullen and withdrawn; at worst violently disruptive. When challenged, she would only exacerbate her growing reputation as a fantasist; weaving terrible tales about the "abuse" she was suffering at the hands of her very creators.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Book 1 of 7
- By Charlene on 08-14-18
- Keri 1: The Original Child Abuse True Story
- By: Kat Ward
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
Riveting!! Couldn't stop listening.....
Reviewed: 06-11-18
This is one of the most riveting, shocking audiobook accounts of abuse I have ever read/listened to. Keri's astounding level of recall, her ability to tell her story, which flows flawlessly, and naturally, in vivid detail, is stunning. I was shocked, spellbound,livid and furious as I listened to her recount the inhumane, cruel treatment she endured from her mother and step father. At times I was brought to tears. Keri's endurance, resilience, her ability to love, and her honesty made me love her. Her Nana, who showed Keri what love is, renewed my faith in people and helped me heal from the shock and heartbreak of this account, by showing how love conquers hate and how good can overcome evil. I will never forget Keri or her story. Get this one. It will change you.
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Wiseguy
- By: Nicholas Pileggi
- Narrated by: Nicholas Pileggi
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 459
This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds... with Henry Hill’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action.
Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob - from one who’s lived it. Now with an introduction by Martin Scorcese.-
1 out of 5 stars
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The abridgment killed it
- By Clay G. on 07-09-15
- Wiseguy
- By: Nicholas Pileggi
- Narrated by: Nicholas Pileggi
Cheated! Abridged? Really? Why?
Reviewed: 06-06-18
Ruined a good story. I would have given it five stars, but this book is abridged! Why would I want to read/hear an abridged version of this fascinating account? Come on audible, give us the unabridged, whole story! This abridged, stingy, three hour audio book is like watching half of a movie, what is the point? unsatisfying.... Sigh.......
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1963
- A Slice of Bread and Jam
- By: Tommy Rhattigan
- Narrated by: Kevin Hely
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
A raw and often funny 12-month snapshot of seven-year-old Tommy's brutal young life. Moving us through his daily struggle with poverty and neglect in 1960s Manchester like it's the most natural thing in the world, Tommy lives at the heart of a large Irish family in derelict Hulme, ruled by an abusive and alcoholic father and a drunk, negligent mother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!!!!!!
- By Leila on 05-16-17
- 1963
- A Slice of Bread and Jam
- By: Tommy Rhattigan
- Narrated by: Kevin Hely
Excellent!!!!!!
Reviewed: 05-16-17
I loved every minute of this audiobook! I loved the author's vivid, detailed memories of his childhood...They were shocking, sad and funny all at the same time, as he shared memories of his childhood days spent avoiding school, begging for change with his siblings, stealing, getting into mischief, and describing life through the eyes of a child with his alcoholic parents. This is the first time I've listened to Kevin Hely narrate, and he is now a new favorite! His irish brogue and performance of the narrative is spot on, perfect, and hilarious! I've already listened to this book twice, and I enjoyed the story and the narrator's Irish brogue and lively performance so much that I'm listening to it for the third time now. Kevin Hely is as charming as Frank McCourt! Love him!
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