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Greentown

Murder and Mystery in Greenwich, America's Wealthiest Communiity

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Greentown

By: Timothy Dumas
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The first edition of Greentown helped reopen one of America's most shameful unsolved murder cases, the savage slaying of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in an exclusive enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut, the night before Halloween 1975. Soon after Martha's body was discovered, attention focused on members of the Skakel family, who lived across the street from the Moxleys. Ethel Skakel and Robert Kennedy had married in Greenwich, and the two families were close. Thomas Skakel, Ethel’s nephew, was the last known person to see Martha alive. The murder weapon, a ladies' golf club, came from the Skakel household. When the Greenwich police tried to pursue its investigation, however, the community closed in upon itself. Lawyers were summoned, walls went up, information was suppressed, and no one was charged. And yet, continuing to haunt Greenwich, the case refused to go away - until, 23 years later, following the publication of this book, a grand jury was convened, and two years after that a man - Thomas' brother Michael - was finally indicted for the crime.

This revised edition now brings the Martha Moxley murder case to a close. Updated to include the indictment, trial, and conviction of the murderer, Greentown offers the suspenseful and chilling account of a terrible crime. More than that, while relating a tale of seductive power, it uses the murder to tell the heartrending story of a family and a community responding to the unthinkable.

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Interesting True Crime

This is an interesting and detailed true crime book about a murder of a 15 year old. For those that are interested in the Kennedy’s this is also for you. It’s interesting to see how their family and lives intersect with others.

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Absolutely loved it....

I knew nothing about Martha moxley or this case but I was hooked, the story, the narrative excellent had it finished in just over two days, I like to listen to these story's when I'm going on long long drives they keep you company and this one really did, you need the story to take you to the time and place and if it does you know you have a winner..... This is a winner.

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Well written and engaging

Very detailed and well written. I knew of this story but this book does a nice job of delving deep into the details while still keeping the reader engaged. Great descriptive writing that flows well and keeps you hooked

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Loved By a Local

I moved to Greenwich when I was in jr high and would hear about this story all the time. I remember meeting the author a few times while he was writing this book (very nice guy), and couldn’t wait to read it. I still enjoy it now, 20+ years later, as much as I did when it first came out. Excellent narration, too!

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Hard to keep my interest

I know this is a true story, but listening to the narrator in a monotone voice for hours.. is old. Very hard to finish, but I wanted to finish it. As messed up as a true story it is.. still horribly tragic for Martha Moxley and her family. 😢

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If interest if you know Greenwich

I'm from the area of the story and was interesting. However the prose was too flowery

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Too long / confusing

Too many details on too many peripheral people ... by the time he got to the end I had no idea who was whom and the significance of who was arrested for the crime.

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Informative but very long

The details to the case were great. The only down side to this book was the about of information that really didn’t pertain to the Moxley murder. I would sometimes become lost as to what century he was referring to and the people’s names began to run to together. If you choose to listen to this book, feel free to fast forward through the history of Greenwich…you won’t miss anything regarding the murder case.

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I knew nothing of this before I listened

I was born in the mid80s in NJ and was already out of there by the time the trial happened, so I didn't know anything about the murder. Obviously I knew the name Skakel, but that's where my knowledge ended. Listening to the book, it's not clear to me if the conviction is correct, though I have no reason to think it wasn't. It's horribly sad. Excellent reporting. Very interesting subject.

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Drones on....

The narrator made this monotonous along with the side tangents within the story, making it difficult to care about the overall story.

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