
The Serial Killer's Apprentice
The True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid into a Killing Machine
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Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager David Brooks had already been ensnared by the charming older man, bribed with cash to help lure boys to Corll's home. Corll baited Henley with the same deal he'd given Brooks: $200 for each boy they could bring him.
Henley didn't understand the full extent of what he had signed up for at first. But once he started, Corll convinced him that he had crossed the line of no return and had to not only procure boys but help kill them and dispose of the bodies, as well. When Henley first took a life, he felt doomed. By the time he was seventeen, he'd helped with multiple murders and believed he'd be killed, too. But on August 8, 1973, he picked up a gun and shot Corll. When he turned himself in, Henley showed police where he and Brooks had buried Corll's victims in mass graves.
The Serial Killer's Apprentice tells the story of Corll and his accomplices in its fullest form to date. It also explores the concept of "mur-dar" (the predator's instinct for exploitable kids), current neuroscience about adolescent brain vulnerabilities, the role of compartmentalization, the dynamic of a murder apprenticeship, and how tales like Henley's can aid with early intervention.
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- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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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The Boys Who Met the Man with the Candy
- By Kindle Customer on 05-13-18
By: Jack Olsen
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A Hunger to Kill
- A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
- By: Kim Mager, Lisa Pulitzer - contributor
- Narrated by: Jennifer Blom
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Shawn Grate, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed “The Ladykiller.” A key to his conviction and death sentence were Grate’s extensive recorded confessions—all extracted by one woman: Detective Kim Mager.
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Turned into a sermon.
- By Victor Naranjo on 01-29-25
By: Kim Mager, and others
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Inside the Gas Chambers
- Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz
- By: Shlomo Venezia
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz. His mother and sisters disappeared on arrival, and he learned, at first with disbelief, that they had almost certainly been gassed. Given the chance to earn a little extra bread, he agreed to become a 'Sonderkommando', without realizing what this entailed.
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Excellent book
- By Rodney on 03-14-23
By: Shlomo Venezia
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A Devil in the Valley
- By: Paul Holes, Peter McDonnell
- Narrated by: Jim Clemente, Paul Holes
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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In 1994, an aspiring young cold-case investigator in California’s East Bay, Paul Holes, puts aside trying to solve the Golden State Killer case as he waits for science to catch up. Paul returns to an old file cabinet at the back of the forensic lab to look for another cold case he can work—something with DNA. He finds one. The 1978 murder of a married mother who went for a morning jog in a nearby park. The original investigators believed that a serial killer named Phillip Hughes was responsible; they just couldn’t prove it.
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Excellent!!!
- By Nick on 08-05-21
By: Paul Holes, and others
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Angry Eight
- From the Files of Notorious USA
- By: Gregg Olsen, Don Lasseter, Katherine Ramsland, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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From the files of Gregg Olsen's Notorious USA comes The Angry 8. Eight true crime stories ranging from historic murders and crimes to murders committed out of greed. Writers include Don Lasseter, Katherine Ramsland, and Caitlin Rother. These shocking crimes are just as strange as they are fascinating. A true crime must listen. Audio read by Kevin Pierce.
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Became too gory
- By Anita Tarlton on 08-11-23
By: Gregg Olsen, and others
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The Serial Killer’s Apprentice
- And Other True Stories of Cleveland’s Most Intriguing Unsolved Crimes
- By: James Renner
- Narrated by: James Renner
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Investigative reporter James Renner reopens cold cases that have baffled Clevelanders for years.
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Renner Rules!
- By MightySkunkGrrl on 01-30-25
By: James Renner
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2015 Serial Killers True Crime Anthology: Volume 2
- True Crimes Collection RJPP, Book 18
- By: R. J. Parker, Peter Vronsky, Sylvia Perinni, and others
- Narrated by: Don Kline
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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Six true crime authors come together to present the second annual Serial Killers True Crime Anthology, which depicts 13 horrific cases of serial homicide told in detail. Each case will take the listener from the background of the serial killer to the crime scene, investigation, trial, and sentencing.
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Would get it again
- By Angela Doty on 02-11-15
By: R. J. Parker, and others
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Con/Artist
- The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
- By: Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone, Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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The art world is a much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro, one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you question every masterpiece you’ve ever seen in a museum, gallery, or private collection. Tetro’s “Rembrandts,” “Caravaggios,” “Miros,” and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the globe.
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Incredibly interesting!
- By Carole Wooten on 12-07-22
By: Tony Tetro, and others
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As Needed for Pain
- A Memoir of Addiction
- By: Dan Peres
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In the vein of Mary Karr’s Lit, Augusten Burroughs’ Dry, and Sarah Hepola’s Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and riveting - and often wryly funny - addiction memoir from one of New York media’s most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career.
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As Befuddling as His Addiction
- By Constant Reader on 04-13-20
By: Dan Peres
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Shadows of Death
- True Crime Box Set
- By: Katherine Ramsland
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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In Shadows of Death, acclaimed author Katherine Ramsland takes listeners on a tour of New Jersey, New York and Delaware. Home of the Jersey Devil, New Jersey has its share of other devils, from predatory nurses to thrill killers and sadists. The Empire State has witnessed many unique and perverse crimes. Quite a few triggered international headlines. The first documented female serial killer in the US came out of the tiny state of Delaware, as did a "signature killer" who attracted FBI profilers.
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Old stories and just quite boring.
- By Eric Dias on 01-06-22
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Lucky 666
- The Impossible Mission
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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From the authors of the New York Times best-selling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the war in the Pacific - but not without making the ultimate sacrifice.
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A WWII Pacific Tale
- By A. L. DeWitt on 11-15-16
By: Bob Drury, and others
We fail our children
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Great book
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How someone could get away with all those murders and the police just brushed off the disappearances of so many boys.
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The history of a killer
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Scary Reality of Real Evil
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