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Title: Murder Myself, Murder I Am

Author: Jon Keehner

Narrator: Charles Ahl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-14

Publisher: Jon Keehner

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 67 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

In the early morning hours of May 2, 1990, my stepfather, Rich Duncan, checked out of the Motel 6 in Moses Lake, Washington, and traveled over the North Cascades Highway en route to his home in Duvall, Washington. He was supposed to be home by four o'clock that afternoon. Two days later, police discovered his abandoned car in the small town of Darrington, Washington. As my mother desperately struggled to get law enforcement to help find her husband, his killer set out to cover up his crime and evade detection. Once he was eventually captured, the shocking truth about the killer's violent past and early release from prison deepened my mother's resolve on her relentless quest to ensure that, despite a favorable plea deal that would have released him on January 27, 2014, that he would never walk free again.

Members Reviews:

Jon Keehner Loves His Mom...

This wonderful son (and author), Jon Keehner, went to the ends of the earth to piece together the story of the tragedy that took his mother's beloved husband from all of them... and for that alone, I commend him. What a tremendous gift this is, not only for his mom Karen, but for the public, who need to know these stories: the senseless murders of Rich Duncan, Newton Thomas and horrifying attack on James Kiltie.

The author prefaces his story by identifying that he did not interview (scumbag/enabler) Philip and Sharon Hillman in order to write this account, so that was perched in the back of my mind. When Keehner wrote about very detailed conversations, as the first person, I kept reminding myself that these were essentially fictional recounts. Still, I know why he did it and it greatly lends to the completeness of this work.

Phil Hillman is a poor excuse for a human. He murders people for zero reason. Then he uses his experiences in Vietnam (it is questionable how involved, even if involved, he was in combat) his alcoholism and his less-than-warm parents as excuses as to why he cannot control himself. He went through the system and got off with a pittance of a sentence for his first murder and assault charge, so he was barely concerned when he came across Rich Duncan.

As for Sharon Hillmans part and (Hillmans sister) Jodys part they should have been held culpable as well. They stood by and watched someone who had zero control continue to drink excessively, exhibit irrational behavior and all they did was placate him. Let him have guns, gave him alcohol and they were the idiots put in place by Hillmans probation officer to keep him in check. Brilliant. Hope theyre having fun living with that reality.

Keehner did a fine job. I hope he and his family are thriving and keeping Richs spirit alive. Here is a cautionary tale that simply being helpful to others can cost you your life. Very tragic.

Best true crime book I've ever heard!

I've read lots of true crime books and this one is one of the best I've read! This book made me so sad for the victims and so mad at the justice system! The narrator was awesome! I wish he narrated all the books!

Sad Justice

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

If I knew anyone who liked true crime books I would definitely recommend this book.

Why? I really have always liked books written in the first person. This is rare in true crime books.

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Title: The Eastbound Stangler

Subtitle: Behind the Scenes of Investigation Discovery's "Dark Minds"

Author: Gregg Olsen, M. William Phelps

Narrator: Kevin Pierce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-14

Publisher: Crime Rant Classics

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

In this first exclusive e-book accompanying the Investigation Discovery series he created, Dark Minds, investigative journalist M. William Phelps, author of 20 books, a noted serial killer expert, explores what goes on behind-the-scenes in this unique serial killer series as he investigates and films an episode.

Here, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Phelps takes readers and fans of the series deep into his personal life and a dark connection to the Eastbound Strangler case, how he feels about several suspects named by law enforcement, and shares an exclusive interview he conducted with a woman who claims she was with the Eastbound Strangler and his final victim, Kim Raffo, on the night before Kim's body was found.

What kind of serial killer removes his victims' shoes and socks...and lays them out in a row, facing east?

Members Reviews:

I finally like him

I've wanted to like Mr. Phelps since dying him on television. I've read and listened too many of his books, bit the feeling I wanted to have for him just want there. this book finally put me over the edge. I just wish there were more stories in this book, it ended much too soon.

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Title: Madness, Sex, Serial Killer

Subtitle: A Disturbing Collection of True Crime Cases by Two Masters of the Genre

Author: M. William Phelps, Gregg Olsen

Narrator: Kevin Pierce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-14

Publisher: Crime Rant Classics

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

A collection of True Crime cases from M. William Phelps and Gregg Olsen.

Members Reviews:

Feel ripped off

What would have made Madness, Sex, Serial Killer better?

Nowhere in the publisher summary or on the cover does it let you know that this is nothing more than an extended commercial for the author's t.v. show and his other books. Constant references, and irritating "if you want to know more then buy my book/watch my show" ploys leave a bad taste in the listener's mouth. I feel cheated.

What could M. William Phelps and Gregg Olsen have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Been honest about what was actually contained in this waste of a download.

What Happened

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes because I still love Greg Olsen, but this book was not what I expected

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Can't say...

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Love the narrator

Do you think Madness, Sex, Serial Killer needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No

Any additional comments?

I want True Stories not stories about True Stories

Great

Another great box set. I have purchased many of this type of sets. listen to it, you won't be disappointed.

Unless you are a fan of the authors' work, don't bother

Apparently this is background information to a TV series I have never heard of and a book I have never read. Essentially it's a really long advertisement for the two and their authors. Particularly the self glorification gets tiresome. Why does anyone think a crime lover would care if the author just had to read something at their desk or that some sources are disappointing? How he felt on a car drive? If you do, you will love this book. Everyone else should stick to notorious USA.

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Title: Dance with the Devil

Subtitle: Behind the Scenes of Investigation Discovery's "Dark Minds"

Author: Gregg Olsen, M. William Phelps

Narrator: Kevin Pierce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-14

Publisher: Crime Rant Classics

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

©2014 Gregg Olsen and M. William Phelps (P)2014 Gregg Olsen

Members Reviews:

I enjoyed this book a lot. Phelps is a genius!

Very good writing! Remarkable! I will read it again. Hoping to notice more clues. Very well written.

**** overall rating *****

a real good listen

I was taken to a dark place by learning about this case and enjoyed the experience

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Title: Serial Killers

Subtitle: Up Close and Very Personal

Author: Victoria Redstall

Narrator: Drew Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-14

Publisher: Prospero Media

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

These hardened killers opened up to her in a way that they would never do to psychiatrists, prosecutors and other authority figures...revealing terrifying chapters of their lives that might otherwise have stayed hidden forever.

In this chilling audiobook, you will meet Wayne Adam Ford, who walked into a California police station in 1998 with a severed woman's breast in his pocket; Bobby Joe Long, who assaulted and murdered at least ten women; Gary Ray Bowles, killer of six; truck driver Keith Hunter Jespersen, who travelled from state leaving a trail of bodies in his wake; and Robin Gecht, one of the members of the terrifying Ripper Crew.

Redstall has spoken about her experiences on programmes like The Montel Williams Show, in documentaries and in the national press. In this, her first audiobook, she shares every detail and insight, bringing the listener up close and very personal with some of the most dangerous and disturbed serial killers that the world has ever seen.

Members Reviews:

Don't waste your credit

Would you try another book from Victoria Redstall and/or Drew Campbell?

This book is boring. I actually stopped listening when it got to the trial. I will. Finish but only when I have nothing to listen to. The book drags on, it sets scenery more than anything in my opinion. Maybe the last half will be better.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I think I will purchase Gacy, the last victim was a good book to.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

no redeeming qualities I can think of, I tried liking the book but the more I listened the more I knew this book was not holding my interest.

Too much about author

The author bring too much of her own story and self-centeredness for my taste. The narrator mispronounces so many words it is distracting. The topic is great but I could barely finish it.

Can make you a little squeamish at times

I applaud her for the courage to interview these sociopaths.It was well written.These killers are Dr Jekyll & Hyde characters in every sense.

'Badly 'ritten?' or poorly read..

I so hard to even get through this book.

I says. I can't tell if this author doesn't know how to write proper English, but the context and views of the author are the worst of all, completely closed minded, right wing, pro death penalty. The narrator is almost taking the piss, reading everything incorrectly on purpose, I assume he is Scottish and it's not his accent because he definitely knows and would normally pronounce such simple words. the author is clearly only writing to show you her own opinion, of these sick individuals, whom are obviously very mentally ill.

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Title: Thieves of Book Row

Subtitle: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It

Author: Travis McDade

Narrator: Brian Troxell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

No one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. The team picked for the job included two old hands known only as Paul and Swede, but all depended on a fresh face, a kid from Pinetown, North Carolina. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything - even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library. In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Author of The Book Thief and a curator of rare books, McDade transforms painstaking research into a rich portrait of Manhattan's Book Row in the 1920s and '30s, where organized crime met America's cultural treasures in dark and crowded shops along gritty Fourth Avenue. Dealers such as Harry Gold, a tough native of the Lower East Side, became experts in recognizing the value of books and recruiting a pool of thieves to steal them - many of them unemployed men who drifted up the Bowery or huddled around fires in Central Park's shantytowns. When Paul and Swede brought a new recruit into his shop, Gold trained him for the biggest score yet: a first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. Gold's recruit cased the rare-book room for weeks, searching for a weakness. When he found one, he struck, leading to a breathtaking game of wits between Gold and NYPL special investigator G. William Bergquist. Both a fast-paced and true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.

Members Reviews:

Small print

I was really excited about reading this book. The first surprise or disappointment was the Font Size , it is almost as small as a #6 and that does make it a chore to read, after a few pages your eyes need a rest. I will review more of the book when I finish it. What a shame the print is so small, did they save that much money by doing that. Get your magnifying glass out if you purchase this book.

A Good Read

I had no idea that book theft was ever so wide spread and organized.

A nice overview, but comes up short on many details, e.g. Other than the association with a Fourth Ave Shop who/what/how/large was the Romm Gang?

Five Stars

Amazing, especially when you consider it's true!

Super fast shipping

Outstanding! Book was in pristine condition. Super fast shipping. Many thanks.Pat

First third fascinating

But the next two-thirds were boring being almost a pure listing of various book thefts from different libraries. If you can buy a real cheap copy or find it at your library I would say read the first third to learn the tricks of book theft rings during the 1920s. How the ingenious thieves spirited priceless books by meticulous research and planning or just grabbing the books and running I think will be enjoyed by any book lover.

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Title: Released to Kill Again

Subtitle: The Stories of 7 Criminals Convicted of Murder, Released and Murdered Again (True Crime Series)

Author: John Summit

Narrator: Ginger Cucolo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-14

Publisher: D & D Publishing

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Are criminals who have been convicted of murder really being released back into society to live among us?

WARNING: The cases profiled in this thought provoking book will both disturb and anger you.

Recidivism, as defined in psychiatry journals, is the chronic tendency to repeat anti-social or criminal behavior patterns. Prison systems, in part, are intended to rehabilitate the criminal so these same behavior patterns will not be repeated.

However, when an individual commits the most serious of crimes - murder - and then they're convicted of that crime, most receive life in prison or the death penalty. So, how is it that the criminal justice system is failing so horribly and releasing them after committing such violence in society?

Released to Kill Again is the 4th volume in the True Crime Series by John Summit.

In this audiobook, he reveals the shocking true crime and murder stories of 7 convicted criminals who not only killed once, but were paroled...only to kill again.

Members Reviews:

Not Much Here

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Not Sure

What do you think your next listen will be?

Ford an American Icon

What three words best describe Ginger Cucolos performance?

pretty standard.

Any additional comments?

Same theme over and over again. Bad people doing bad things. That's it. just one story after another of bad people doing bad things.

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Title: Little Demon in the City of Light

Subtitle: A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris

Author: Steven Levingston

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-14

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 60 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

A delicious account of a murder most gallic - think CSI Paris meets Georges Simenon - whose lurid comibation of sex, brutality, forensics, and hypnotism riveted first a nation and then the world.

Little Demon in the City of Light is the thrilling - and so wonderfully French - story of a gruesome 1889 murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress and the international manhunt, sensational trial, and an inquiry into the limits of hypnotic power that ensued.

In France at the end of the 19th century a great debate raged over the question of whether someone could be hypnotically compelled to commit a crime in violation of his or her moral convictions. When Toussaint-Augustin Gouffé entered 3, rue Tronson du Coudray, he expected nothing but a delightful assignation with the comely young Gabrielle Bompard. Instead, he was murdered - hanged! - by her and her companion Michel Eyraud. The body was then stuffed in a trunk and dumped on a riverbank near Lyon.

As the inquiry into the guilt or innocence of the woman the French tabloids dubbed the "Little Demon" escalated, the most respected minds in France debated whether Gabrielle Bompard was the pawn of her mesmerizing lover or simply a coldly calculating murderess. And, at the burning center of it all: Could hypnosis force people to commit crimes against their will?

Editorial Reviews:

Editors Select, February 2014 - Fans of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City will love Little Demon, which also examines a sensational crime set in a major city during a glamorous period of history. In late 19th century Paris, hypnotism spread like wildfire through the clinics and drawing rooms of fashionable Europe and North America; part parlor game, part pure charlatanism, and part science. This is the setting of a gruesome murder committed by con man Michel Eyraud, and his mistress Gabrielle Bompard (the woman who would become as "Little Demon"). The incredible facts of the case, the extended manhunt, and the dramatic courtroom scenes, and a head-line grabbing defense of "hypnotism", need no embellishment from the true story. Was Gabrielle in fact hypnotized by her lover, as she claimed, during the commission of the murder? If so, to what extent did that erode her free will and affect her complicity? This was a fascinating read, and renowned narrator John Lee is sure to add the perfect voice to a riveting story of murder and mesmerism that paints a lavish portrait of Belle Époque Paris.

Critic Reviews:

"This is an amazing tale of sex and hypnosis and murder in Paris, and its all true. Levingston has produced both a mesmerizing crime story and also a fascinating look at science and society in the late 19th century." (Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Aspen Institute and author of biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs)

"Vividly conjuring a sweeping cast of characters who reflect the lusty excess and dark anxieties of the times, Little Demon in the City of Light paints a lavish portrait of Belle Époque Paris while unfurling one of the most compelling murder trials in the citys history.

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Title: The Night Stalker

Subtitle: The Life and Crimes of One of America's Deadliest Killers

Author: Philip Carlo

Narrator: Jeff Harding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty-five years after Richard Ramirez left 13 dead, paralysing the city of Los Angeles, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder. Philip Carlo's US best seller The Night Stalker, based on three years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, reveals the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined.

From watching his cousin commit murder at age 11 to his 19 death sentences to the juror who fell in love with him, the story of Ramirez is a bizarre and spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil. Incredibly, after The Night Stalker was first published, thousands of women from all over the world started to contact Carlo, begging to be put in touch with the killer. Carlo began to interview them and, in this compelling new edition, presents their disturbing stories and the dark sexual desires that would drive them towards a brutal murderer.

Also, in an exclusive death-row interview, the killer himself gives his thoughts on the 'Ramirez Groupies' - and what he thinks they really want.

Philip Carlo was the author of the international best seller The Ice Man, as well as The Night Stalker, Gaspipe, and The Killer Within. He lived in New York until his death in November 2010.

Critic Reviews:

"With brutal honesty, Philip Carlo writes from the heart" (Robert De Niro)"An astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood" (New York Daily News)"An exceptionally well-told true crime tale" (Publishers Weekly)"The details are amazing, told from many points of view; very scary indeed" (Los Angeles Times)

Members Reviews:

Insightful

I found this book very insightful and informative.

Only issue I have is when a male narrator turns his voice into a female voice. I know it's to make it as authentic as possible but it sounds annoying. But else the narrator did a good job

A great example of serial-killer true crime!

"The Night Stalker" by Philip Carlo is certainly one of the most detailed and exhaustively-researched works of true crime I have ever read. Of particular interest are his insights into Ramirez's character and the workings of the mind and motivations of this infamous killer. Very impressive!

one of the best of this genre

Philip Carlo has structured this book in a most effective way - three parts, with an epilogue. Part 1 recounts the sequence of Ramirez's dreadful crimes and the victims and their families; Part 2 is the story of the Stalker himself and his family; followed by Part 3, the story of the trial. The epilogue features an interview with Ramirez. The book held my interest from start to finish, but I found the interview frustrating because Carlo didn't ask Ramirez the thing I most wanted to know: how Ramirez would have felt if someone had done to his mother or sister what he had done to his victims. The story of Ramirez's life does suggest that despite his God-fearing, hard-working, law-abiding parents, there were a lot of negative influences on his childhood and teen years which can be seen as contributing to the monster he became. In the end, I was left wondering whether anyone or anything could have, at any point in Ramirez's life prior to these crimes, steered him away from the course he took.

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Title: Fortune's Spear

Subtitle: A Forgotten Story of Genius, Fraud, and Finance in the Roaring Twenties

Author: Martin Vander Weyer

Narrator: James Conlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

A richly detailed Edwardian true crime story of an extraordinary fraud, full of parallels to contemporary financial upheavals, from Bernie Madoff to the 2008 global financial crash.

Gerard Lee Bevan was the black sheep of one of London's most respectable banking families. A high-living womanizer and upper-class shyster of almost pantomime proportions, he exploited a glittering range of social connections. After a long run of success in City dealings he perpetrated a massive fraud which ruined both the City Equitable Fire Insurance Company and his stockbroking firm, Ellis & Co. He fled the country and was eventually arrested, tried, and jailed. Based on new research, Martin Vander Weyer tells the story of a fraud of extraordinary proportions, perpetrated by an aristocratic Englishman from a seemingly impeccable background. Exploring exactly how Bevan managed it, he reconstructs in rich Edwardian detail the environment and characters of the day, as well as Bevan's desperate attempt at disguise and flight across Europe. With resonances in today's financial world, from the 2008 crash to the likes of fraudsters such as Bernard Madoff, this compelling true crime tale offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone financial world.

Critic Reviews:

"Martin Vander Weyer, a British financial journalist, uses the story of Gerard Bevan - a stockbroker, insurance executive and convicted fraudster- to open a window on the pretensions and perfidies of the British upper crust early in the long twilight of its power. The story in 'Fortune's Spear' is not exactly a century-old version of "The Wolf of Wall Street" but will have a familiar ring to followers of today's financial chicaneries." (The Wall Street Journal)

Members Reviews:

REALLY AWFUL

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

If the subject matter was even remotely interesting. Gerard Bevan was a boring one-dimensional person. No wonder it is "a forgotten story..."!

What was most disappointing about Martin Vander Weyers story?

It's way too long and contains too much boring minutiae.

Would you listen to another book narrated by James Conlan?

If the book itself was worth listening to.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not really.

Any additional comments?

I spent several hours trying to figure out why this book was even written. Finally I had to put myself out of my misery and just stop listening to it. To go on was like plunging a rusty fork in my eye! I see now why no one had rated or reviewed it on either Audible or Amazon. The only redeeming thing is if you suffer from insomnia. It WILL definitely put you to sleep!