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Title: Rock, Scissors, Paper

Subtitle: The Clifford Olsen Murders

Author: Richard Stevenson

Narrator: B. Jaymes Condon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-29-17

Publisher: Dreaming Big Publications

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

In the early 1980s, serial killer Clifford Olson rampaged through the lower mainland of British Columbia, raping and murdering 11 victims. His heinous cash-for-bodies deal foreshortened his trial, and resulted in the law currently on Canadian books that forbids criminals from benefiting financially from their crimes.

Olson was just the pimple on the hide of a misogynist culture, as this long poem sequence attests.

Sometimes a book project chooses its author, as this one did when the author recognized one of the victims from her photograph.

Members Reviews:

Not my cup of tea

I chose to listen to this book after receiving a free audio copy. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.

I didn't quite know what to expect with this book. It's an odd mixture of poetry and nonfiction written about an actual serial killer in Canada. It's from the view of the killer and the language and disrespect were just too much for me. Even though I didn't care for this book at all, it's creative and different and I'm sure the author put a lot of work into it. I also think I might like other works by him if they weren't dealing with such a disgusting man.

I felt the same way about the narrator. He had a loud voice and I felt like he was almost yelling, but it went well with the book. I think he did a good job of portraying the killer.

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Title: The Court of Last Resort

Subtitle: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Narrator: Mel Foster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

The creator of Perry Mason's Edgar Award - winning account of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, legal battles, and landmark reversals.

In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl along the banks of the Yuba River, and was awaiting execution at San Quentin. After reviewing the case, Gardner agreed to help - it seemed the fate of the "Red-Headed Killer" hinged on the testimony of a colorblind witness.

Gardner's intervention sparked the Court of Last Resort. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful convictions owing to poor legal representation, prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-evidence testimony. The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, and manslaughter. The prisoners: underprivileged and vulnerable men wrongly convicted and condemned to life sentences or death row with only one hope - the devotion of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort.

Featuring Gardner's most damning cases of injustice from across the country, The Court of Last Resort won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Originating as a monthly column in Argosy magazine, it was produced as a dramatized court TV show for NBC.

Members Reviews:

Must read book.

Author/attorney tells the stories of innocent and not so innocent prisoners. Some of the prisoners are about to be put to death, how hard everyone involved worked on their own dime. He had good ideas about prisons, lawyers, court system and how much politics got in the way. Instead of reading and listening these suggestions, things got worse. Especially with for profit prisons, more drugs and no good gun control laws.

the Court of Last Resort

This is a very informative book. I had to get this copy, since mine had molded. It is very interesting, about those accused of crime, sometimes unjustly. Most time justly. Yet there are cases that, after the fact, this "Court of Last Resort" took it upon themselves to investigate the facts, with their own money, and all of the time they could spare. These are investigators, actual judges, and many [high-priced] attorneys, that wanted only to get to the truth. If guilty, so be it; yet if innocent, to prove it.

Which usually took much time going over court records, finding witnesses, running down [new] clues, etc.This is a factual book.

The book itself was as the seller described. Shipping was in good time.

Great read!

Great reed! Never get tired of Erle Stanley Gardner.

Read about heroic efforts to free innocent people from prison. Unputdownable.

Review. The court of last resort. ****. Open road media. 4/11/17

This book, written by Earle Stanley Gardner, was originally published in 1952. This edition has been updated by Open Road Media, with new material included. You might think that it would be somewhat dated, but I found it to be remarkably relevant for today and quite interesting.

Garner, who died in 1970, was a prolific writer, most famous for his Perry Mason mysteries.

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Title: The Boston Strangler

Subtitle: The History and Mystery of the Notorious Crime Spree

Author: Zed Simpson, Charles River Editors

Narrator: Scott Clem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

The story sounds like something out of a mini-series. The police are called to the home of an elderly woman who has been raped and strangled. She's a socialite and popular in among the Boston upper-crust. As the grizzled detective stand over her body, wondering who would do something like this, someone mentions that there was a similar case recently, except that time the victim was a lower-middle class immigrant woman. He wonders briefly if there is a pattern and hopes there isn't, but before long there's a third victim, and then a fourth.

At first, the women are all elderly, and the police psychologist postulates that the culprit has some sort of hatred for his own mother and therefore attacks motherly figures. The police begin to track down mental patients with histories of violence and question them about their whereabouts, but there is no one suspect, even as more bodies pile up in the morgue.

Then, suddenly, there's a change, and young women start turning up dead, changing the whole approach to the case. As tension in the city builds, the mayor and other civic leaders begin demanding action, even as another young woman dies, followed in short order by an elderly one. Young women start refusing dates and looking under their beds at night, while older ladies refuse to open their doors to anyone. The city is in turmoil and the police are at a loss about what to do next, but just as quickly as they started, the murders stopped.

Members Reviews:

How many victims and how many Boston stranglers where there, read and possibly find out

The book The Boston Strangler: The History and Mystery of the Notorious Crime Spree is interesting and now I understand why the word mystery is a part of the title. I assumed that Albert DeSalvo was the Boston strangler but he was only convicted of rape and not murder. The book primarily discusses in a concise manner the victims likely killed by the Boston strangler, and how the victims were killed. It's interesting that now over 50 years later, we still do not know whether there was one or more Boston stranglers. I highly recommend reading this book to refresh your memory or increase your knowledge the events of 50 years ago.

Two Stars

Very disappointed...no facts.....and 46 pages.

Interesting

Interesting presentation of facts.

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Title: Ted Bundy & Other Killers

Author: Debbie Conn

Narrator: Lynn Longseth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-17

Publisher: Debbie Conn

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Three of the most twisted serial killers of the 1970s-80s are profiled. Ted Bundy left behind a series of grisly murders before police finally caught up to the smooth-talking psychopath. David Carpenter stalked women through the hills of the peaceful San Francisco Hills, killing unsuspecting joggers and hikers. David Parker Ray terrorized women in the Southwest, kidnapping them and taking them to his isolated trailer where he would subject them to torture with instruments from his "toy box".

Members Reviews:

Great mini book about the Bundy, Carpenter and Ray Cases

Great mini book about Ted Bundy, David Carpenter and David Parker Ray. Ted Bundy was a notorious serial killer who murdered at least 36 women in 5 states and was executed in 1989. David Carpenter aka The Trailside Killer killed 11 Women and 1 Man in San Francisco. David Parker Ray is a serial rapist and suspected serial killer, but to date no bodies attributed to him have been found.

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Title: Serial Killers True Crime

Subtitle: Incredible True Stories of Psychopathic Serial Killers From the Last 200 Years

Author: Brody Clayton

Narrator: Dave Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-17

Publisher: Brody Clayton

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Every single person is unique; with different wants, needs, likes, dislikes and hates. Serial killers, however, have one thing in common, they kill, for diverse reasons and for various outcomes.

Their ability to take lives easily, though, is mind-boggling. Some of them kill one or two but some also kill hundreds. It is somehow hard to fathom how these killers can do such gruesome deeds and to dig deeper into their stories can certainly be thought-provoking.

The mentality of serial killers throughout the world's history is something that will always be a curious mystery. What motivates them to kill, is something that we cannot easily understand. Some have rather simplistic, and even personal, reasons for killing: jealousy, self-inadequacy, self-confirmation, attention, self-gain, and revenge.

Some take lives in order to take vengeance on the government and even include solving societal problems as their main goal. Psychopaths of this type usually like playing the role of a supreme being who aims to eliminate people that they consider not worthy to live.

From the premier poisoners and virgin murderers to baby killers and mysterious point-blank gunmen, this book offers a rich history of serial killers that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Members Reviews:

Some interesting true crime stories

I enjoyed reading the true crime cases in this book. Some of them are from earlier times, and it was somewhat shocking to learn of the short prison terms given for multiple murder victims. Life was truly valued cheaply.

25

Good book! I would recommend this book to people ...

Good book! I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading about true crime. I did find a few typographical errors i.e. 1895 was listed as 1985 in the last story.

Good book.

Serial killer buffs ,welcome here. I enjoyed this book , I have read most of these killers before but there is always a new take on them.

Serial Killers True Crime

Great read!

Wouldn't use for fact finding

The errors are huge in this book. Chapter 6 has many errors. First one being at the start of the chapter when they say in the late 1900's when in fact the crimes took place in the 1800's. They also say she was tried in 1985. That would be more than 100 years after the crimes. Hope no one uses this to right a school report.

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Title: True Crime Stories: A Prequel

Subtitle: 4 Shocking True Crime Cases

Author: Jack Rosewood

Narrator: Kevin Kollins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-26-17

Publisher: Wiq Media

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

There are killers who stalk their prey, learning all they can about an intended target before striking. Some commit the act of murder out of hatred or revenge for someone in their lives. Killers like Detlev Guenzel searched for like-minded souls who would allow them to indulge in their deepest darkest fantasies. Then of course, there are those who brutally murder for no apparent reason whatsoever.

Each of the four true crime murder cases in this true crime anthology are different from each other in many ways: the wife who was cast aside for a much younger model; the vore who sought out a willing participant in the act of consensual homicide and cannibalism; the young man who butchered his elderly neighbours; and the man whose partners either disappeared or turned up dead over the period of 54 years.

For these true crime murder stories we delve into the background of each killer, the acts they committed, and the criminal investigation that brought them down. We look at why they killed, even when there seems to be no apparent motive. True murder cases like these are hard to fathom, and will leave you wondering about the horrors of humanity. True crime stories are the most frightening of all, as you discover what people have the capability of doing to others.

This is a prequel to Jack Rosewood's best true crime book series, True Crime Stories.

Members Reviews:

I don't personally do horror and the like, but am used to Rosewood {nothing to do ...

Not kindle unlimited? permafree? not sure. As usual {have read quite a bit of his} can be disturbing, gross, nauseating, etcetera {and/or combination of different things} so obviously small children and those with weak constitutions might want to pass or consider it first. I don't personally do horror and the like, but am used to Rosewood {nothing to do with the tv show}.

There are killers who stalk their prey, learning all they can about an intended target before striking. Some commit the act of murder out of hatred or revenge for someone in their lives. Killers like Detlev Guenzel searched for like-minded souls who would allow them to indulge in their deepest darkest fantasies. Then of course, there are those who brutally murder for no apparent reason whatsoever. Each of the four true crime murder cases in this true crime anthology are all different from each other in many ways. The wife who was cast aside for a much younger model; the vore who sought out a willing participant in the act of consensual homicide and cannibalism; the young man who butchered his elderly neighbours; and the man whose partners either disappeared or turned up dead over the period of 54 years. For these true crime murder stories we delve into the background of each killer, the acts they committed, and the criminal investigation that brought them down. We look at why they killed, even when there seems to be no apparent motive. True murder cases like these are hard to fathom, and will leave you wondering about the horrors of humanity. True crime stories are the most frightening of all, as you discover what people have the capability of doing to others.

This is a prequel to Jack Rosewood's best true crime books series, True Crime Stories. {See amazon page for full list of titles}

Four interesting true crime cases.

The Broderick case was the only one I was familiar with, and I still think it should have been called justifiable homicide.

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Title: Killer Babe

Subtitle: The True Story of Brittany Holberg

Author: Janet Nixon

Narrator: Richard L Palmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-30-17

Publisher: Janet Nixon

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Brittany Holberg was a 23-year-old prostitute when she was convicted of murdering 80-year-old AB Towery Jr., stabbing him over 60 times. The controversy surrounding the case centered around the relationship of Brittany and Towery prior to the killing. Brittany argued that Towery was a client who went into a rage when he found drugs on her person. He attacked her and she retaliated in self-defense. Further investigation would reveal otherwise, however, as Brittany would use numerous household items in a brutal assault on the elderly man. She fled the scene only to be caught at a McDonald's after police received a tip from a witness who saw her on America's Most Wanted.

With her good looks and well-proportioned body, Brittany has remained in the spotlight as she was featured in a Maxim Magazine article as one of the "hottest women on death row".

Members Reviews:

Narrator sounds like he's trying not to laugh

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator has a distinctive voice and he's loud enough, but he doesn't give me the idea his mind is on the somberness of the story.

This is a very superficial account of the condemned murderer Brittany Holberg. The "babe" part comes from her attractiveness and the fact that she made an appearance of sorts in Maxim magazine. Apart from being pretty, not much else is compelling about this young woman who got a bad start in life and made choices that kept life bad for her by early adulthood.

No in-depth look at what drove her psychologically to get involved with the seedier side of life instead of seeking out environments where people would respond to her as a person who deserved respect.

Short book...low price...You get what you pay for, I guess.

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

The Brittany Holberg story is sordid and sad. She was preyed upon at an early age and the betrayals only increased as she grew up. Lacking the strength it would take to treat others better than she was treated, she decided to victimize and exploit others. She lived the life of a prostitute and drug user. Eventually, she met the elderly man who would die at her hands.

Though I am against the death penalty, I have to say that even if I were not, I would have a hard time seeing her as a likely candidate to get a death sentence for any reason except poor defense counsel. She was a drug addicted prostitute when she committed her crime. And at this point, this crime and sentence is about twenty years old. Sorry, but killing her at this point is just barbaric and a complete waste of time.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Richard L Palmer?

I don't really keep track of narrator names. I'm sure Mr. Palmer is very good at other narration gigs, but I am not sure that true crime is his thing.

Do you think Killer Babe needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Not really a follow-up book, but I would like to know what eventually happens to Ms. Holberg. She might not be someone I would want to know as a person, but I think that killing her now is straight up inhumane.

Any additional comments?

Just with the idea of the death penalty in general...if it takes twenty years to carry out....that is a pretty good indication that it just shouldn't have been the sentence handed down. Twenty years...the lesson is GONE.

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Title: Killer Photographer

Subtitle: The True Story of Rodney Alcala

Author: Josh Curry

Narrator: Sangita Chauhan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-17

Publisher: Josh Curry

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Rodney Alcala is a serial murderer that is most often referred to as the Dating Game Killer after he was a contestant on the popular game show in 1978. He was sentenced to death in California in 2010 for committing five murders in the state between 1977 and 1979. It is believed, however, that he may have over 130 victims. Alcala's charisma and murderous output have a striking similarity to that of Ted Bundy. More than one police detective has referred to him as a "killing machine". He was a sexual sadist and specialized in strangling as a form of torture. He would choke his victims into unconsciousness then revive them only to repeat the torture again. He specialized in creating false photo auditions in which he would book prospective models for a photo shoot then rape and kill them. A traveling serial killer, Alcala would operate out of the Los Angeles area but would journey as far as the Pacific Northwest in search of victims. He would have a locker in Seattle where he would keep a stash of mementos and photographs of his victims. In September of 2016, authorities released a series of photographs that they believe could be additional victims of Alcala. They are now asking for the public's help in identifying who the subjects in the photos are.

Members Reviews:

Badly and robotically read. Book too short.

The narration is like a robot is reading it. The book is way too short and leaves much to be desired.

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Title: When Girls Next Door Kill

Subtitle: The True Story of Melinda Loveless

Author: Iris Owen

Narrator: Lucie Carole

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-23-17

Publisher: Iris Owen

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

In 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was tortured and killed by four teenage girls, led by Melinda Loveless. Caught in a lesbian love triangle, the four girls would torture the young Shanda and burn her alive. The case would shock the picture-sque town in southern Indiana and make national headlines, making an entire nation ask, "why"?

Members Reviews:

A good source if you're looking for the basics of a case.

This is a fairly good read.It features a couple gruesome murders and the girls who committed them. I would recommend if you want the basics of the featured cases.

One Star

Poorly written, too short, lots of editing errors.

Great mini book about Melinda Loveless

Great mini book about Melinda Loveless, who committed the heinous torture and murder of 12 year old Shanda Sharer. Loveless was only 16 when she recruited 3 accomplices, Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett age 17, Hope Anna Rippey age 15 and Toni Lawrence age 15 to abduct, torture and murder 12 year old Shanda Renee Sharer, who used to attend Hazelwood Junior High School with her (Loveless had repeated multiple grades in school) because Melinda suspected that Shanda Sharer was having a relationship with Loveless's 14 year old girlfriend Amanda Heavrin. One of the first (and best) true crime books I ever read was about this case (Cruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite Jones) and when I read it I was horrified, because the victim was my age and I couldn't believe that she got killed over this girl's jealousy. I also couldn't believe that she got 2 other girls to participate in the murder of a complete stranger. Laurie Tackett basically committed the murder to suck up to Loveless, who she wanted to be friends, maybe more, with her. Hope Rippey had been friends with Laurie since elementary school and Toni Lawrence was really good friends with Hope. Melinda and Laurie actually killed Shanda Sharer, with Hope just waiting in the car with Toni at first but then deciding to participate in the torture and murder. Toni Lawrence did not participate in the murder, but she also did nothing to help, saying in court that she was terrified that if she went against the other girls that they would kill her next, but she also had opportunities to call the cops, or tell anyone that she ignored. I made a lot of mistakes as a teenager, even went to jail a few times but I never would have participated in this and I would have told everyone in that car about how killing someone can send you to prison for life and if that didn't work I would have told them to take me home and called 911 and I can't believe none of them did

No respect for the victims!

I read about both of these trials and there is and was so much more going on beyond what was written here! There was also an extreme amount of typos. Editors need to pay more attention!

A thorough summary of her life and crimes

I liked how thoroughly Owen detailed how Loveless may have came to be the way she is. Owen also details her accomplices and their upbringing.

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Title: Cold Cases: True Crime

Subtitle: Will They Ever Be Solved? The Bewildering Stories of Unfinished Cases

Author: Joseph Exton

Narrator: Steve Stansell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-17

Publisher: Joseph Exton

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Murders, rapes, and other crimes happen every single day. These are not cases that stand out in some unique sort of way, simply cases that have gone down in the books as horrifying.

Discarded bodies, missing women, stolen identification. It would seem as if we are talking about this week's news stories, but in fact, we are talking about some of the most notorious cases that police have ever faced.

Some of these cases were solved, some of them gone cold, and some of them seem oddly familiar to what we see going on today.

Sometimes it may make you wonder if a notorious serial killer is lurking in the shadows in your neighborhood....

From America's first serial killer to America's Unknown Child, each case is chilling and completely true. The stories might just make you thankful for the life that you are living and make you watch out for those that live in your neighborhood....

Here's a preview of what's in this book....

Members Reviews:

Cold Case Files: Very Interesting Read!

I received this book in exchange for an honest review. I am always interested in true crime stories and this book did not disappoint, there were a few errors but not enough to detract from the stories. I really enjoyed this book and it was a quick read for me. Thank you for giving me a chance to pick it up, I would not have known about it otherwise except for the Library Bugs newsletter.

Brief coverage of interesting cases

Cold cases? Never solved? Some of them are still unsolved, but others have been solved, the killers tried and punished.

The book is not well-written, having errors on almost every page. However, these are interesting cases for true crime fans.

Cold Cases

In this book the author presents stories of cold cases that were eventually solved by authorities. This is perfect for fans of mysteries and true crime stories.

Good stories but...

I liked the stories, but the grammatical errors throughout the book is what dropped my rating considerably. I hate when there are glaring errors.

Two Stars

Writing was a tad confusing.