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Cases That Haunt Us
Cases That Haunt Us | Mark Olshaker, John E Douglas
Violent. Provocative. Shocking. Call them what you will...but don't call them open and shut. Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence? Who killed JonBenet Ramsey? America's foremost expert on criminal profiling and twenty-five-year FBI veteran John Douglas, along with author and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, explores those tantalizing questions and more in this mesmerizing work of detection. With uniquely gripping analysis, the authors reexamine and reinterpret the accepted facts, evidence, and victimology of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime, including the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the Zodiac Killer, and the Whitechapel murders. Utilizing techniques developed by Douglas himself, they give detailed profiles and reveal chief suspects in pursuit of what really happened in each case. The Cases That Haunt Us not only offers convincing and controversial conclusions, it deconstructs the evidence and widely held beliefs surrounding each case and rebuilds them -- with fascinating, surprising, and haunting results.
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MonicaLoves2Read
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Mehso-so

First book finished for #JubilantJuly Readathon

John Douglas takes a look at some cases that have never been solved in this audiobook. He tells, in the early ones, how he would have gone about helping solve them or work on them. It's a wide range of cases. Included are: Jack the Ripper, Lindbergh case, Lizzie Borden, the Zodiac Killer, the Black Dahlia, Boston Strangler and JonBenet Ramsey.

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@Andrew65

MonicaLoves2Read
I liked the book, but it seemed to me that his ego was getting in the way. I know he is a great profiler, no question about that, but sometimes he went a little overboard for me, when he was talking about how he would have done the investigation and how some were really screwed up from the beginning.
That just got on my nerves and dropped my rating to 3⭐.

🙂 Happy Reading 🙂

#libbyapp
#truecrime
1y
Andrew65 A good start, well done 👏👏👏 1y
TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 1y
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DieAReader
Cases That Haunt Us | Mark Olshaker, John E Douglas
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#Wardens2023 #MagnificentMay #BookSpinBingo #WeekendReading

5⭐️ Read/Listen

So many feels in this one, almost too much at times. It did however, make for an intriguing & thought provoking #ImpulseRead to mark off my Bingo card🤓📚

🧐Really makes you wonder about people & how such horrific things can even be imagined, never mind actually carried through with.

CoverToCoverGirl That‘s one of the reasons I only intake the news in small doses.. 2y
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl Same here my friend❤️‍🔥 I‘m more likely to stumble upon a news article than the actual “live” 📺to which I almost never watch. I usually binge or watch a specific show/movie. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
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DieAReader
Cases That Haunt Us | Mark Olshaker, John E Douglas
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#MagnificentMay #Wardens2023 #ReadMyRoom #BookSpinBingo

Needed something 🎧📖new to start as motivation for doing dishes🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 Hello #ImpulseRead 😏🥳 Enjoying it so far! Just over 1/2 way through it.

CoverToCoverGirl That little girl‘s face haunts me to this day.. so sad and disturbing. 2y
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 😇Amen my friend! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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StellaDz
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If you want an overview of some historic cases, this is definitely the book to try. A lot of ppl say that Douglas is very me, me, me, about his skills in this book, and it certainly shows when he was discussing the Ramsey case (as he worked it), but I‘d say he definitely has reason to be proud of his skills. This is his expertise and the book is him giving said expertise on many unsolved crimes. I‘d listen to him profile any unsub.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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StellaDz
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I asked my coworker to choose a number between 1 and 23 (my total number of audiobooks) and this is the one we got. So a break from the bearded brothers and diving into some cold cases! #currentlylistening

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DarkPizza
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I knew the basic (and sometimes not so basic) facts of most of the cases in this book already, but Douglas' perspective often made me consider them in a way I hadn't before, or provided details that I had never heard anywhere else. I enjoyed it a lot, and Douglas is very clearly an expert in his field with a great voice.

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Reviewsbylola
Cases That Haunt Us | Mark Olshaker, John E Douglas
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This was a mixed bag. Some of it was a bit boring because it didn‘t feel as if anything new was revealed—the book starts off with Jack the Ripper and spends an exorbitant amount of time on it with no resolution. On the flip side, I was so intrigued by the analysis of some of the other cases, most specifically Lizzie Borden and Jonbenet Ramsey. He managed to easily change my mind about one case and confirm my thoughts on the other.

BarbaraBB Interesting premise! 4y
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BookishMadHatter
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Another find in my little library.
The books were all over the place and unorganized, so while I'm working on correcting that, I'm finding titles to add to my tbr

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jenniferw88
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#donthauntthisplace #timbittunes @Cinfhen (first & second this time lol!) @TheKidUpstairs

@kaye might be of interest to you!

Cinfhen This looks fascinating 6y
Kaye Thanks Jennifer. I read it a long time ago but thank you for thinking of me ! 6y
TheKidUpstairs So interesting! 6y
AutumnRLS Stacked :) 6y
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Callemarie
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Oh snap!!!! My book swap friends never cease to amaze me. I‘m so excited for all the stuff I got. These books look fabulous and I can‘t wait to dive into them. And you best believe I ate my m&ms for breakfast hahaha thank you so much @guinsgirlreads you rock! #itstruelycriminalswap

AmyG Hahahaha....those m&m‘s had breakfast written all over them! Great swap. 6y
JenlovesJT47 Awesome!! 💚💚💚 6y
Smangela I may need to borrow some of these... wait no. I‘m supposed to be on a borrowing ban. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
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MidnightBookGirl
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Guess I'll wait for the rain to stop so I can mosey down to the Greek festival. Rainy day car reading it is!

Aims42 Haha, been there too (rainy car reading) 😉 7y
Cortg Annapolis? Only asking because the Greek Festival in Annapolis is this weekend and it‘s rainy today. 7y
MidnightBookGirl @Cortg No, Richmond VA, so close! 7y
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MidnightBookGirl
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Reading glasses definitely make a difference! Almost done with this book- on the chapters that deal with JonBenet Ramsey. Her death still saddens me and I hate that the truth behind her murder might never be completely known (although, of course, I have my theories).
#murderino #readingglasses

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MidnightBookGirl
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Some mornings there is just not enough coffee to even take awakeness....

Kaye Good to see some true crime again 👍🏼 7y
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MidnightBookGirl
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Finished my 13th hour with some true crime! I really enjoyed doing #13inThree! It was a bit of a challenge because I worked the weekend and hung out with friends today, but that made it even more fun. #Readathon #murderino #SSDGM

Clare-Dragonfly I keep trying to remember what the cases in this are. JonBenet, Jack the Ripper, Lindbergh baby, Zodiac, and what else? 7y
MidnightBookGirl @Clare-Dragonfly the only one you're missing is Lizzie Borden. I'm almost done with the Lindbergh chapter. I thought I knew all about it already, but there was a lot that I either forgot or never learned. 7y
Clare-Dragonfly Of course, Lizzie! Thanks! 7y
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witchynarcoleptic
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Apparently my campus library used to throw out covers. 😞 Super excited to read this, though! #truecrime #utahreader

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billythegreat
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#catchingup finished this book. Compelling!

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Jen2
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Very good!!

Mdargusch Looks so interesting! I‘m stacking! 7y
emilyhaldi Me too!! 7y
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LydiaCatV
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True Crime phase & I love it.

Blueberry Welcome Lydia 👋 ☺ 7y
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Clare-Dragonfly
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My favorite scary nonfiction. #AllHallowsRead #photoadaychallenge @Litsy

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