Bitter Blood

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Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

Is it too early to switch to hard seltzer? Asking for a friend. #someonetakethesekids #santasbringingcoalthisyear #help

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Christinak

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

Since it is 30 years old this year I am calling this a #truecrime classic.
A friend gave this to me shortly after it first came out. I remember reading this and blocking out the world. I was working for a motorcycle roadracing team at the time and I sat in the pits (very noisy) and read this straight through.
I passed on my copy eons ago - this photo is from online.
#litsyclassics #maylovesclassics

Bambolina_81, Sarah83

Bambolina_81 Sounds great and awful at the same time! 7y

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claffy_reads

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

Omg @teebe!!!! This is a fantastic box. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. I'm so excited to have a Regan!! Both books are high on my TBR, and I can't wait to dig in to this candy bar. The troop leader notebook and pen are adorable, and I can't get over the Wonder Woman pen!! And the bookmarks! My heart! So cute. You're the best. ā¯¤ļø¸

claffy_reads Forgot to tag @JenlovesJT47 (who is awesome for setting this up) and the hashtag #funkopopswap! Too excited! š‚ 7y

JenlovesJT47 Awesome! š’ 7y

teebe You‘re welcome š’ Glad you like it. I can‘t get over how cute the bookmarks are, I‘m so glad I found them. 7y

claffy_reads @teebe OMG the candy bar was delicious! Is it a Canadian candy? I need to locate more. ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ 7y

teebe @callielafleur Yep, we love our coffee crisp here. Maybe you can find it in specialty candy stores? I know in Canada we can find American candies in certain candy stores. 7y

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Reviewsbylola

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

so-so

This took me a month to read. I thought it was very well written, and although I agree that it was confusing at times, I knew that ahead of time so it didn‘t bother me. What ultimately keeps this from being a pick is the overwhelming detail Bledsoe went into. His decision to include so much family history made sense as far as the storyline, but I think he could have been cut a lot of it out to make the story not drag on so much.

cathysaid Agreed. It could have been about 100 pages shorter... I skimmed a bit. But still a good read. 7y

Mdargusch Still a crazy story. 7y

emilyhaldi Wow. A month to read!!! 7y

Reviewsbylola Ikr! @emilyhaldi 7y

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cathysaid

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

pick

This quote kept coming to mind as I read this #truecrime book about multiple murders within one Southern family in the early 1980's. While these people fulfilled stereotypes of batshit crazy "kissin' cuzzins" in many ways, the fascinating story is ultimately a tragic one. I couldn't look away. Think Steel Magnolias meets Jerry Springer.

#blameitonlitsy (specifically @Mdargusch ... I think ?)

Tamra š¤£ Great quote! 7y

cathysaid @Tamra Isn't it? And so true. Over the years, any time I had to see a new doctor and they came in for the "meet and greet" where they ask about family history, I warned them they would need a flow chart to figure it out...and if they weren't from the south, they never believed me. But after five minutes, they would leave and come back in with a legal pad to take notes. ??? (edited) 7y

Mdargusch Yes! It was me @cathysaid . Isn‘t that the craziest, most tragic story? And that quote!!! š‘¸š¸¼š‘¸š¸¼š‘¸š¸¼ 7y

SilversReviews Love it!! 7y

cathysaid @Mdargusch @SilversReviews I miss that silly, charming show. 7y

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Mdargusch

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

I‘m wondering how I don‘t remember this case. So many family members and people related through marriage are killed. I am loving the writing style. Bledsoe throws in a few murders then develops all the characters and then suddenly more murders and all the pieces fit together. It is frightening look at what people with mental illness are capable of. And the main character hates her ex and loves her cousin?!?! #kisskissbangbang #tuneintonovember

Cinfhen, Robothugs

Kaye Nice picture ! There are a lot of main characters playing part in this story. š§ 7y

Mdargusch I had to keep this photo handy while listening to this on audiobook @kaye because I couldn‘t keep the characters straight- there are so many. Also I would‘ve said ā€Susie Newsome Lynchā€¯ but that darn word limit restricts me. 7y

Kaye Yea I remembered reading it so long ago that when I re-read it, all I could remember was Delores and her daughter. I had no clue who the killer was. Jerry Bledsoe is such a good writer ! 7y

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MallenNC This happened near where I grew up and my parents knew some of the people (indirectly). Jerry Bledsoe is a great true crime writer. 7y

IamIamIam Oooooooh!!!! 7y

Mdargusch I‘m sure that was a crazy thing to happen in that community @MallenNC ! 7y

MallenNC @Mdargusch Yes! And when I read the book years later that made it even creepier. 7y

Cinfhen Sounds crazzzy 7y

Robothugs Sounds crazy but good! 7y

AmyG Bledsoe writes good true crime books. (edited) 7y

emilyhaldi This is bonkers 7y

Reviewsbylola Wow, a lot of them were killed. š¬ 7y

LeahBergen Yikes! I don‘t remember hearing or reading about this either. š¤” 7y

Mdargusch So many killed that I can‘t believe I don‘t remember @LeahBergen and @Reviewsbylola ! 7y

mjdowens Iļø¸ am listening to this one as an audiobook. This author really really goes in depth into the history of everyone š‚š‚ 7y

Mdargusch He sure does @mjdowens but it all fell into place. 7y

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Mdargusch

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder | Jerry Bledsoe

I‘m listening to this true crime. So many family members are killed in this one and I have no idea how they are all connected. #27 #whatimlisteningtotoday #novemberbythenumbers

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Kaye Good one ! 7y

AmyG I enjoyed this, too. 7y

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