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The Shadow of Death
- The Hunt for the Connecticut River Valley Killer
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
In the mid-1980s, someone stabbed six women to death in the Connecticut River Valley on the border between New Hampshire and Vermont. The murderer remains at large and the total number of his victims is unknown. In this brilliant work of true crime reportage, New York Times-bestselling author Philip E. Ginsburg provides fascinating insights into the groundbreaking forensic methods used to track the killer and paints indelible portraits of the lives he cut so tragically short.
The Shadow of Death recreates the fear that consumed the idyllic region when young women began to disappear with horrifying regularity. Friends and family of the victims were left to endure the bottomless pain of imagining their loved ones' terrifying last moments. Desperate to stop the slayings, local police and FBI investigators used exotic new techniques to try to unmask the murderer. Ginsburg documents the extraordinary efforts of psychologist John Philpin as he risks his own emotional stability to get inside the mind of a madman.
Law enforcement officials identified several suspects and came tantalizingly close to putting all the pieces of the puzzle together, but it was only after a pregnant woman survived a brutal attack that the killings appeared to stop. The question remains: Could they start again?
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- Joanna
- 04-04-24
Kept me mesmerised
Beautifully read and written. Atmospheric and quite chilling in parts. I’d come across this case before in podcasts and enjoyed learning more of the detail.
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- Jackie
- 21-03-24
excellent flow.....completely drawn in
...it's a shame all true crime can't be as perfectly presented....I hope the truth shows up some day thru dna....???
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- Shane canning
- 13-03-23
Best book ive ever listened too will listen again
What an amazing book amazing stories brillent narratartion listened to all this in one go truly brillent id say they were few serial killers who killed all these girls rip
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- claire adams
- 23-04-23
Fantastic
Great book. Compelling and intriguing from start to finish. Brilliant narrator. Would highly recommend.
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- Mae West
- 21-08-24
Tedious
Ginsberg drags this out unnecessarily. I jumped over six hours as I couldn't stand any more. Where I caught up I felt as though I hadn't missed a thing.
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