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The epic horrors of psychopathic mastermind Eddie Lee Sexton from the New York Times bestselling author who "knows how to dramatize true crime" (Elmore Leonard).

For years, Eddie Lee Sexton ruled his large family like Charles Manson. The depraved patriarch dominated his ragged brood of twelve children mentally, physically, and sexually, and enforced every cruelty imaginable, from vicious beatings to raping his daughters and fathering their children. Finally, in 1992, Sexton's eighteen-year-old daughter Machelle, seeking refuge in a women's shelter, revealed the shocking, sordid details of her father's abuse to authorities.

As the law attempted to catch up to Eddie Lee Sexton, he moved his family to a mobile home in western Florida. Ultimately, Sexton's efforts to escape prosecution led to two grisly murders in his own family. Yet Sexton's sick genius almost helped him elude the justice he deserved. Lowell Cauffiel's true-crime masterpiece vividly exposes the horrors of Eddie Lee Sexton's psychosis and the shattered lives of those who survived.

Contains mature themes.

©1997, 2014 Lowell Cauffiel (P)2023 Tantor True Crime Murder Crime Scary Sexual Crimes & Assault Biographies & Memoirs
Well-researched Story • Well-written Account • Deep Sonorous Voice • Disturbing True Crime • Intense Storytelling

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A sick and sad story of a dysfunctional family. As sick as their story was still a good story to have read. I had no clue about this family. I only wish the survivors the best in their future.

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I do love the huskiness of his voice and it would have been good, but it was just a little too deep and quiet that, to my ears, he sounded as if he had a mouthful of marbles. Maybe just some audio tweeks could help greatly. I feel like I missed a lot of the good details bc of not being able to hear, even at full volume or trying to decipher what he had said. Also I think I just had audio fatigue from the voice. I know I would love this book with just a few little tweeks!

poor narriator

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So. Well. Done. If you want to throw up in your mouth and be unable to turn it off, choose this. Plus the bonus thick, rich, deep voice = great great great!

- like it's a passing conversation -

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Excellent detailed read. Warning there is extensive child abuse in the true story. It is about real monsters. Appreciate the psychology of the perpetrators

chilling

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The narrators voice is not pleasant to listen to. Throughout most of the book you can also hear him wheezing through his nose, which is gross

Good writing, poor narration

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