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Gone at Midnight
- The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
- De: Jake Anderson
- Narrado por: Erik Bloomquist
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
Twenty-one-year-old Vancouver student Elisa Lam was last heard from on January 31, 2013, after she checked into downtown LA's Cecil Hotel - a 600-room building with a nine-decade history of scandal and tragedy. The next day, Elisa vanished. A search of the hotel yielded nothing. More than a week later, complaints by guests of foul-smelling tap water led to a grim discovery: Elisa's nude body floating in a rooftop water tank, in an area extremely difficult to access without setting off alarms.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to enjoy this but...
- De Lori D. Reim en 06-15-20
- Gone at Midnight
- The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
- De: Jake Anderson
- Narrado por: Erik Bloomquist
I need to see some sources here, Jake
Revisado: 09-03-20
Some of the things the author presents as undisputed struck an odd chord with me, so I tried to find where he might have sourced them. As one example, he says that the night stalker was made an honorary member of the church of satan after his sentencing. The only source I could find agreeing with this is from a book (side-note: it appears to have been written during the heyday of the satanic panic) that comes from interviews with the murderer himsef, who by all accounts was a church of satan fanboy. So he’s taking this story as fact, over several other credible sounding first-hand accounts saying lavey thought ramirez was quite a creep and had to chase him off his property at least once after he was caught sneaking around there at night. At this point in the book I got fed up with Jake and started to notice how much he complains about authorities not giving him information. It really seems like every other sentence ends with “...but the mean police man won’t give me the information I asked for”. Given how much effort he’s put into researching other details he’s included, I gotta doubt how hard he tried there. I am picturing hin sending one email to one cop from his yahoo account and not getting a reply, that level of effort seems about in line with the rest of it.
A more minor point, but his lack of insight about other people’s motivations is a mildly infuriating theme all through the book. “Surely nobody would stay at a hotel with so many crazy stories linked to it, so much character, possibly haunted, what appeal could that possibly hold for anybody”.
I guess the book serves a purpose in presenting the case somewhat compassionately, but I’d advise just watching the Brainscratch videos about it on youtube instead as these seem to be Jake’s primary (only?) source for information directly related to the case, and John Lordan presents it in a less irresponsible way. Jake doesn’t deserve your hard earned audible credits.
No complaints about the narration.
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: Alexander Spencer
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 14
Here are nine of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, tales that showcase the talents of literature's most famous sleuth. This thrilling anthology includes such favorites as "Silver Blaze", in which a prize racehorse disappears; "Yellow Face", where Holmes confesses to a rare error; and "The Musgrave Ritual", one of his most famous cases. The collection concludes with the poignant, historic "The Final Problem", as Dr. Watson recalls Holmes's tragic death at the hands of Professor Moriarty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic tales of the most famous detective
- De Mark en 05-31-03
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- De: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrado por: Alexander Spencer
Get some other version!
Revisado: 03-29-10
The audio quality for this book is terrible. It's completely unlistenable. It's like fingernails on a chalk board- I can't believe Audible would sell something of this poor quality.
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