TERRY A DELBENE author of 'Dem Bon'z
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Dr. H.H. Holmes and The Whitechapel Ripper
- De: Dane Ladwig
- Narrado por: Alex Hyde-White Punch Audio
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 51
Serial killer doctor Henry Howard "H.H." Holmes was the most viable suspect for the 1888 Whitechapel London murders attributed to the enigma we have come to know as "Jack the Ripper". The research in this nonfiction true crime investigative journal of documents and case file historic accounts reveals startling information that leads the listener to perhaps the most hidden secrets behind the crimes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wait, Holmes and Mudgett are the same guy, right?
- De Buretto en 03-31-17
Linking Together the Superstars of Serial Murder
Revisado: 04-03-16
Would you listen to Dr. H.H. Holmes and The Whitechapel Ripper again? Why?
Yes. I want to go through it with Whispersync (which the audio version encourages but apparently is not available.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Holmes has to be the star. If we made him up, no one would believe such a monster is plausible.
What about Alex Hyde-White, Punch Audio’s performance did you like?
He managed to pronounce most of the names of people and places, not an easy feat with such a book.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
The book doesn't close the case on Jack the Ripper but clearly adds some food for thought by suggesting the documented presence of Dr. H.H. Holmes in Whitechapel contemporary with the murders of Jack the Ripper. Some of the sections were disappointing in their inability to take the presence of Holmes further. The hypothesis of Holmes doing the fifth killing is an interesting one. As a novelist, there is a lot of useful reanalysis of material to fuel imaginative stories, though I think we would all trade our fanciful tales for true closure and enlightenment on this series of crimes.
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Blood of the Prophets
- Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
- De: Will Bagley
- Narrado por: Charles Henderson Norman
- Duración: 20 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the 30-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets is an award-winning, riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Will Bagley Hits Another One Out of the Park
- De TERRY A DELBENE author of 'Dem Bon'z en 08-31-15
- Blood of the Prophets
- Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
- De: Will Bagley
- Narrado por: Charles Henderson Norman
Will Bagley Hits Another One Out of the Park
Revisado: 08-31-15
Would you consider the audio edition of Blood of the Prophets to be better than the print version?
No
Who was your favorite character and why?
Brigham Young
What aspect of Charles Henderson Norman’s performance would you have changed?
He needs to learn how to pronounce words like Lemhi.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I liked Will's handling of the background to the massacre.
Any additional comments?
Will Bagley is the best historian of the Western Trails since Dale Morgan. This is a very important book and lays to rest many of the myths perpetuated about this historic event.
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action
- Twentieth-Century Battles
- De: H. P. Willmott
- Narrado por: Jim Seitz
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 47
This audiobook is a detailed and comprehensive account of the fighting from both sides. It provides the context of the battle, most obviously in terms of Japanese calculations and the search for "a fitting place to die" and "the chance to bloom as flowers of death."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Analytical history, told with gravitas
- De Lloyd W. Bridges en 07-01-15
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action
- Twentieth-Century Battles
- De: H. P. Willmott
- Narrado por: Jim Seitz
Missed opportunities
Revisado: 06-15-15
There were a myriad of mispronunciations. Rarely have I endured a text so well-leavened with self-aggrandizing pomposity. History is about people other than the historian.
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