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The author injects a lot of unsettling details to flesh out and humanize the abuse. This book was extremely uncomfortable to listen to. And it's usually 1 victim after another, not continued brutality toward 1 person. However, most of those instances are against teens and adults, not young children. I read a lot of true crime and I'm used to encountering depraved violence. Did you find this review helpful? If so, would you please take a moment and select the 'helpful' button below? Thanks so much!
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I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher for an honest review. I'd listen to narrations of his in the future. He did a good job and I had no problem following along and enjoying the listen, as well as one can "enjoy" this type of story.
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Did his narration blow me away? No, but this wasn't a book where the narration allowed the reader to really show off narration skills. Steve White did a good job narrating this audiobook. It's difficult to listen to, but if you want a true crime story that will really get under your skin, this is the book you want to listen to. While listening, I was thinking of the psychological affect that she had on her children and the other kids that she allowed and encouraged to torture Sylvia and I'm just speechless. What she did, and allowed and encouraged others to do to poor Sylvia and Jenny Likens is just reprehensible beyond anything I can even describe. Gertrude Baniszewski is pure evil, plain and simple. I love true crime, horror, suspense, etc. I know the book has a warning that if you're sensitive to descriptive account of abuse and violence then you may not want to listen to this story is a well placed warning. The fact that it's a true story is just.wow. Torture Mom by Ryan Green left me pretty speechless. Simply unbelievable how beyond cruel people can be I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom. The narration was smooth and easy to follow. It is a difficult story, but Sylvia deserves for the truth to be told. None of the perpetrators should have ever seen the light of day. The penalties for these people were either non-existent or extremely lenient. How, and why, the neighborhood kids came over and joined in, is beyond me. Sylvia suffered horrendously basically due to what began as shallow jealously. I refuse to state her name, although I will never forget it. This book has a slightly different perspective, so it was interesting to kind of get the back story of the adult murderous ringleader. I live in Indy and have known this story all my life. I feel that it is important to say her name. She was brutally, brutally, brutally, tortured and murdered for no reason whatsoever. This is the story of Sylvia Likens of Indianapolis, Indiana in the 1960s. If you are especially sensitive to this material, it might be advisable not to listen any further. The case shocked the entire nation and would later be described as "The single worst crime perpetuated against an individual in Indiana's history".Ĭaution: This audiobook contains descriptive accounts of abuse and violence. While she played an active role in Sylvia's death, the majority of the abuse was carried out by her children and other neighborhood youths. Gertrude Baniszewski oversaw and facilitated the torture and eventual murder of Sylvia Likens. She was starved, beaten, burned, and had the words "I am a prostitute and proud of it" carved into her stomach. In October 1965, the body of Sylvia Likens was found in the basement of the Baniszewski home, where she had been imprisoned. What transpired in the following three months was both riveting and chilling. Sadly, the environment created a dangerous hierarchy of social Darwinism where the strong preyed on the weak. The Baniszewski household was overrun with children. In July 1965, teenagers Sylvia and Jenny Likens were left in the temporary care of Gertrude Baniszewski, a middle-aged single mother, and her seven children.