House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312946996 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Just the Facts, Ma'am Shanna McQueen I have mixed feelings about this book. It is undoubtedly interesting and well researched and explores, sometimes in horrifying detail, the lengthy torture and eventual death of 16 year old Sylvia Likens in 1965. However, as other reviews of this manuscript have commented, there is little psychological exploration of the motives of 37 year old Gertrude Banisweski to orchestrate and encourage the kind physical pain both she and her children inflicted upon Sylvia in the short months that Sylvia was a boarder at the Baniszewski home. Then again, I am not certain there could be or that certain forms of sociopa. Same story with minor amendments I once owned the reprint of this book, but was so disturbed by what I read that I very scarcely read it and eventually gave it to someone who needed it for research this past spring. Last month I decided to give it another chance and bought this new paperback version. For those who have not heard this story, let me tell you something: This tale of the sadistic side of human nature is just as horrific the second or third or tenth time around as it is the first. To this day, my head spins and my stomach churns as I think of the unspeakable horror that sixteen-year-old Sylvia Likens endured at the hands of h. Horrifying story This book is based on the true story about a young teenage girl put into the care of a supposedly responsible woman. Unfortunately, the woman turned out to be seriously disturbed and took her anger and frustration out on the girl. What was even sadder was that she encouraged her own children and their friends to torment and torture the girl. It was a heartbreaking story which should have been avoided as neighbors were aware that something was wrong in the home and any of the children involved (some of whom did not participate in tormenting the girl) could have contacted the police, told a teacher or even
Soon they would learn how many othersincluding some of Baniszewski's own childrenparticipated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one HOUSE OF EVIL. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come…When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children
Soon they would learn how many othersincluding some of Baniszewski's own childrenparticipated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one HOUSE OF EVIL*With 8 pages of startling photos! *. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come…Behind closed doors…When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. From the
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