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Bitter Blood

A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

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Bitter Blood

By: Jerry Bledsoe
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
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In this unrelenting real-life drama of three wealthy families connected by marriage and murder, Bledsoe recounts the shocking events, obsessive love, and bitter custody battles that led toward the bloody climax that took nine lives.

©1988 Jerry Bledsoe (P)2015 ListenUp Production, LLC Murder True Crime

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Riveting and full of twists and turns. U was very upset when it was all over!!!

Detailed

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Loved this story, although there were parts that seemed to drag on a bit. Felt like some things there was too much detail we didn’t really need to know. Overall a fascinating story and very interesting end credits

Fascinating

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One of the strangest stories of the hundreds of true crime books I’ve consumed. Remarkable story, that at times defies belief.

Only criticism is that a few hours in there are a number of chapters introducing dozens of new characters, all with long background stories, sometimes with histories of the towns they came from. But once past that it all makes sense.

A story that needs to be heard. The title doesn’t tell half the story.

Outstanding, tragic, baffling, incredible

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Started off well with the murders

Then all off a sudden i got lost talking about the shapes greys id no idea what he was talking about im on chapter 12 and im in and out off this all the time but when i hear him saying the policeeeeeee i laugh so many characters like an episode off twin peaks (uncle early aunt susie newphew will son brian cousin alis lol wow so many characters)

Wow to long hard to keep up

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A tale of murder and intrigue that fans of true crime will enjoy, as well as those who like mystery. The narration was excellent, making the flow of this lengthy work seem just about right, while the attention to detail by the author was also a strong point. My big criticism is the length to which the family background is explored, taking up too much room and, in many places, proving superfluous. My second criticism is that the author fails to ask why law enforcement agencies: 1) botched their jobs so badly and 2) whether anyone was held responsible for that. I suspect the book came out soon after the events described, and that many of the issues raised had yet to be resolved at the time of writing. Overall: worthwhile, but meandering in parts

Bloodlines

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A Gripping and, Also, Moving Piece of Writing, with Extreme Attention to Detail giving You an Intimate Insight into a Human Condition that in Some Way Effects Us All. "You Can Choose Your Friends but You Can't Choose Your Family!" There by The Grace of God Go Us All!!

Dark, Horrifying!

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What made the experience of listening to Bitter Blood the most enjoyable?

Many true crime book focus on just the crime and the investigation/case afterwards. This book however, looks into the background of the people involved, not just them, but the families that they came from. This amount of research adds not only to the speculation of why the crimes were committed but also looks at the feeling of the people who are left behind and how it affected their lives since then.

The narration of the words is excellent and Keven Stillwell has a lovely voice to listen to. He is very suited to this genre. So much so that I am looking to listen to no only more books from this author but read by Mr Stillwell as well.

What about Kevin Stillwell’s performance did you like?

Voice and the feeling that he cared about the story.

Great research and background

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This was an epically long book but worth it. If you don't enjoy listening to long back stories, this isn't the book for you. For me, it just added to the story. At one point, I had to check that this was a true story as it had become so bizarre. Twists and turns to the end. Highly recommend.

An incredible story

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As I love long stories, this book was perfect for me. There’s so much detail and backstory you really get to know the characters. The narrator was very good and really easy to listen to. Loved it.

Brilliant Book

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A very odd read. Not smooth and consistent...jumped from person to person until there was about 15 characters being written about at the same time. Just seemed to be a list of very random facts about random people for the first 50 chapters....(I'm sure l feel asleep through it at least 6 times)....ahh maybe l'm just getting old and need a shorter book next time....Oh!....and it didn’t help that 2 characters weren't even given names until the end they were instead referred to as 'the old man' and 'the younger man'...NOT HELPFUL.

Random boring facts on too many unrelated characters.

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