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Murder Book

Murder Book

By: Michael Connelly
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 Sam Little, the FBI’s most prolific serial killer roamed free for five decades, murdering women at will. But in 2012 he came to the attention of Detective Mitzi Roberts and everything changed. This opportunistic killer had long stayed below law enforcement’s radar because of the victims he chose: Women from the fringe — drug users and sex workers paid little attention to by society. Murder Book Season 2: The Women Who Stopped Sam Little follows this Los Angeles Police Department cold case investigator's relentless hunt for Little across the country to capture and convict him with the help of a group of equally fierce women that included a prosecutor, a writer and several women who survived brutal attacks from Little.Copyright Murder Book Social Sciences True Crime
Episodes
  • Q&A - Part 2

    Q&A - Part 2
    Dec 21 2020
    Mitzi Roberts and others answer questions from listeners to the podcast. (Part 2)
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    39 mins
  • Q&A - Part 1

    Q&A - Part 1
    Dec 21 2020
    Mitzi Roberts and others answer questions from listeners to the podcast. (Part 1)
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    44 mins
  • The Road Goes On Forever

    The Road Goes On Forever
    Nov 30 2020
    Chapter 10 - Final thoughts and reporting on the Sam Little case. The LAPD went on two ride alongs with Sam Little in an effort to clear the 17 additional murders he said he committed in the area. To date only one has been solidly identified. It leaves one investigator to question whether Little’s numbers are exaggerated. Meanwhile, all three of the partners Detective Mitzi Roberts worked with on the case have retired and Roberts has been promoted to head of the cold case unit where 6,000 unsolved cases await her attention.
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    36 mins
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Outstanding storytelling with excellent pacing and narration from the most experienced crime writer in the world when it comes to historical homicide cases investigated by LAPD. The most interesting real cases are hand selected for your enjoyment, where the fascinating mechanics of investigations are revealed. You are taken on a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, follies and fortune. Well worth your time. Imagine having someone cherry pick the absolute best story from their 40 years of crime reporting and prese it to you in the most digestible and entertaining manner possible... that's Murder Book. Bring on Series 3!

FANTASTIC True Crime Storytelling

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excellent thought provoking as per always .well prepared and researched
Still think that the psychopath is wired so differently from the very start despite the environment.Some become high achieving company directors as the lack of empathy gives them the push to get to the top of the rat race .So i guess its up to the individual person predisposed how they channel themselves.

psychopathy of the psychopath

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I am an enormous fan of Michael Connelly as an author and as a journalist before his now famous crime series, which include both Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer, so was excited when I saw this pod cast series about a serial killer who operated over several decades, and the people who stopped him.
Perhaps I would have been more impressed if I had been able to find the first series, but was only able to get this, series two, about the conclusion of Little's career and two sets of questions and answers. These were OK, I suppose, but nothing remarkable, and had to be heard against a really poor recording quality, often hesitant or rambling responses and the interruption several times of advertising by, amongst others, unrelated book titles and the food menu delivery service, Hello Fresh.

I'm sure it was all done with the very best intentions, but I personally found it excruciating, disappointing and I won't be listening again to anything similar

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