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Beyond Reason
- The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder, a Brilliant, Beautiful Virginia Socialite, and a Deadly Psychotic Obsession
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
The Woman: She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled, willful daughter of privilege.
The Lover: He was the brilliant young son of a German diplomat. But his love for Elizabeth would draw Jens Soering into a web of madness and murder.
The Murder: When Elizabeth's parents were found savagely butchered in their elegant Virginia country home, she and Jens fled to Europe - igniting an international manhunt that spanned three continents.
The Trial: The sensational courtroom drama that followed painted a twisted portrait of two golden youths consumed by hatred and perverse fantasies. Elizabeth's startling testimony - and intimations of acts and desires that went beyond mere murder - would reveal a tangled web of dark secrets and deadly obsession.
Contains mature themes.
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- Jacinta Duffy
- 03-04-23
Brilliant and enthralling.
I could barely stop listening to this incredibly well written story. A must listen for true crime Audible fans. The narrator was really terrific and also did a good job with the various accents, although Elizabeth's imitation voice was annoying at times. What a twist of the story at the end. Elizabeth got a severe sentence, as she did not actually commit the murders. I firmly believe it was Yens despite what is mentioned at the end of the book, which doesn't seem at all credible to me. I also really enjoyed the trial encounters too. The author never mentioned what sentence the German man received, which was disappointing. I did Google and saw a headline that said he was freed, presumably for extradition to Germany. Altogether, it waa a most horrendous and horrific crime. Highly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-04-23
Fabulous story
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and had to chuckle at the narrator doing character accents. Especially Elizabeth 🤣. One of the best audio books I've listened to in a long time.
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- Coco51
- 12-07-23
Absorbing
I was fascinated by the way Elizabeth ran circles around the prosecutor, her clever twists and turns making a mockery of truth. When it came to Jens, I can say that Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon was a very grim place for Jens to be - I lived a few minutes walk away from the crumbling buildings built between 1883 and 1888.
However the mystery of who killed Elizabeth’s parents, remains,
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- Shane canning
- 15-01-24
Love it fantastic narratation
Great narratation interesting true crime evil adults killing their family hard to trust anyone in this world love the andy mcdowell accent for the girl so funny love the fiction into the real story and funny usa accents as well
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- Tough but fair
- 14-03-24
Terrible writing
This is so badly written that I had to give up after the first 30 minutes
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- Kaye
- 30-09-23
vile
the horrible american assumptions about the English, there is no such thing as 'britishers' is bloody awful and the homophobic language is disgusting.
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