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  • The Man with the Candy

  • By: Jack Olsen
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
  • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (41 ratings)

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The Man with the Candy

By: Jack Olsen
Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
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Summary

A full account of the most heinous crime of the century in which nearly 30 young boys were sexually tortured to death.

©1974 Su Olsen / Evan Olsen (P)2018 Su Olsen / Evan Olsen
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As good as always

Jack Olsen and Kevin Pierce together is always amazing. One of the best True crime writers coupled with Pierce, who I would listen to reading the phonebook, is excellent.

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meh

this book was ok. not jack Olsen at his best. The extraordinary scale of the crime and indifference of the police were shocking but overall not a great read.

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Waste of time.

This is a shallow book full of irrelevant info and so much hearsay comments by everyone but important sources like the authorities or similar. This is surely my last Olsen book that I'll ever "open".

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What a disappointment

I’ve listened to all but 2 of Jack Olsens books and this just had the most strange ending. It just finished with a line and then began the end credits. Most bizarre. Really annoyed that it’s cost me my monthly credit.

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Average insight

If your looking to find more insight into the happenings of Dean corll and accomplises, I think you'll be disappointed, in this listen. Not much more information than what you could find on Wikipedia, and what seems to be a lot of filler which is left to the reader to believe if factual or not.

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Not his Best

Hmmm

It didn't flow well for me. It reads like a long piece of journalism but sadly never sits well.

I wish they would release I: the creation of a serial killer.

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