The courts have had the McMartin Pre-School molestation case-Southern California’s contribution to such repugnant affairs-for more than six years. This case took 15 months from arrest to conviction, including five weeks for trial. Prosecutors relate that the children’s statements allege more than 500 counts of sexual abuse-but they will avoid what they refer to as the “mistakes made in the McMartin case,” among them limiting the charges to a few dozen.
Dade County has the luck and/or wisdom to summon Miami child psychologists Laurie and Joe Braga (played by Jill Clayburgh and Brad Davis), who figured this might be some sort of minor molesting.īut the succession of one child after another-through patient, delicate questioning, 49 video tapes worth-reveals the scope of the scandal. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.The story begins with suspicions spreading through the little suburb-then exploding into denial, then confusion, then panic. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. There are 13 pieces in all, and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to modern audiences.
Michelle Dean’s “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick” went viral when it was first published and is the basis for the TV show The Act, and Pamela Colloff’s “The Reckoning” is the gold standard for forensic journalism. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark, best sellers like I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and Furious Hours, and TV hits like American Crime Story and Wild Wild Country, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable.Īcclaimed author of The Real Lolita and editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true-crime tales. The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real Lolita.
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