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Innocent Blood: A True Story of Obsession and Serial Murder
Written by Terry Ganey
Narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla
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Innocent Blood is the true story of Charles Hatcher and his life of crime-a powerful, and blood-chilling glimpse into the darkness between sanity and madness. It also chronicles a justice system gone wrong.
Throughout his criminal career Hatcher was able to fool dozens of psychiatrists, who repeatedly failed to identify him as a multiple murderer. Hatcher's astonishing skill was not just in his ability to murder and escape imprisonment. He became an expert at manipulating the criminal justice system; overall, he outwitted police, prosecutors, psychiatrists, and judges in twelve cities and eight states.
Terry Ganey first covered this story as a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Later, he spent four years researching the material for this book, interviewing over seventy-five people and reviewing thousands of documents, court transcripts, prison files, police reports, and mental health records.
What emerges is a fascinating and horrifying portrait of a mass murderer at large in America-a murderer who could have stalked his victims in any of our towns and cities, whether urban or rural, large or small.
Contains mature themes.
Throughout his criminal career Hatcher was able to fool dozens of psychiatrists, who repeatedly failed to identify him as a multiple murderer. Hatcher's astonishing skill was not just in his ability to murder and escape imprisonment. He became an expert at manipulating the criminal justice system; overall, he outwitted police, prosecutors, psychiatrists, and judges in twelve cities and eight states.
Terry Ganey first covered this story as a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Later, he spent four years researching the material for this book, interviewing over seventy-five people and reviewing thousands of documents, court transcripts, prison files, police reports, and mental health records.
What emerges is a fascinating and horrifying portrait of a mass murderer at large in America-a murderer who could have stalked his victims in any of our towns and cities, whether urban or rural, large or small.
Contains mature themes.
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Reviews for Innocent Blood
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This book was written and read like a boring timeline of events. There is barely any story to keep me intrigued or even interested. I love listening to true crime books, podcast, etc, but this was not even something I could follow or finish. ☹️
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great listen loved the narrator very interesting look forward to more.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Charles Ray Hatcher, a career criminal, admitted to killing 16 people. All of the crimes took place in the Midwest and California. Charles was a man of many alias and a master manipulator. He convinced law enforcement in several states that he was mentally ill, so he was able to serve time in a hospital rather than in prison. Charles admitted killing Eric Christgen, a 4 year old boy in St. Joseph, Missouri. Another man had already been convicted of this crime. The FBI agent who was able to gain Hatcher's trust had to work long and hard to convince authorities of the convicted man's innocence, and he was eventually freed. This is the story of Hatcher's many crimes and the fight to free an innocent man.