House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying

· St. Martin's Press
4.3
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In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come...

When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many others—including some of Baniszewski's own children—participated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one HOUSE OF EVIL

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4.3
122 reviews
Bree Harrison
June 7, 2015
I heard a brief summary of this story & was compelled to get more of the details. As horrific as it was, I'm surprised at how the trials were combined & even more surprised at how little time each defendant received. I feel like Paula & her mother should have never again seen the light of day after all the indignities they put that child through. Imagine the outcome had she fought back.
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Jerome Cabral
March 7, 2019
If the neighbors would of taken action when they heard Sylvia's cries for help Sylvia might of been saved. what i do believe the ones who took part of her death were not punished enough.
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Dhananjay Bhatkar
July 29, 2015
I know about this book real true story about Sylvia likens story in 2007 an American crime movie done I watch the movie very sad about likens very guilty.
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John Dean is a former newspaper reporter who has had articles published in Rolling Stone, Esquire, and the Chicago Journalism Review.

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