My Mother, a Serial Killer
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Kate Hosking
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A gripping and shocking story of a serial killer mother, and the brave daughter who brought her to justice.
Dulcie Bodsworth was the unlikeliest serial killer. She was loved everywhere she went, and the townsfolk of Wilcannia, which she called home in the late 1950s, thought of her as kind and caring. The officers at the local police station found Dulcie witty and charming, and looked forward to the scones and cakes she generously baked and delivered for their morning tea.
That was one side of her. Only her daughter Hazel saw the real Dulcie. And what she saw terrified her.
Dulcie was in fact a cold, calculating killer who, by 1958, had put three men in their graves—one of them the father of her four children, Ted Baron—in one of the most infamous periods of the state's history. She would have got away with it all had it not been for Hazel.
Written by award-winning journalist Janet Fife-Yeomans together with Hazel Baron, My Mother, A Serial Killer is both an evocative insight into the harshness of life on the fringes of Australian society in the 1950s, and a chilling story of a murderous mother and the courageous daughter who testified against her and put her in jail.
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- Geneva
- 17-05-2019
What an awesome book!
I really thoroughly enjoyed this, incredible Australian stories like this aren’t things you come across every day. The prose felt a little stiff but the stranger than fiction events more than made up for it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-2019
True crime at its best
For die-hard fans of True Crime writing, how good to have a true story directly from a family member, and so well written and presented by a wonderful team. I'm left feeling sorry for all the poor, unfortunate people that crossed this wicked woman's path, and feeling that Hazel really is a strong and good person.
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- Mick
- 18-04-2018
Great Story
Very interesting twist at the end. Couldn't stop listening very well read great characters and true
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- Jen
- 02-10-2018
One of the best books I've downloaded on Audible
This is a book that made me want to call in sick to work so I could stay home and finish listening to it.
The writers really do recreate the opression and fear of the family members felt living with this cold, manipulative woman.
Initially I found the reader a bit too "Strayan", but then I realised I probably sound just like her. It stopped being an issue after about five minutes when I got used to the reading style.
I can't recommend this book highly enough.
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- Angela
- 12-05-2019
Excellent
Such a captivating story set against the 40's-60's Australian lifestyle. I loved the narration and the flow of the story and can't recommend it enough
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-2019
can't stop listening
As soon as the reading finished, I started again!! thoroughly enjoyed listening to this amazing part of Australian history.
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- Roshana
- 01-05-2019
must listen
This was such an interesting and mindboggling tale so bizarre it's hard to believe it's real.
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- nofaber
- 12-05-2020
What as surprise.
I bought this book in a bit of a hurry not thinking too much. I just wanted an easy to listen to book for a very long drive.
My interest was piqued as it was set close to where I spent my childhood.
The first few pages were a surprise, The descriptions of tents along the Murray River, post war bought back memories of of those tents. I would see them when visiting my uncle's fruit block at Buronga.
Then to my horror I realised I knew a person/family, from Wilcannia, who was mentioned in that book, and I had never been aware of why he 'went away'.
Anyway a very informative book for me but not an enjoyable book in the true sense of the word.
So glad I listened, and yes I was spellbound.
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- miss l j bertie
- 20-05-2019
Love it!
I really enjoyed this book and hazel point of view on her mother a true psychopath who only cared about her self.
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- Jennifer Hansen
- 02-04-2022
A Certainly Different Life
A sad story told with a typical curious Aussie humour. An honest account of a life lived in country towns, and how children survived to tell their story. Thoroughly interesting and a great read.
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