My Sweet Angel
The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood
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My Sweet Angel
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Narrated by:
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Shaun Grindell
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By:
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John Glatt
About this listen
Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015, when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett. Prosecutors alleged that the 27-year-old mother had poisoned him with high concentrations of salt through his stomach tube.
To the outside world, Lacey had seemed like the perfect mother, regularly posting dramatic updates on her son's harrowing medical problems. But in reality, Lacey was a textbook case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. From the time he was an infant, she deliberately made Garnett sick to elicit sympathy from medical professionals, as well as her hundreds of followers on Facebook and other social media. When a Westchester County jury found her guilty of killing Garnett in April 2015, she was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
Using Lacey's own never-before-seen Facebook, Twitter, and blog posts, an exclusive prison interview with Lacey herself, as well as interviews with her family and the three police investigators who broke the case, My Sweet Angel gives the definitive account of this extraordinary case that shocked the world.
©2016 John Glatt (P)2016 TantorWhat listeners say about My Sweet Angel
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- Avid Reader
- 04-02-2023
Heartbreaking
The narrator was very good but too much repetitiveness on witness statements where it felt like the chapters were doubling up. The doctors and child protection should of done so much more early in this case. How many reports and complaints are needed before someone listens. RIP Garnett!
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- Hanna
- 19-10-2024
An interesting story
I find no issue with the story, it is incredibly sad but the author did a lot of very impressive research and explains complicated medical terminology really well.
The loss of stars is for the performance, or maybe editing? There were several times towards the end when the same section of text is repeated numerous times and some of the chapters abruptly end mid sentence.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-2024
Thorough
Although there was a lot of investigation I found the book a little repetitive. I would still recommend the read
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- Anonymous User
- 22-03-2023
Heartbreaking
This true story by John Glatt was well written although a little repetitive at times. It amazes and angers me that so many people did nothing to stop the mother and protect her darling little boy!!
I don’t understand why so many people turned a blind eye.
Rest in peace Garnett
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- Sienna-Rose
- 23-06-2019
Tragic, Heartbreaking.
This book by John Glatt reveals the deep details of a tragic and heartbreaking story of a little boy, Garnett, and his struggle for life. This book too reveals the life of Garnett's mother, Lacey, and her struggle with a factitious disorder imposed on another, or Munchhausen by proxy. The book did occasionally repeat mundane details, and this slowed down the experience but overall this book is fantastic and incredibly sad.
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- DAC
- 07-02-2023
Tragic story well told
Gut wrenching true story told well. This book was interesting and well researched. I’ll be hugging my son tonight.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-11-2023
Long and drawn out
Goes over n over the same story.
Could have easily been condensed into 3 hours
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- Glenys Holmes
- 19-01-2024
Unbelievable
Highly highly recommend
Well written, well narrated, true crime at its unbelievable best.
Could not put this one down.
Fascinating and never tedious.
If you find true crime fascinating you will need to listen to this one!!!
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- Carly Coleman
- 06-07-2017
Mispronunciations
I was surprised and annoyed by the readers constant mispronunciation of certain words. Other than that it was a good book.
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- Lynnette
- 16-06-2017
Scary and very able to happen...the word of the mother
I work in a mental illness unit as an administrator and know a lot of bazaar things happen in the world. This story is a must to read even if its just to broaden your horizons. Facebook is the new world of sensationalism ...there are so many suckers out there waiting to believe in the good of the world..this story will make you see fb as a tool or weapon..read it and feel stunned
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