And I Cried, Too, Mike Hartnett
And I Cried, Too, Mike Hartnett
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And I Cried, Too
Confronting Evil in a Small Town (a memoir)

Author: Mike Hartnett

Narrator: Ben Stanton

Unabridged: 4 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Meadowlark

Published: 09/12/2023

Synopsis

Mike and his wife, Barbara, moved to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1972. The town of 17,000 was charming, friendly, and safe. As employees of Lincoln College, a small, private junior college, they quickly grew to enjoy the subtle pleasures of small-town living. Then the campus was hit with a series of burglaries and a student disappeared. Finally, the murders began. This is Mike Hartnett’s personal story, memories that have taken him more than forty years to write. This is not a true crime exposé or a who-dunnit mystery. This is simply a story about one man on the periphery of a series of events that devastate a community for a time. It is a story about the guilt that lingers and the questions that remain.
About the Author:Mike Hartnett was a retired high school English/Speech teacher and business journalist (magazine columnist and editor and newsletter publisher), winning awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He led a memoir-writing group for the Douglas County Senior Citizen Center and was a co-leader of a men’s writing group at the Douglas County Jail.     Mike is the co-author of a play, Worthy of the Name, which was presented at Chicago’s Cultural Affairs Center, and a collaborator of a readers’ theater production, Prose & Cons, Voices From Behind Bars. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on January 12, 2021

As a resident of Lincoln, IL at the time of these murders, I distinctly remember the fear felt by the town at the time. Ann Fry became a friend of mine for several years before her death. Every time Smerker came up for parole, she was notified. Her brother's murder haunted her for her entire life. T......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on May 01, 2020

Mike Hartnett did an excellent job of sharing his recollections of a cold-blooded murderer. His knowledge of the perpetrator haunted him long after the horrific acts the man had committed. Mr. Hartnett not only reveals his own emotions but tells the effects the crimes had on his friends and people i......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on April 12, 2023

Puts you right in the middle of things WOW I felt like was going through the pain and fear of a serial killer. Would I be the next victim? How did I become involved in this craziness? Could I have been the reason for a college boy's murder? So many questions even when the book is finished that will n......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne GA on March 08, 2024

Exceptional Account of Encountering a Sociopath Mikes story is that of an everyday kind of guy doing exceptional work with students at a nondescript (sorry Lincoln College and Mike) college. Sadly he was involved, as a counselor, with a student who defied all of the odds and stayed in a setting wher......more

Goodreads review by SheMac on July 20, 2023

A little gem of a book that I purchased only because I was having a hard time finding my next read. It's really two books in one. On the one hand, it's a charming portrait of life at a small college in a small Midwestern town. On the other hand, it's a true crime story told from a different perspect......more

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