By the Side of the Road, Marla Bernard
By the Side of the Road, Marla Bernard
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By the Side of the Road
The True Story of the Abduction and Murder of Ann Harrison

Author: Marla Bernard

Narrator: Claire Duncan

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/27/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime

Synopsis

In the early hours of March 22, 1989, two friends—career criminals with violent felony convictions—drove around the eastern Kansas City area in a stolen car committing a series of crimes. The weather was mild for late March in Kansas City; the sky was clear, and there was the pale remnant of a Full Moon that bore the dubious name of Death Moon, the last full moon of winter.

A little before 7 A.M., fifteen-year-old Ann Harrison walked to the end of her driveway on Kansas City's east side to wait for the bus to take her to Raytown South High School. Ten minutes later, she disappeared but no one saw what happened. As if waiting for her return, her belongings were still stacked carefully by the side of the road.

By the Side of the Road is the true crime story of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Ann Harrison and the long journey forced upon her family who had to wait nearly three decades to see her killers brought to final justice.

Contains mature themes.

About Marla Bernard

Marla Bernard is a passionate victim's rights advocate, author, and public speaker.

She received her Master of Arts with honors from Baker University. She serves as adjunct faculty for a national university where she has written several criminal justice courses and has been a contributor to national law enforcement publications.

She was recently filmed for an upcoming true crime series in the United Kingdom for an episode based on her first book, Through the Rain.

Her work has been published in two volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is writing her third book, a collection of short stories about individuals whose positive influences significantly impacted her life. Additionally, she is conducting historical research to develop a fictional biography of her ancestor, Margaret Stephenson Scott, the last victim of the Salem Witch Trials.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” ― Sun Tzu. The author follows up with the River Styx and the River of Fire. The foreword contains these tenets and I knew that the book would be a good one. Roderick Nunley and Michael Taylor were a pair of car thieves w......more

Goodreads review by Trudy

Repetitive......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen Riggs

Gruesome And Chilling Read Author Marla Bernard captured me from the beginning with this harrowing story of Ann Harrison, and I found this book is professionally written, and the author did a good job of relaying Ann Harrison life and final moments. This book has a lot of details about the victim, he......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Ann Harrison was a typical teenager, waiting for the school bus when she quickly disappeared. The police were quickly called in, and a search was on. Before long, a heartbreaking discovery would be made - and one that would spark a different type of search - a search for a killer. Set in Raytown, Mis......more

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