By Their Fathers Hand, Monte Francis
By Their Fathers Hand, Monte Francis
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By Their Father's Hand
The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre

Author: Monte Francis

Narrator: John Glouchevitch

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/25/2017

Synopsis

Neighbors were unaware of what went on behind the tightly closed doors of a house in Fresno, California—the home of an imposing, 300-pound Marcus Wesson, his wife, children, nieces, and grandchildren. But on March 12, 2004, gunshots were heard inside the Wesson home, and police officers responding to what they believed was a routine domestic disturbance were horrified by the senseless carnage they discovered when they entered.

By Their Father's Hand is a chilling true story of incest, abuse, madness, and murder, and one family's terrible and ultimately fatal ordeal at the hands of a powerful, manipulative man—a cultist who envisioned vengeful gods and vampires, and totally controlled those closest to him before their world came to a brutal and bloody halt.

About Monte Francis

Monte Francis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist based in San Francisco, California. The Associated Press Television and Radio Association named him Reporter of the Year in 2013 for a region covering thirteen western states. Monte has won four Emmys; the latest in 2015 for his part in NBC Bay Area's coverage of the Napa earthquake. Monte is a graduate of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has a masters of fine arts in creative writing from California State University Fresno.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew

Not the best written book - felt kind of disjointed. I think the author's interest in writing is secondary to the interest in sharing this story. The main reason you would want to read this one is the shock factor. It is over two hundred pages of "WHAT THE!?" and "NO WAY!?". It is hard to believe peo......more

Goodreads review by Cherrybomb

It's always hard for me to rate true crime books because the content is always disturbing. I have to detach myself from the events and concentrate on the quality of the writing and research. In this case, the story was deeply disturbing. Probably the most disturbing book I've ever read. Even so, it w......more

Goodreads review by Michael

JERRY!! JERRY!! JERRY!!.....Wow. This is quite possibly the most bizarre and disgusting group of human beings I have ever heard about. I have read a few true crime books and have learned about some demented people.... but "demented" doesn't even describe these people. Despite the fact that this is a......more

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