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Too Pretty to Live
- The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
In this stunning true-crime thriller of Facebook, catfishing, and jealousy, a double murder begins with the click of a button.
When Bill Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth began their romance, they unknowingly set in motion a diabolical plot that would end with them murdered in their own home, Hayworth holding their mercifully unharmed infant.
Chris was a CIA agent who was concerned about Jenelle. Seeing the cyberbullying she had endured, and worried for her safety, Chris got in touch with Jenelle's protective parents and her devoted boyfriend, warning them that Payne and Hayworth were a danger to Jenelle. He got especially close with Jenelle's mother, Barbara, who thought of Chris like a son, though she had never met him. Chris claimed that surveillance of Payne and Hayworth revealed that the two of them were planning on harming Jenelle, that it was imminent, and that something needed to be done immediately. Chris promised that he would have their back if they were to act to protect Jenelle. And so they did. Jenelle's father, Buddy, and her boyfriend, Jamie, broke into the home of Payne and Hayworth and murdered them in their own home.
What the police investigation turned up, though, made this crime all the more terrifying. Jenelle had been Chris the entire time, catfishing her family and her boyfriend to act in vengeance on her behalf. Using forensic linguistics and diving through the brambles that Jenelle laid to cover her tracks, police were able to put together a chilling portrait of a sociopath made all the more ruthless by the anonymity of her online life.
Bizarre and unforgettable, Dennis Brooks examines the crime and trial from all angles, bringing his expertise as the lead prosecutor in this strange and disturbing case.
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- A.Connor
- 13-09-17
'icky narration alert..
re-telling of this prosecutorial case involves the narrator reading dozens of emails, social media posts, text messages & the the like sent by the defendants.
At least one of these defendants is learning-disabled & narrator in his wisdom, elects to read these extracts in his best 'learning disabled' style.. painful & inappropriate.
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- Lisa-Marie Hawkins
- 16-05-23
Thoroughly enjoyed
Brilliant book, really enjoyed it. Lots of great twists. The narrator has a nice voice too. Read it in less than two days!
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- Julie
- 16-04-23
Absolutely unbelievable, yet true!
So incredibly sad that this really happened. Social media/ Internet often has alot to answer for. This is so terribly sad. I am hoping Tyler is ok.
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- Aussie1988
- 31-01-23
Excellent book
Excellent book, would highly recommend. Well read as well. And goes to show how dangerous the Internet can be
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- Nick
- 13-01-23
Fascinating and sad story.
Fantastic narration. John Pruden kept it flowing, his voice perfect for any crime situation. Fascinating crime case.
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- tazo
- 17-10-22
awful.
I have a headache after all of that. sad about the deaths and the baby but the rest of it was just too much. it was like a 12 year old wrote it
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-10-22
To much about author
Would have enjoyed it more if the author didn’t talk about how he did this and he did that all the time. Could have been told better if it more about the case and less about how brilliant he is
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- saucerpeople
- 07-08-22
There is nothing so strange as folk.
Labyrinthine tale written by the actual prosecutor of the case. He does a great job of laying out the case and taking us deep inside the minds and lives of those prosecuted.
Like in all true crime stories, we should acknowledge the victims, both living and dead.
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- siobhan brophy
- 13-07-22
wow!
very intricate and detailed account of this trial. worth sticking with. i won't lie, i rewound a few times because i couldn't believe what i was hearing.
absolutely shocking story.
i would recommend this to anyone interested in true crime.
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- Izzy
- 22-06-22
Probably a good story but strange narration so I’ve given up!
This is probably quite a good book but it’s hard to listen to as a lot of most chapters contain emails and messages being read and for some reason that I can’t figure out, the narrator reads them seemingly without punctuation and particularly robotically.
The rest is read in a ‘grandpa telling a tale’ kind of way which is pleasant but boy the reading of the emails/message are monotonous torture. I don’t know what chapter I’m on but it feels like it’s probably at least a four digit number.
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