Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Toxic Love
- The Shocking True Story of the First Murder by Cancer
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Toxic Love
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
Omaha, Nebraska, 1978.
Sandy Johnson was in shock. Her husband, Duane, and young daughter, Sherrie, were violently ill when word arrived that her infant nephew just died of mysterious causes. Days earlier, the entire family was happy, healthy, and living the American dream. Now they were at the center of a terrifying medical crisis.
Duane soon died in a condition unlike anything the doctors had ever seen. As they raced to discover what disease or toxin could have done so much damage so quickly, Lt. Foster Burchard of the Omaha police began to suspect foul play. Sandy herself became a primary suspect, as did her ex-boyfriend Steven Harper - a man prone to violence who never got over their breakup.
In Toxic Love, investigative reporter and true crime author Tomás Guillen offers a detailed and vivid account of this baffling case from the day of the poisoning to the harrowing trial and the murderer's eventual suicide on death row.
More from the same
What listeners say about Toxic Love
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Melmo25
- 07-06-23
Just appealing and vile
This has to be one of the worst cases of murder I've ever come across. It's one of the most disposable stories I've ever heard. The method of murder rivals ways the Nazis devised in the second world war
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- S. Stewart
- 27-10-23
Very interesting
I am always amazed at the methods people come up with to murder someone and yet never give much thought to the consequences. The devastation and needless suffering of the innocent. This book encapsulates it all
As a side note: I’m grateful for the Plus catalogue that allows me to try different authors without wasting a credit. I would never have read this otherwise
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Linda T
- 05-06-23
Toxic
Toxic love right enough. What a crazy story. Glad he finally got caught. And got his in the end.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- pinksamantha
- 12-07-23
Absolutely Brilliant
I loved listening to the story, though I didn’t like the narrator’s voice, I put up wit it as I was totally gripped by the story from the beginning.
Such a sad story and knowing that this is a true story makes it worse. What a truly awful way to die. I have no sympathy for the murderer.
I was gripped the whole way through and wanted to know more. This is worth listening too even with the horrible voice (it sounded stunted and robotic).
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Elphie Dickinson
- 21-12-23
The Author Forgot Who The Villain Was
It absolutely blew my mind how more sympathy was extended by the author to a man who killed four people, two excruciatingly slowly, than to his intended victim. Fascinating case but terrible narrative.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!