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This shocking true-crime book from John Dean details a notorious murder that took place in the heart of Indianapolis in the mid-1960s.

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In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid-1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come . . .

When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many others—including some of Baniszewski's own children—participated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one House of Evil.

"House of Evil is the gold standard for understanding the events of the Likens case." ---The Unassuming Scholar

House of Evil

The Indiana Torture Slaying

Author John Dean

Narrated by John Glouchevitch

Publication date Oct 25, 2016

Running time 6 hrs 28 min

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