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Blood Crimes: The Pennsylvania Skinhead Murders Kindle Edition

by Fred Rosen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Two brothers turn from Jehovah’s Witnesses in Allentown, PA, to neo-Nazi murderers in this true crime investigation from the author of Lobster Boy.

Raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses and frustrated with their parents’ repressive rules, Bryan and David Freeman rebelled as teenagers. Encouraged by an acquaintance he met while institutionalized at a reform school, Bryan became a neo-Nazi. Bryan then indoctrinated David, and their flare for defiance took a dark turn. After callously murdering their father, mother, and younger brother, the skinhead brothers took flight across America, with police from three states in hot pursuit. They were eventually captured in Michigan and returned to Pennsylvania for trial.

During the trial, author Fred Rosen uncovered evidence that one of the brothers might not have been as culpable as authorities claimed, and divulged the history of a family torn apart by stringent religious beliefs.

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“The one true crime masterpiece I have read.” —The Guardian on Lobster Boy

About the Author

Neil Hellegers is a narrator, actor, and educator who lives in Brooklyn with his wife, son, and mutt. His voice work can be heard in various commercials, video games, and numerous audiobooks.

Fred Rosen, a former columnist for the Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times, is an award-winning author of true crime and history books, including Gold!, Did They Really Do It?, and Lobster Boy. He can frequently be seen on the Investigation Discovery network’s Evil Kin and Evil Twins TV series, where he is a regular on-air commentator.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010N002E0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (July 1, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4743 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #638,730 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #14 in Jehovah's Witness Christianity
- #113 in Jehovah's Witness
- #1,037 in Biographies & Memoirs of Criminals

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FRED ROSEN

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I love writing narrative non-fiction. True crime and history have been my metier.

I became a writer on a warm, bright fall night at about one in the morning at USC's film school. I was studying for my Master of Fine Arts when my editing teacher, Ken Robinson, said, "You're a writer aren't you?" He was challenging me on something I had written. And from that moment, I knew that I was one.

Earlier in my career, under the name "Frederic W. Rosen," I was the Camera columnist for The New York Times. Later, I was a journalism professor at Hofstra University and most recently a film professor at the New York Institute of Technology. I eventually was offered the opportunity to write a true crime book and ran with it.

Bat Masterson, The First Dreamer, Lobster Boy and The Bayou Strangler are among the 25 books I have written and published. I get involved with the cases and people I write about. It's the only way I know.

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Jerri Lynn Leader

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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020

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Very sad yet intense book. These boys were so young and get felt they had to kill their family. Or was it the cousin who pushed the brothers, I guess no one really will ever know. Only God and those 3 boys know what went down that night. My prayers to the family for the loss and prayers for those boys they sure do need it.

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Sharon

Good true crime story

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2016

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Good true crime story. Just enough of the boys' character to keep me interested in reading through fairly quickly. Would have liked to know more about the old JW man in the courtroom who "scribbled notes madly." I read this book because I wanted to know why the three boys came to belong to the skinhead movement.

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There are no answers.

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2016

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Fair Book. I bought it mainly because I was raised in Allentown. I also happen to know most of the lawyers and judges involved.
While the writing was fair, I found the author placed too much emphasis on certain areas over others. Too much time going into generational history and not enough concerning the 'boys' day-to-day lives. There was little about the community which may have contributed more to the boys getting into the skinhead movement and too much about the JW. (These boys were NOT Witnesses for quite some time so there is more to learn about WHY they turned to the skinheads).

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Phyllis M. Benoit

Read it

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019

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Great book

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Will never understand how these young men chose to throw ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018

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Will never understand how these young men chose to throw away their lives. I hope they remain in prison for the next 50 years.

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2017

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A GREAT READ!!!!

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Alana

A few things I didn't know. Poorly written. ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2017

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A few things I didn't know. Poorly written. Not researched very well (had it been there would be more conversations with the family). He is very obviously biased against the JW religion. Don't bother with this book.

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VA

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2015

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AWESOME!!!

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