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Beast of New Castle: The Heart-Pounding Battle to Stop a Savage Killer Kindle Edition

by Larry Sells (Author), Margie Porter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 148 ratings
The terrifying life of a rampaging Indiana killer is vividly chronicled in this true crime book by the co-authors of Race to Justice.
 
Maybe the youngest son of a violent criminal named Hoggy Thompson was born a beast. Maybe rage was beaten into him. One thing was certain, by the time he reached manhood, Jerry Thompson was a savage killer. He had no conscience about rape, child molestation, or thrashing a dozen men in a prison fight. Once he got his hands on a gun, any target would do. He didn't leave witnesses.

When he terrorized an entire courtroom and threatened to rip deputy prosecutor Larry Sells apart, people wondered if there would ever be a way to stop his viciousness. In Beast of New Castle, Sells and co-author Margie Porter take a deep dive into the life and crimes of this unrelenting violent offender, and the desperate quest by law enforcement to stop him for good.
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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    WildBlue Press
  4. Publication date
    February 18, 2020
  5. File size
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About the Author

Margie Porter co-authored Race to Justice with Larry Sells and has returned to document the horrors of a much more dangerous criminal. Margie resides in Indiana, where she cut her teeth as a newspaper feature writer.

Larry Sells prosecutes murderers in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has been interviewed on Investigation Discovery, America's Most Wanted, Oxygen: Snapped, and Sally Jesse Raphael. In Beast of New Castle, he allows readers to face the most terrifying killer he ever battled in the courtroom-at a safe distance, of course.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088WF15R5
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ WildBlue Press (February 18, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 18, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.2 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1948239663
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 148 ratings

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Margie Porter

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Margie Porter was born in West Texas and went to school in Dallas. Then she married a Yankee. (Not her fault. Jay Porter was and still is, the only man on the planet, but he wants to live in Indiana, north of the Mason-Dixon line.)

In the 1970's she began freelancing for the local Tipton Tribune and was assigned the farm beat. This was awkward, because she was in farm country, a universe away from Dallas city streets, and she had never seen a real pig. And when sent to find an interviewee who was out "plowing the southwest 40," she could only respond, "Will you point?"

Forced to learn about agriculture, Margie gained finely honed research skills. These paid off later when her supermarket job placed her in charge of their tobacco shop and almost $100,000 worth of premium hand-rolled cigars. Margie had never smoked, but she knew how to research and she had an understanding of what various soils and climates do to a crop. She educated herself and broke state sales records. Later, placed in charge of the wine department, she did the same thing; she did not drink alcohol.

Margie initially saw herself as a humorist and possibly a children's book writer. Fascination with crime probably emerged from being married to a family of morticians. Then her mother married a man who appeared to be the criminal type. He was extremely controlling, probably abusive, and in 2002, her mother died from starvation. There was no justice. The husband was a wealthy and powerful man with a litany of "reasonable excuses" for his wife's death.

The anger still burned when Indianapolis Special Crimes Prosecutor Larry Sells sat in her writers' group and told stories about some of the hideous murderers he had convicted. One of the stories was about Cynthia Albrecht, a brave and daring young woman who made a joyful life for herself on the IndyCar circuit. Then she was murdered.

Given the opportunity to write Cindy's story, Margie polished off her research skills and teamed up with Sells to write "Race to Justice." She will forever feel honored to have written this story.

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  • goldengirl53019;
    5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely heart pounding as you read it knowing a lot of the people in it!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2022
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    It was hard to believe that some of the people we knew so well could actually do some of the things described in this book! It’s really sad!!!
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  • Wanda M. Keith Rn
    4.0 out of 5 stars TWO BEASTS OF NEW CASTLE
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2021
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    This is a true story about an absolute monster of a man, Jerry Thompson, who had no hesitation before killing someone and no remorse after. The murders take place in New Castle and Indianapolis, Indiana which make it very interesting to me because I grew up in a small town near New Castle and now live in Indianapolis. I vaguely remember the murder of Wesley Crandall and how the New Castle police managed to get two mentally challenged men, who did not know each other, to each confess to the murder that was carried out by Thompson. It was this bit of slight of hand that made me wonder if there weren't two "Beasts of New Castle"...one of them being Police Detective, Jim Stephens. Somehow, Stephens was able to get these two men who were basically illiterate to sign statements they were unable to read, to admit to murders they never committed, and tell the same story even though they had never met. What happened with these two men and the story of Thompson's life and crimes is told in a very straight forward way by Larry Sells, a prosecutor, and co-author, Margie Porter. Sells takes you through the murders and into the court room and into the life of Thompson. A very interesting story.
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  • Rho B
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story about small town & crooked cops.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2022
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    I always thought the police in New Castle had some crooked cops. This book confirmed it.
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  • Judy Dishman
    3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2022
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    It was a good story to read about but I noticed several clerical errors and a name error. Couldn't believe they would publish a book without proof reading and verifying first.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars She like it
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2021
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    My sister wanted it
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  • Elaine Wright
    5.0 out of 5 stars book
    Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020
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    liked it
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  • Stacy
    2.0 out of 5 stars Too slow and repetitive
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020
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    I had a hard time keeping my attention with this book. At the end I skimmed a lot and skipped over parts just to finish it.
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  • Connie L. Swoveland
    4.0 out of 5 stars A frighteningly real story of questionable police behaviors , drugs & a stone cold killer
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
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    Reads like a police/legal report & gives a realistic example of what happens when police are desperate to solve a crime & allow the criminal to continue to think ‘he got away with it’!
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