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Sleep, My Child, Forever

The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children

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Sleep, My Child, Forever

By: John Coston
Narrated by: A. T. Chandler
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The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sons - and nearly killed her daughter

Ellen Boehm, a single mom from St. Louis, Missouri, appeared devoted to her children. But in reality, she was unequipped for motherhood, financially strapped, and desperate. Within a year of each other, her sons, ages two and four, died mysteriously, and Boehm's eight-year-old daughter then suffered a near-fatal mishap when a hair dryer fell into the girl's bath. While neighbors wondered how Boehm remained so calm through it all, Det. Sgt. Joseph Burgoon of St. Louis Homicide had darker suspicions.

Burgoon soon unraveled a labyrinth of deception, greed, and obsession that revealed a cold-blooded killer whose get-rich-quick scheme came at the cost of her children's lives. Boehm had taken out insurance policies on her children with six different companies totaling nearly $100,000. Using police reports, case documents, and photos, journalist John Coston recreates the events that led to one mother's unspeakable acts of filicide - and a cop's relentless pursuit of the truth.

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This book was easy to listen to albeit the murderous actions of the subject were horrific. Well laid out and navigated through the process of apprehending and bringing to justice the perpetrator of such vile acts

A clear and succinct narrative of events

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I found this book difficult to listen to, but the writer had written it so well that I was hooked from the beginning. The narrator was superb and dealt with a difficult subject matter in a neutral but engaging tone.

Excellent Writing Of an Horrific Crime

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Well written, horrifying true story of a mother who killed her children for insurance.

Poorly narrated in a monotone with no inflection in his voice.

Horrific True Crime

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Hated the narrator voice so robot like.
I don’t understand how any mother can do that to her children. So sad..

Robot

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sad story and horrible woman but a great book. very well written and narrated.

sad story

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