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Episode 1: My Mother's Murder

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Episode 1: My Mother's Murder

By: James Ellroy
Narrated by: James Ellroy
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James Ellroy enlists the help of the LA County Sheriff’s Cold Case squad to reinvestigate the 1958 murder of his mother, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy.©2022 Audio Up LLC (P)2022 Audio Up LLC
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This should have been an interesting podcast, but I had to stop listening halfway through as the narrator was becoming tedious
Probably just his style but to me he sounded as bored as I was getting

Let down nBy narrator

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The unsolved murder of Ellroy’s mother in the late ‘50s was a formative influence on his life and writing. He wrote about it in My Dark Places, which was also a memoir (and well worth a read). This is a good distillation. Ellroy sounds, as usual, fairly unhinged. The production is a bit odd; at times Ellroy sounds like he’s in a cupboard as he speaks. There’s piano music in the background; overall it’s a noir-ish vibe. I liked it — and I’m keen to hear more in the series.

His Dark Places

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The stories are interesting and I would have loved to keep listening, but after 5 episodes, I finally give up. The droning voice is driving me crazy! Every sentence sounds like a sound clip. Why does it have to be read in such a monotone?

Wanted to love it, but didn’t

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