They Must Be Monsters: A Modern-Day Witch Hunt - The untold

They Must Be Monsters: A Modern-Day Witch Hunt - The untold story of the McMartin Phenomenon: the longest, most expensive criminal case in U.S. history

It began on August 12, 1983, when a disturbed womanâ€™s bizarre accusation ignited hysteria across the small Southern California community of Manhattan Beach. Driven by over-zealous investigators and a sensational news media, the legend of The McMartin Preschool became the â€œcase of the centuryâ€â€”the longest, most expensive criminal trial in United States history. Four years later, in the spring of 1988, in the midst of the ongoing frenzy, authors Matthew LeRoy and Deric Haddad, students at San Diego State University, left school to follow the case, a path that led them to Manhattan Beach, an upscale community where a vortex of suspicion left most residents leery of outsiders. In this instance, however, where the inquisitors were two unassuming college students, many opened their doors . . . and they had so much to say. Through the summer of 1990, the authors conducted over one hundred interviews, as they bonded with key players on both sides of the conflict. No other journalists or network reporters were able to obtain such a diverse range of sources. Now, thirty years later, this extraordinary event comes to life. Written in a creative non-fiction format, They Must Be Monsters is told through the eyes of the â€œmother who started it all.â€ Using exclusive contentâ€”her volume of lost archivesâ€”the depth of her paranoia is unveiled; the portrait of a schizophrenic woman whose dark visions became a microcosm of the community around her. These authentic, never-before-seen documents finally bring an end to the mystery behind her fateful accusations. The events of Manhattan Beach are true, an untold story, the calamity of an upscale seaside town gripped by fear, where friends turned on neighbors in a frantic campaign of misguided retributionâ€”a devastating crucible that afflicted a generation of innocent people, an event eerily similar to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Itâ€™s a tale of horror, rage, superstition, and faith; a shameful moment in American folklore thatâ€™s been erroneously ignored by historiansâ€”a great injustice that shouldâ€™ve never taken placeâ€”but,as history tends to repeat itself, most tragically did.
Country USA
Brand Manor Publishing House
Manufacturer The Manor Publishing House
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781732448902
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Manor Publishing House
Manufacturer	The Manor Publishing House
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781732448902
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

They Must Be Monsters: A Modern-Day Witch Hunt - The untold story of the McMartin Phenomenon: the longest, most expensive criminal case in U.S. history

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