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Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father
By (Author) April Balascio
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st January 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Memoirs
True stories of survival of abuse and injustice
Family psychology
Criminal or forensic psychology
Criminal investigation and detection
Victimology and victims of crime
364.15232092
Paperback
352
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 22mm
270g
The untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this unforgettable memoir traces one daughters moving quest to understand her larger-than-life childhood as she searches for the truth about her father, the serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards.
One evening in 2009, April Balascio was searching online, as she had been every night, for unsolved murders in the towns her family had lived growing up, when she stumbled across the latest investigations into the Sweetheart Murders cold case. All at once, the buried memories of her fathers dark history were awakened, and she knew she had to take action. She picked up the phone to call a detective and the rest is infamous true crime history.
In her unflinching memoir, Balascio bravely reveals an astonishing tale of a lifetime of manipulation, unexplained upheavals, and silent fear. Some part of her had always known what her father was capable of, but the full truth of how she came to these revelations is as riveting as it is quietly terrifying. Through searing storytelling, dedicated research, and intimate insight, Raised by a Serial Killer is a gripping, courageous memoir unlike any other.
April Balascio is the daughter of serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards and host of the podcast My Dad: Serial Killer.