Beyond Bad

De: Sandra Lee

Narrado por: Kate Hood

Swinging from a meat-hook, his entire skin was in one piece including his hair, face, ears, nose, mouth and genitals. Slashes and stab holes tore through the human pelt, a testimony to the wounds he suffered before dying. Cruel and evil, Katherine Knight showed no mercy when she butchered her de facto in a crime that put her behind bars in an Australian prison for a record life sentence.

Beyond Bad is the shocking true story of Knight and her crimes - the ritual slaying and skinning of her de facto for a cannibal feast. Knight, a 44-year-old abattoir worker, stabbed father-of-three John Price 37 times, skinned his body, cooked his head, and served him up as a meal for his children. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Beyond Bad tells what motivated Knight to commit such a heinous act and how it rocked the small town she lived in.

This is a horrifying story of love, lust, revenge and murder - all the more shocking because it really happened in Australia.

©2002 Sandra Lee (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Given the horrific nature of the material, Kate Hood narrates with the dispassionate charge of a reporter doing her job as objectively as possible." ( AudioFile)

WHOA!

This story was so unbelieveable that I could not stop listening to it. Just when you thought you heard everything evil, this takes the cake! Not for the weak stomach.

Interesting

I hesitated to buy this book because I thought it would be too gruesome and while the crime is gruesome indeed so much of the book is the fascinating story of a very different lifestyle from my own that I found it more compeling and thought provoking than creepy all told. None of the story makes any kind of 'sense' and that's the most believable and intriguing part of all. (Although- I will say that if your girlfriend stabs your puppy to death it might be a good time to move on.)

Wow....just wow

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes because the narrator was good and the story is just.....I was familiar with it having seen a documentary on it on You Tube once (it has seen been taken down) and found the story appalling then, the book made it even more so.

I thought I understood evil. I thought I understood psychosis. Knight.....oh no. I don't think anyone can understand her and I would guess the police that entered the scene that became "her final act" will need therapy all of their lives.

Who was your favorite character and why?

David Kellett (when I watched the documentary his mother was the sweetest thing) who seems to have found himself in a bad situation that just got worse....but he managed to survive.

Have you listened to any of Kate Hood’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not actually but I certainly thought it added to this book.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Well yes, actually, just a deep revulsion and the knowledge that we never really know someone and for that matter, we will override our own better judgement when our intuition is saying "RUN" and we say "AH, I am making too much out of this". This story alone should tell people that when your gut says "run"...you run and you don't look back.

Any additional comments?

It is gory. It will leave you reeling but it is a true story that really happened and perhaps that is why the story has to be told. The author also brings up the background of Knight so you wonder if this was nature and nurture, nature or more nurture (or lack thereof).

Evil can come disguised in matronly looking packages at times. THIS was one of those times.

Oh Boy....

Yes, this woman is beyond bad. Its truly a shame that someone from this woman's past didn't speak up and do something about her and her mental state long before she was able to commit murder. All of the signs were there.
Once I acclimated myself to the "down under" accent I couldn't stop listening to this book.
Its intriguing and sad all at the same time. Doing a search on this woman AFTER listening to this revealed even more about this family. But don't do the search until after listening to this. Otherwise it will ruin a lot of the information. Highly recommended. Good narrator too.

Compelling storytelling

What a twisted story! And the reader - one of the bests!
Highly recommended to any tru crime fan with a taste for the psychological aspect of a perpetrator.