Child Killer

The True Story of the Atlanta Child Murders

By: Jack Rosewood

Narrated by: Kevin Kollins

From the summer of 1979 through the spring of 1981, Atlanta, Georgia, was held under siege by a serial killer, and dozens of victims started to appear. The series of murders, which became known as the “Atlanta Child Murders case”, gripped the city of Atlanta with fear and shocked the nation because most of the victims were children. The fact that the victims were all Black and mostly male caused many in Atlanta’s Black community to fear their children were being targeted by a racist conspiracy.

In this true-crime audiobook, you will hear about how the Atlanta Child Murders case put a city under siege and how a task force of law-enforcement officers from several different agencies eventually captured the killer. You will follow the investigation as the police use what was at the time fairly new techniques of criminal profiling and fiber evidence to capture and convict the killer. For many around the country, once the killer was arrested, it was difficult to accept. The killer was a young, nerdy-looking man named Wayne Williams. To many people, his background didn’t seem to indicate he was a serial killer, but the professional profilers knew otherwise!

Open the following audiobook and learn the true story of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders. You will learn about how Williams evolved from a nerdy kid who loved electronics into what is perhaps the most prolific Black serial killer. You will be horrified by some of the details of this case, but you will not be able to pause this audiobook.

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good story, poorly written

the story includes relevant information about the Atlanta child murders, narrated with a lisp that rarely distracts. unfortunately, the writing is sometimes redundant and sprinkled with random bits of related information that feels incomplete and opinionated. worth a listen because it's relatively short. basically, it reads like an eight grade paper.

good overview, I guess

Disappointingly thin.
I expected a lot more details and analysis and background on the major players.

Good Telling of Wayne Williams' Story

Been listening to true crimes for a while now, after all, it is truly stranger than fiction. Jack Rosewood is one of my favorite story tellers of true crime. He does the research and really tells you the story as if he was there. I like all the information he includes and how he unfolds it within the story. Everything flows seamlessly and I prefer his way of telling the stories versus many of the other mediums you can catch the information.

Wayne Williams truly has a weird story. I am not a profiler, but, I wouldn’t have expected the person he was to do the things he did. Definitely different from some of the other true crime stories I have listened to. If you want something a little bit different, you should check this out.

Kevin Kollins is a great narrator for this type of book. He has narrated other Jack Rosewood books and I’m glad he continues to do them. His voice is perfect for documentary type stories, just like Rod Serling’s voice was perfect for the Twilight Zone.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Interesting book.

This book gives a great recap of the 1979-1981 murders in Atlanta. The story of Wayne Williams and the efficiency of the law enforcement agencies: despite the limitations in technology at the time. Excellent narration too.

Shocking and Disturbing !

The details and the way this author writes It made me feel like I was actually seeing what was happening...

I enjoyed this book. It was a PAGE TURNER and I look forward to reading more of his other books.