The Beast

A Chilling True Story of a Psychopathic Child Killer (Ryan Green's True Crime)

By: Ryan Green

Narrated by: Steve White

In July 1981, just days after his release from jail, Clifford Olson Junior unleashed hell on British Columbia. He kidnapped, raped, and killed six children and teenagers in a single month. While the previous missing children had been treated like runaways, there was now no question that somebody was abducting children in the Lower Mainland area, and the media went berserk.

The police immediately came under scrutiny for failing to connect the previous disappearances. The missing-person cases were passed to homicide detectives, and a whole new investigation began. The police were now hunting a serial killer, and Clifford Olson Junior was one of the main suspects.

From the age of 17, Clifford Olson Junior spent only 1,501 days outside of prison or jail. If his claims are to be believed, he averaged about one murder every 10 days. During his imprisonment, he was assessed on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, a tool designed to evaluate psychopathy. The standard threshold is 25 to 30. He scored a 38 out of 40, the highest rating ever recorded.

The Beast is a chilling account of Clifford Olson Junior and one of the most disturbing true-crime stories in Canada’s history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.

Caution: This book contains descriptive accounts of torture, abuse, and violence. If you are especially sensitive to this material, it might be advisable not to listen.

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Ryan Green has done it again!

Ryan Green has easily become one of my new favorite true crime authors and The Beast did not disappoint. Crimes involving children are some of the worst and to do what he did to those kids takes a special kind of evil and Clifford is right up there with Albert Fish. Ryan always does a fantastic job and once he nailed it!

Scary

The descriptions of the killings are very detailed. So detailed, I want to stay home. Take the day off. Hide.

Chilling book. Very chilling.

This story is quite disturbing because it involves teenage and younger victims. It’s a great book but as a father, I cringed many times at the retelling of some of the stories.

Another 5 star read!

Amazing! I have yet to find a Ryan Green book that wasn't! If you are as obsessed with true crime as I am, u have to read this & then read every other book he's written.

Canadian child molester KILLS his prey!

WOW! I had never heard of this sicko pedo before, and this story is unbelievable. How he fooled everyone in his wake by simulating a meek, milled mannered Joe Shmo is infuriating. He kidnapped and killed kids over and over, right under the cops noses! I ended up hating this piece of trash, but I still loved listening to this audio book. I love Green's engrossing story telling. It wraps you up into another time and place so thoroughly you forget where you really are. Add the sublime narration by Steve White and you have the near perfect listening experience. Don't miss this, or any of Green's books - they are worth the credit!