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  • The Murders That Made Us

  • How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area
  • By: Bob Calhoun
  • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
  • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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The Murders That Made Us

By: Bob Calhoun
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
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The 170-year history of the San Francisco Bay Area told through its crimes and how they intertwine with the city's art, music, and politics.

In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco Bay Area unfolds through its most violent and depraved acts. From the city's earliest days, where vigilantes hung perps from buildings and newspaper publishers shot it out on Market Street, to the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and the Zodiac Killer, crime has made the people of San Francisco who they are. Murder and mayhem are intertwined with the city's art, music, and politics.

The Great 1906 Earthquake that burned down the old Barbary Coast shook a city that was already teetering on the brink of a massive prostitution scandal. The Summer of Love ended with a pair of ghastly acid dealer slayings that made the Haight too violent for even Charles Manson. The '70s ground to a halt with San Francisco pastor Jim Jones forcing his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch in Guyana and the assassination of gay icon Harvey Milk. With each tale of true crime, The Murders That Made Us will take you from the violence that began in the original Gold Rush into the brutal displacement of today's techie ruination.

©2021 Bob Calhoun (P)2021 Tantor
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Hurry while it's still relevant.

The best I can say about this item is that it is still relevant with references to such things a BLM and Covid. However, had I realized it was limited to the San Francisco area, I would not have chosen it. In many places you can tell that the author is truly "Left" leaning, a quality of which I am no fan.

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Easy listen.

Good summarized history of an interesting area of the country. Has some gory details but I don't mind that

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Meh

Full of not so pretty parts of SF life with none of the better stuff. Writer does not seem to like the City.

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