- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press; Reissue edition (1 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786015136
- ISBN-13: 978-0786015139
- Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 10.7 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 748,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the bestselling author of Rope Burns comes the twisted true story of Robert Spangler, a Colorado man who murdered his wife and children in cold blood so he could remarry--then killed his third wife to avoid a costly divorce.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good story but poorly edited
30 Mar 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I just finished this book and wish there had been more "meat" in it. Of course, the story, which is very interesting, (what kind of person would kill his own teenage children and two of his wives without a shred of remorse?) practically tells itself. The problem is that the author failed to think about the kinds of questions a reader might have. For example, he spends only one paragraph mentioning that Robert Spangler's father died under very suspicious circumstances when his son, who stood to inherit a large amount of money, visited him. I wanted to know more! The author also tends to include too many quotes from newspapers, police reports, etc., but doesn't seem to provide a lot of fresh information. Text is repetitive (for example, stating the location of an FBI lab not once but twice within a few paragraphs), contains grammatical errors, and there is just too much conjecture (also repetitive) on the part of the author. Why wasn't this book more carefully proofread?
All in all, I wasn't left with that satisfied feeling I get after reading Ann Rule, who just states the facts and does a lot of digging to back up any conclusions she makes.
All in all, I wasn't left with that satisfied feeling I get after reading Ann Rule, who just states the facts and does a lot of digging to back up any conclusions she makes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not a bad true crime book! Actually good!
21 Sep 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I disagree with some of the other reviewers. I too read a lot of true crime books. Robert Scott has written a true crime book about one of America's most dangerous serial killers. Robert "Bob" Spangler was the adopted son of a prominent Iowa state professor. Sadly, all those around him started dying mysteriously. Bob who was married unhappily to Nancy Stahlman and the father of two teenage children wanted out of the marriage but his mistress did not want the troubles of teenage children. Sadly, Bob arranged to make his first wife's death to look like a suicide on December 30, 1978 in Littleton, Colorado (hometown of Columbine high school). He also murdered his children with a gun and made it look like it was entirely his wife's fault. Bob continued to live in the house of death afterwards without much conscience. His second wife who he killed for would also die under the suspicious circumstances of a pill-forced suicide in 1994. His third wife would be pushed down in the Grand Canyon in Arizona during one of Bob's many hiking trips. His adopted father died under mysterious circumstances despite his advanced age after a visit from his son. His motivation was all selfish. He never did anything for anybody else. He was a successful businessman in his own right but his personal life was surrounded by death. Bob could sleep very well in his Littleton house as well as other places. Until the law finally caught up with him, it just seemed like he was getting away with murder. His second and third wives had included him in his estate if they died before him. His father also had a sizable fortune. Bob just didn't want to work no more and he took a very different road. He killed his own children because he couldn't control them anymore as teenagers and showed absolutely no remorse for his crimes which are just unspeakable and horrendous. I can't imagine somebody to be so cold, calculated, and homicidal towards the people including his three wives and two children who he was supposed to love. Imagine, he shot to death his own children for no reason because they would just be trouble with his extra-marital relationship. I can't blame his wives because I think they were madly in love with him and paid dearly with their lives as well one way or another. His children were another story. Maybe they would have brought him to justice for their mother's death. Most people in Bob's situation would have just left the wife and divorce. I guess Bob just couldn't handle losing his money and grip on his life.
BORING
20 Sep 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I really tired to like this book, and it is very rare that I don't finish a book I start. I felt like the author really didn't have a lot to write about, so he just filled the book with a lot of information that was needless. If you are looking for a good read to put you to sleep then this is it. Otherwise I wouldn't suggest it.
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