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Book Review of House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying

House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying
House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying
Author: John Dean
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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This book is a very dry and straight-forward telling of the horrific murder of Sylvia Likens, who was beaten and tortured to death by not only her foster mother, but her children and several of the neighborhood children. The case will turn your stomach like nothing else. The first half of the book is the details of the torture she went through and the second half is the trial.