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Blood Money: The Du Pont Heir and the Murder of an Olympic Athlete
Written by Carlton Smith
Narrated by David de Vries
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The story of an Olympic wrestler allegedly murdered by the wealthy heir to the Du Pont fortune, Blood Money takes readers inside the bizarre world of a multi-millionaire, and lays bare the brutal shooting and tense police siege that riveted the nation.
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Carlton Smith
Carlton Smith (1947-2011) was the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer with Tomás Guillén, about the crimes of Gary Ridgway. They were Pulitzer Prize finalists in 1988 for their investigative reporting on the case. An award-winning journalist for The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times during the 1970s and 1980s, Carlton was also the author of the true crime books Blood Money: The Du Pont Heir and the Murder of an Olympic Athlete and Reckless: Millionaire Record Producer Phil Spector and the Violent Death of Lana Clarkson, among many others.
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Reviews for Blood Money
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is Carlton Smith's finest hour. There have been other books on this case, but somehow he manages to dig up a lot of original information and then put it in context against the backdrop of some greater issues, such as mental health, and the culpability of the athletes who took advantage of DuPont's largesse. It was very interesting and illuminating to get a look at the behind the scenes factors that went into this murder. Highly recommended. Especially if you saw the Steve Carell movie on this case and was wondering what the heck all the subtext was about.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very thoroughly written.a tragic tale.
Well read. And easy to listen to.