Fatal Jealousy, Colin McEvoy
Fatal Jealousy, Colin McEvoy
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Fatal Jealousy
The True Story of a Doomed Romance, a Singular Obsession, and a Quadruple Murder

Author: Colin McEvoy, Lynn Olanoff

Narrator: Roger Wayne

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/09/2014

Synopsis

June 26, 2010. A Pennsylvania state trooper witnesses a car speeding and crashing into trees. Stopping to help, he finds that the driver, Michael Ballard, is alive—and drenched in blood. When asked what happened, the man answers, "I just killed everybody."

Not far from the accident, police make a gruesome discovery. In the home of Michael's ex-girlfriend, Denise Mehri, they find four bodies that had been stabbed repeatedly with a knife: Denise, on the kitchen floor; her grandfather, in his wheelchair; her neighbor; and her father, in a room with a blood-smeared obscenity painted on the wall. How could anyone do something so horrendous?

Michael had already been convicted of murder, sent to prison when he was only eighteen. Despite several incidents of misconduct during his time in prison, he was found suitable for parole shortly after his minimum sentence lapsed. But this time, his deadly rampage would not be so easily pardoned.

About Colin McEvoy

Colin McEvoy is a reporter for The Express-Times, a daily newspaper based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Lynn Olanoff, covered the Rhonda Smith murder case extensively and it was during a jailhouse interview with them that Mary Jane Fonder first acknowledged responsibility for her crime. They wrote about the Fonder case in the St. Martin's True Crime book, Love Me or Else. Colin and Lynn have been married since 2008. Colin graduated from East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Colin currently resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna on May 30, 2021

Well written with a lot of detail. This book goes from before the crime, to the crime, and the trial. The author also gives an update on the people involved after the trial is finished. I definitely recommend this book.......more

Goodreads review by The Loopy Librarian on January 29, 2014

At first, I was hooked. The tension was palatable. The authors managed to keep the reader in suspense despite the murderer being obvious from the start. They also conveyed the full horror of the crime without being overly grotesque. But, I wasn’t far into the book when the writers started to lose me......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on March 28, 2017

This is basically the story of Michael Ballard and his murder of 4 people: His girlfriend Denise, 2 other family members and a neighbor. The book was well-written and well researched. The authors interviewed this sociopathic killer for about 9 hours, so they did get a lot from him. Including the fac......more

Goodreads review by Denise on March 03, 2025

This was “the shocking, true story of Pennsylvania mass murderer Michael Ballard who received the death sentence for his crimes—includes eight pages of dramatic photos.” While heading home from work, a Pennsylvania state trooper saw Ballard speeding and crashing into trees. When he stopped to help,......more

Goodreads review by Teena on September 16, 2018

This book was written like a newspaper article in that it laid out the story, described the crimes and concluded. There was no incredible revelation, no twists--just a story. Unlike other readers, I understood the commentary on the drug war in America. I believe the authors felt that with less empha......more

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