The Stranger in My Bed, Michael Fleeman
The Stranger in My Bed, Michael Fleeman
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The Stranger in My Bed
The True Story of Marriage, Murder, and the Body in the Box

Author: Michael Fleeman

Narrator: Kate Zane

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

He Found New Brides To Love Him. All Diane Bertalan really knew of her new husband, John, was that he was a widower, he lavished her with gifts, and he preferred to keep his past a secret. What she didn't know was that the FBI had been watching him for years. In the Fall of 2000, she found out why—it was a crime that had been haunting authorities for decades. They called it the mystery of the Lady in the Box.

Fifteen Years Later, Police Found The Remains . . . A decaying body that had been left along an Indiana roadside ditch in 1980 had finally been identified as Janice Hartman. In 1974, the Ohio woman had been reported missing by her estranged husband . . . John David Smith. The gruesome discovery was only the beginning of Diane Smith's brutal awakening—for Hartman was only the first of Smith's wives to have vanished off the face of the earth.

The Stranger in My Bed is the chilling true story of one woman who escaped the deadly hold of the killer she loved and married; and of the grieving families of his victims who banded together after nearly thirty years to prove that justice never forgets. Or forgives.

About Michael Fleeman

Michael Fleeman covers show business for People magazine in Los Angeles. Before joining People, he worked for the Associated Press, covering such high-profile stories as the two O.J. Simpson trials and the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh. He lives in Atlanta, California, with his wife Barbara, and their two children, Katherine and Scott. He is also the author of If I Die . . . A True Story of Obsessive Love, Uncontrollable Greed, and Murder.


Reviews

A very thorough recounting of the career of a murderer, and the Police investigation that finally took him off the streets.......more

You know you are getting old if it is October 22 and you hardly can recall he books you read a month ago! Thankfully I do know I liked it very much and I have become a fan of this author because I almost love all his books. Going to purchase another Michael Fleeman book today because amazon gives me......more

Book was really well written. Written in the style of a news reporter gathering the facts to weave a narrative. Even though this book is from 2002, Betty Fran Gladden Smith is still missing to this day.......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

Yes, it’s clearly without a doubt that I have sunk into a true crime sink hole once again. This happens to me every few years but I love it. These books are like sugar for your sweet tooth or like a dirty little secret. They are quick to read and almost always stranger than fiction. Michael Fleeman......more