House of Secrets, Lowell Cauffiel
House of Secrets, Lowell Cauffiel
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House of Secrets

Author: Lowell Cauffiel

Narrator: J. Rodney Turner

Unabridged: 14 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/17/2023


Synopsis

The epic horrors of psychopathic mastermind Eddie Lee Sexton from the New York Times bestselling author who "knows how to dramatize true crime" (Elmore Leonard).

For years, Eddie Lee Sexton ruled his large family like Charles Manson. The depraved patriarch dominated his ragged brood of twelve children mentally, physically, and sexually, and enforced every cruelty imaginable, from vicious beatings to raping his daughters and fathering their children. Finally, in 1992, Sexton's eighteen-year-old daughter Machelle, seeking refuge in a women's shelter, revealed the shocking, sordid details of her father's abuse to authorities.

As the law attempted to catch up to Eddie Lee Sexton, he moved his family to a mobile home in western Florida. Ultimately, Sexton's efforts to escape prosecution led to two grisly murders in his own family. Yet Sexton's sick genius almost helped him elude the justice he deserved. Lowell Cauffiel's true-crime masterpiece vividly exposes the horrors of Eddie Lee Sexton's psychosis and the shattered lives of those who survived.

Contains mature themes.

About Lowell Cauffiel

Lowell Cauffiel is an American true crime author, novelist, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Cauffiel began his writing career as a contributor to music magazines, including Rolling Stone and Creem. He went on to become an award-winning reporter with the Detroit News and Detroit Monthly Magazine during the 1970s and 1980s. Cauffiel is cofounder of Primary Purpose Productions, a nonprofit production company that creates short films about addicts and alcoholics in recovery.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Granny on April 07, 2017

Perhaps one of the most painful true crime books I have ever read. Not due to the writing; which is exemplary, but due to the subject, which is horrific. This is the saga of the Sexton clan, a hellish mix of religion, domination, murder, and multi-generational child abuse. Author Cauffiel takes a com......more

Goodreads review by Michele on June 09, 2012

The story of a disturbed man and the family he destroyed. The writing style is choppy at the beginning but gets somewhat easier to read about 1/2 way through. The subject matter never gets easier. I grew up in Massillon and went to school with some of the Sexton kids. Because of that I had issues wi......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on April 10, 2010

Absolutely disgusting!!! My sister lives close to this house, and you would never know now by looking at it what actually happened here. The house and pond are pretty, but the evil that lies behind them is terrifying. I can't believe some one lives there! I hope they don't actually swim in that pond......more

Goodreads review by ♥ Marlene♥ on August 27, 2016

Decided to re read this and if I am honest I would definitely not have given this 4 stars now. After so many years reading true crime I guess I have become a bit spoiled (although nowadays it is so hard to find a good true crime book cause I have read all the good oldies,but anyway back to this book......more

Goodreads review by MK on May 18, 2010

The subject matter of this book is 1 star, but the book itself had me hooked. I couldn't put it down. Years later, as I add this to my goodreads, I couldn't remember the Title or Author of this book, but this haunting and horrific true story has stayed in my head. Thank goodness for Google (it helpe......more