The WVU Coed Murders, Geoffrey C. Fuller
The WVU Coed Murders, Geoffrey C. Fuller
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The WVU Coed Murders
Who Killed Mared and Karen?

Author: Geoffrey C. Fuller, S. James McLaughlin

Narrator: Vaughn MacLean

Unabridged: 15 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/24/2023

Synopsis

Some said that the killer couldn't be a local. Others claimed that he was the wealthy son of a prominent Morgantown family. Whispers spread that Mared and Karen were sacrificed by a satanic cult or had been victims of a madman poised to strike again. Then the handwritten letters began to arrive: You will locate the bodies of the girls covered over with brush—look carefully. The animals are now on the move.

Investigators didn't find too few suspects—they had far too many. There was the campus janitor with a fur fetish, the harmless deliveryman who beat a woman nearly to death, the nursing home orderly with the bloody broomstick, and the bouncer with the girlish laugh who threatened to cut off people's heads. Local authors Geoffrey C. Fuller and S. James McLaughlin tell the complete story of the murders for the first time.

About Geoffrey C. Fuller

Geoffrey C. Fuller has made a living as a freelance writer-editor for twenty years, working with both fiction and nonfiction. He has edited literary and trade journals, as well as more than seventy-five books. His writing has appeared in newspapers and on radio, in literary and commercial magazines, and in anthologies, textbooks, and gift books. In 2012, his crime fiction piece "Figure-Ground" placed first in Writer's Digest's national contest. He is the author of the novel Full Bone Moon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy H. on January 29, 2023

This is an expanded version of The WVU Coed Murders podcast ([URL not allowed]).......more

Goodreads review by Emily on April 24, 2023

I was highly interested in this book because I am a WVU alumnus. I didn't realize that this was based on a podcast, which I haven't listened to, until I picked it up. The WVU Coed Murder case of 1970 was tragic and it's honestly so sad that it's still unsolved. The first two thirds of this book were......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on November 15, 2021

I had this book for several weeks before I started really reading it. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. Understand that I’m a lifelong resident of the area involved. I have lived my entire life just off the Grafton-Morgantown road which was a huge part of this story. I graduated from Grafton Hi......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 03, 2022

I literally could not put this book down. The writing is fantastic. I cannot leave a review without mentioning WVU though. As an alumni, I had never once heard of this case, which is crazy to me now. I was a student nearly 40 years after Karen and Mared, but as a true crime fanatic, this is one of t......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on March 05, 2024

The WVU Coed Murders podcast kept me spellbound—so outstandingly produced and paced. I chose to read the book because I always want to learn more about media I’ve enjoyed, and I wasn’t at all disappointed. The book goes into more detail about the full context of Mared and Karen’s lives and tragic de......more

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