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  • Beyond Bad

  • By: Sandra Lee
  • Narrated by: Kate Hood
  • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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Beyond Bad

By: Sandra Lee
Narrated by: Kate Hood
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Publisher's Summary

Here is the shocking, true story of Australia's most horrific crime. Cruel and evil, Katherine Knight showed no mercy when she butchered her lover in a crime that put her behind bars in an Australian prison for a record life sentence.

Swinging from a meat-hook, John Price's entire skin was in one piece, including his hair, face, ears, nose, mouth, and genitals. Slashes and stab holes tore through the human pelt, a testimony to the wounds he suffered before dying.

Knight, a 44-year-old abattoir worker, had stabbed father-of-three John Price 37 times, skinned his body, cooked his head, and served him up as a meal for his children. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Beyond Bad tells what motivated Knight to commit such a heinous act and how it rocked the small town where she lived. This is a horrifying story of love, lust, revenge, and murder that is all the more shocking because it really happened.

©2002 Sandra Lee (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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"Given the horrific nature of the material, Kate Hood narrates with the dispassionate charge of a reporter doing her job as objectively as possible." ( AudioFile)

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some holes in the research.

Well written except for a couple of errors. Example: Anita Cobby's parents were Grace and Gary Lynch. Not cobby. Cobby was her married name.

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Great book

Narrator was awesome although some words are mispronounced. Such as Mulawa Prison etc. but overall is was very good.

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Great Australian True Story

Great Australian true story about a crazy woman in a little country town in NSW.
Loved it!!

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Truly shocking story

This story is very well written and read. However it is not for the faint hearted and can be very graphic at times.

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I can't believe this happened in Australia

The basic details (shocking as they are) were covered reasonably well. This was one Bad Woman. The story did meander a great deal for my liking. Not sure we needed to digress into how an abattoir operated or the in and outs of how an animal is killed in a slaughterhouse or the riders of various Melbourne Cups. Kate Hood did a great job with the narration but there were too many side stories to really rate this one well.

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very well told just goes off on a tangents

the story is good, the reading of the story is excellent, well worth the listen, the only issue I had was the going off on pointless tangents, talking about the totally irrelevant things like Melbourne cup winners that raced that day, take about 10 percent of the book away it would brilliant

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Bloody amazing

having grown up near to where this story was told, and now reside close to the silverwater prison, it was both thrilling and shocking to hear the full account of what really happened.
Both author and narrator preformed incredibly and I enjoyed every bit of this harrowing story.
highly recommend!

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Bloodcurdling story and crime disected

Anatomy of a murder, who was coldblooded murderess, who was the victim? Lesson on smalltown life in Australia . Sociological truths and revelations , could this most bloody and cruel execution style murder be prevented?Kathryn had personality disorder , she loved her work in slaughterhouse, enjoyed watching animals be killed and chopped, had collection of sharpest butchers knifes in her house, promiscous and primitive, noone really realised what she is capable of, her crime would cause you nightmares to the end of your life.Author skillfully relates biographical and court case details which makes you feel like you were the eyewitness and knew participants of this most vile horror story, were there in that house when Kathryn after having last sex with her victim begins her preplanned slughter...

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Well told and researched

Great book! Well told by narrator. In depth and well researched . Sandra Lee was the best narrator i have heard so far on Audible. I listened to this on a car trip and the time flew listening to this . Good work!

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Awesome!!!

Great insight into one of the most bizarre crimes in Australian history. Thouroughly enjoyed it as horrific as it was in parts.

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