The Darkest Night
Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
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4.3 • 69 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Casper, Wyoming: 1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge rides with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, to the grocery store. When they finish their shopping, Becky's car gets a flat tire. Two men politely offer them a ride home. But they were anything but Good Samaritans. The girls would suffer unspeakable crimes at the hands of these men before being thrown from a bridge into the North Platte River. One miraculously survived. The other did not.
Years later, author and journalist Ron Franscell—who lived in Casper at the time of the crime, and was a friend to Amy and Becky—can't forget Wyoming's most shocking story of abduction, rape, and murder. Neither could Becky, the surviving sister. The two men who violated her and Amy were sentenced to life in prison, but the demons of her past kept haunting Becky…until she met her fate years later at the same bridge where she'd lost her sister.
Customer Reviews
Excellent
Excellent read! I was 12 when this happened and I lived at Alcova. I passed over that bridge many times and after this horrific crime it was no longer an incredible vista but reduced to a watery grave. This is a must read!
The Darkest Night
Excellent! Could not put it down. Highly recommend.
The Darkest Night ((AKA “Fall”) by Ron Franscell
This book is thoughtful, honest, lyrical, readable & compelling. There’s an excerpt of a book written by one of the killers that is poorly written & hard to read, but stick with it because you’ll be rewarded at the end. The book is not gory of frightening, but rather a compassionate examination of the effects of these crimes on the victims, friends, families, neighbors & town. This is one of the best True Crime books I have ever read! Enjoy!