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A review by desiree_mcl
Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? by Ann Rule
5.0
Listened to this on audio. I really liked the narration. Normally, I don't think the "scratchy" voice would have worked for me if this was a fiction story, but because this was non-fiction, true crime, it did end up working for me.
TW/CW: This has a lot of mentions of abuse, both physical, verbal, and emotional.
As mentioned in one of my updates, a family member of mine worked for Brad Cunningham during when some of this was taking place. They're not mentioned or named at all, either by their real name or a pseudonym, in case anyone is wondering. But listening to this, knowing what that family member was dealing with at that time in their life, I definitely felt more of a connection to this case, than other true crime cases.
This was a fascinating and heartbreaking read. Just the vicious way Keaton was killed, how the various women in Brad's life were treated, and how he treated his children, was so heartbreaking and painful to read. How they must have felt during everything, both big and small events, just hurt my heart.
Also as I was listening I was constantly shaking my head. Cunningham is clearly narcissistic and just spews lies and he's not the brightest bulb...and I say that because there were so many times he could have been more believable if he just stuck to one alibi, one version, but because he had this idea/belief/delusion that his word would be believed no matter what he got cocky (or dumb), and would tell multiple different versions for one event.
He was very manipulative and I'm sure how he was able to manipulate people, especially the women in the life, so often made it even easier for him to believe that his word was gospel and he could get away with a bunch of different alibis.
This was difficult to read, I'm glad I read it for various reasons.
TW/CW: This has a lot of mentions of abuse, both physical, verbal, and emotional.
As mentioned in one of my updates, a family member of mine worked for Brad Cunningham during when some of this was taking place. They're not mentioned or named at all, either by their real name or a pseudonym, in case anyone is wondering. But listening to this, knowing what that family member was dealing with at that time in their life, I definitely felt more of a connection to this case, than other true crime cases.
This was a fascinating and heartbreaking read. Just the vicious way Keaton was killed, how the various women in Brad's life were treated, and how he treated his children, was so heartbreaking and painful to read. How they must have felt during everything, both big and small events, just hurt my heart.
Also as I was listening I was constantly shaking my head. Cunningham is clearly narcissistic and just spews lies and he's not the brightest bulb...and I say that because there were so many times he could have been more believable if he just stuck to one alibi, one version, but because he had this idea/belief/delusion that his word would be believed no matter what he got cocky (or dumb), and would tell multiple different versions for one event.
He was very manipulative and I'm sure how he was able to manipulate people, especially the women in the life, so often made it even easier for him to believe that his word was gospel and he could get away with a bunch of different alibis.
This was difficult to read, I'm glad I read it for various reasons.