Rhett Price narrates this new account of the people and events surrounding the Mississippi lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. There are two storylines--one of the events of 1955 and the other Tyson's interview with Carolyn Bryant, the white woman in whose name Till was lynched. Bryant finally told her story in 2008, revealing the truth and the lies surrounding this tragic event during the wave of violence in the South following the 1954 Supreme Court decisions against segregation. Price's narration is evenly paced and uses a variety of accents and soft intonations. Graphic descriptions are interspersed with dialogue and historical digressions. Price's unemotional reading does nothing to lessen the shock and horror of this sad chapter in American history.
Pub Date: 2017
Duration: 9 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN:
Publisher: Dreamscape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
A trio of narrators lend their considerable talents to this nonfiction work about the eminent 1960s London psychiatrist Dr. William Sargant, voiced by Richard Armitage. Sargant founded The Sleep Room, where horrific methods were used on young women in the name of science. Sargant was, by all accounts, an egotistical predator, and Armitage's smooth, level narration displays that perfectly as he describes lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapies without an iota of remorse. Celia Imrie, one of Sargant's victims, narrates her own chapter of betrayal, abuse, and recovery. Antonia Beamish handles the narration for the other women who received these heinous treatments without their consent. Listeners will squirm as these narrators speak for the victims and revel in their eventual freedom-- despite lasting ill effects.
Pub Date: 2025
Duration: 11 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9798331942625
Publisher: Tantor Media
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Dion Graham takes listeners to New York City to recount the 1983 killing of a Black man by transit cops and its aftermath. Michael Stewart was a promising young artist and model who was part of the East Village art scene; his death galvanized the community. Author Elon Green's leggy story encompasses the sensational (the removal of Stewart's eyeballs during autopsy) and the highly technical (a grand juror's malfeasance), and includes such secondary characters as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madonna, and Andy Warhol. Graham's narration unfolds at an uncharacteristically rapid clip--with no sacrifice of clarity--keeping listeners laser focused on the winding story. Restrained passion infuses his voice in the final chapters, which cover the trial and Stewart's legacy. A powerful reclamation.
Pub Date: 2025
Duration: 8 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781250384232
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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