The Castleton Massacre: Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide - Couverture souple

Cook, Sharon Anne; Carson, Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1459749863 ISBN 13 : 9781459749863

Editeur : Dundurn Group Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

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A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten?

On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen's University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them.

Through extensive oral histories, Cook and Carson painstakingly trace the causes of a femicide in which four women and two unborn babies were murdered over the course of one bloody evening. While they situate this murderous rampage in the literature on domestic abuse and mass murders, they also explore how the two traumatized child survivors found their way back to health and happiness. Told through vivid first-person accounts, this family memoir explores how a murderer was created.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Margaret Carson is the eldest of two children who survived the Castleton massacre. A retired college instructor, she is accomplished in creating and adapting workplace programs as well as classroom delivery. She lives in Mississippi Mills, Ontario.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dundurn Group Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1459749863
• ISBN 13: 9781459749863
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible