The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape
Written by: Gary C. King
Narrated by: J. Scott Bennett
Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:08-14-17
Publisher: Gary C. King Enterprises
True Crime has always been my favorite when it comes to
reading. I do not remember ever hearing about The Texas 7 and found the
information given very interesting. It was really great to get a feel of each
man and his background. It was interesting to see how their mind work and the
reasoning behind why they did what they did. I can understand no hope of
getting out of prison but I cannot feel for them. They choose to do what they
did and why they thought they should be able to get out early is beyond me. Do
not break the law or do the terrible things they did and they wouldn’t have to
worry about it.
Mr. Bennett as always was wonderful I love his character voices.
He puts delightful emotions into his audio even with books of this nature. I
had no trouble picturing the scenes the author wrote as the narrator bought it
to life almost like a movie. You can tell he put a lot of thought into how he
would deal with issues and how the audio would play out. There is no repeating
of wording, no volume change, if any breaks were taken I could not tell. It was
a very clean and clear audio that I got lost in from the danger that felt
almost like a movie. I thought his performance
great and really added a lot to this audio.
I was hooked from the first page as the author gave a very
interesting account of these men’s lives. The law was always one step behind
until the day they were arrested. Funny how things work out if they had awaited
one more day or even an hour they would not have caught the whole gang or maybe
none of them at least not that day. The way these 7 minds worked I found surprising,
I don’t understand how they thought they could live a normal life just by
changing their names. But then again they did stay on the run without people
working out who they were for a long time. The authors writing kept me very
entertained, I thought he gave a lot of thought to the information he gave us
giving a full account that was very interesting.
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Summary
"You haven't heard the last of us yet..."
These were chilling words on a note left behind by seven armed and dangerous inmates who escaped from the John Connally prison in South Texas on December 13, 2000. Their promise has apparently been fulfilled. The inmates, now known as the Connally Seven, are suspected of having first robbed a Radio Shack in Houston, and then, days later, on Christmas Eve, of having fatally shot and runover a young police officer during an assault on a Dallas sporting-goods store. For six frantic weeks, a massive manhunt with a significant reward had only turned up dead ends...until a tip came in from someone who had seen the gang on Fox-TVs "America's Most Wanted." Authorities arrested four of the seven prisoners, including suspected ringleader George Rivas, in Woodland Park, Colorado, and a fifth inmate shot himself during police negotiations.
Immediately intensifying the search for the last two heavily armed and dangerous prisoners, police and FBI closed in on them at a Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs just two days following the previous arrest. After five hours and a telephone interview with a TV news station in which they expressed their feeling that the breakout was a statement against Texas's judicial system, the two inmates surrendered themselves, putting an end to a long and frightening episode.
The Texas 7 goes behind the scenes to give you a detailed, fascinating account of the events leading up to and after their brazen prison escape--and the exciting chase that ultimately led to their capture.
These were chilling words on a note left behind by seven armed and dangerous inmates who escaped from the John Connally prison in South Texas on December 13, 2000. Their promise has apparently been fulfilled. The inmates, now known as the Connally Seven, are suspected of having first robbed a Radio Shack in Houston, and then, days later, on Christmas Eve, of having fatally shot and runover a young police officer during an assault on a Dallas sporting-goods store. For six frantic weeks, a massive manhunt with a significant reward had only turned up dead ends...until a tip came in from someone who had seen the gang on Fox-TVs "America's Most Wanted." Authorities arrested four of the seven prisoners, including suspected ringleader George Rivas, in Woodland Park, Colorado, and a fifth inmate shot himself during police negotiations.
Immediately intensifying the search for the last two heavily armed and dangerous prisoners, police and FBI closed in on them at a Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs just two days following the previous arrest. After five hours and a telephone interview with a TV news station in which they expressed their feeling that the breakout was a statement against Texas's judicial system, the two inmates surrendered themselves, putting an end to a long and frightening episode.
The Texas 7 goes behind the scenes to give you a detailed, fascinating account of the events leading up to and after their brazen prison escape--and the exciting chase that ultimately led to their capture.
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