When a Louisiana woman's worst fears come true, investigators are left to sift through the ashes of the home she shared with her fire chief husband.

Arson and betrayal complicate the search for truth in this episode of Last Seen Alive is brought to you by Audible.

And guys, the audio book I'm listening to right now

really has me thinking. We talk about a lot of terrible events on this podcast. We talk about some

things that can only be classified as downright evil. But have you ever thought about what evil

really means, what evil really is? Have you ever thought about the evil we explore as a

quantifiable, measurable quality, as something we can evaluate, measure, and place along a

scientific continuum? I'm not going to lie. I never thought about it that way until this week

when I started listening to The New Evil, Understanding the emergence of modern violent crime by Michael H. Stone, M.D., and Gary Bruchado,

Ph.D. This is an excellently written, excellently reviewed work crafted by true experts in the field

of psychiatry, and it will open your eyes to a whole new way of viewing

and evaluating the acts of criminal evil any true crime enthusiast finds themselves contemplating,

I promise. A word of warning, though, this book discusses deeply disturbing acts of violent crime,

including crimes against children.

And while that's true of many of the books I recommend here,

this book contains especially concentrated doses of disturbing material,

including some cases or perpetrators you may not have heard of before.

So please be advised.

This book may not be suitable for all listeners.

If you're interested in understanding

evil and the cultural factors influencing modern violent crime, though, I recommend this book.

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