![]() ![]() I never really knew her … I take full responsibility for whatever happened to Sylvia.” Then you feel really sick.īut then, to add insult to injury, you learn that her aunt (Gertrude Baniszewski) was convicted of murder, but was released on parole after serving 18 years, saying at her parole hearing “I’m not sure what role I had in it … because I was on drugs. This is a very twisted tale that leaves you feeling ill until you find out the story is based on the real-life murder of Sylvia Likens, who was left with her aunt by her parents and then really was tortured to death by her aunt and neighborhood children. The kids gradually go along with the insane aunt, who moves from abuse to outright torture and eventually murder. The book details the abuse of a teenage girl by her aunt, who enlists neighborhood children to help torture the girl over the course of a summer. Jack Ketchum is often mentioned when the topic of “most extreme horror writer” is breached, and it’s not hard to see why when you read The Girl Next Door. ![]()
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