The Unholy Ghost Murders eBook J B Smith
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The Unholy Ghost Murders eBook J B Smith
I think if I knew the Sheriff I'd like him but if this is an example of his writing an author he is not. First, the book is poorly edited for the kindle which makes reading difficult. Second, while the story is based on a real event and one with which I am pretty familiar especially regarding the personalities of the victim and her family I find that the Sheriff has used a little too much literary license as he tries to establish the personalities of the principles and their relationship. In some cases he just plain misses the boat. Add to that the fact that certain empirical information is just flat out wrong. I was the victims pastor in Beaumont, Texas from when she was 16 until she turned 24 (1983-1991) and knew her pretty well. The Sheriff identifies her home church in the book as Woodland Pines Baptist in spite of the fact that he uses a document at the end that clearly states Woodland Baptist. He identifies the pastor's wife at the time of her death as having known Marla since she was 16. Just not so . . . why you ask, because I was the pastor there when she was between the ages 16-24. These are simple things he got wrong and one has to wonder what else he got wrong as he characterized both Mike Tabb and Marla as well as the members of the FMC. I am also familiar with Troup and East Texas as I pastored in Kilgore for a number of years and can tell you that the way he characterizes the church members attitudes toward a couple who had been there less than 2 months hardly flatters them. It reminds me of the petty loose gossip that one finds in many small East Texas churches and towns (Believe me I know as I ministered in that world for several years and heard plenty of it). It is given to hyperbolae and exaggeration. Finally, the literary style of the book lacks sophistication and smacks of a hokey tale. If you weren't born there you never belong there and are always seen as out-siders.At the end, in a sort of epilogue, he attempts to explain what happened in terms of personalities. The one thing he did get right was that these two people lived in two very different realities. If you think the church members thought it disgusting to have a minister like Tabb what do think it did to a person with a strong sense of spiritual rightness to be married to such a fraud. He was living the lie and she was expected to support that lie. Wish I'd spent my money on something else.
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The Unholy Ghost Murders eBook J B Smith Reviews
The Unholy Ghost Murder.
This is a great read. Very well written and detailed about the events that occured that day in this small east texas town.
Sheriff Smith's writing commands the attention of the reader. I feel as though I've experienced a criminal justice class taught by a most effective professor.
Great book based on a true story. I enjoyed it very much.
Great book. It gave me closure knowing what happened to my friend Marla McCown Tabb.
The second in the Sheriff’s true crime series, this book has a tighter feel than his first book, “The Christmas Day Murders.” Set in the sleepy little town of Troup, it deals with the grisly murder of the wife of a local minister. I chose to read this book mostly because I had briefly met the mother of the minister many years ago and also because it took place right down the road from where I live.
When this murder occurred, I was absolutely astounded at the details of what happened. To quote Judge Diane DeVasto, who pretty much says what I was thinking at the time “…How can a man with an outstanding personal and religious background – a leader of his congregation – murder the mother of his children with such viciousness and rage and then conceal his crime?” That was pretty much the opinion of most everyone in the area.
Following the investigation of the murder by Smith County Sheriff’s Department forensics team of Joe Rasco and Pam Dunklin, Smith and Maynard skillfully retold the details of this case from the beginning to the end. Leaving no stones unturned, Rasco and Dunklin performed their thorough investigation in an exemplary way that led them almost immediately to the killer of the mother of two, Marla Tabb, in the parsonage just six short weeks after she and her husband Mike had arrived in Troup to serve the United Methodist Church.
Although all of the evidence of her murder pointed pretty much directly at her husband Mike, Rasco and Dunklin wanted to be sure that they hadn’t missed anything that would keep the prosecution’s case from being air-tight. Through interviews with members of the church, their families, and members of the military at Camp LeJune where Tabb had worked as chaplain, the team discovered that the Tabb’s marriage was anything but happy and that both Mike and Marla seemed to have many long-standing areas of conflict in their relationship.
If you enjoy reading about true crime and its ensuing investigation, this book will give you a great inside look at the step by step process of how that investigation can unfold and how one piece of evidence can be the lead to discovering more clues to the solving of a crime. Sheriff Smith and Mr. Maynard have done a commendable job of explaining how investigators approach a case and work together to solve it. I must admit that I couldn’t put this book down until I had finished reading it, and I bet you’ll have a hard time putting it down yourself.
This is an interesting murder case. However, the book needs a good editor to develop the background of the victim and murderer, correct the rambling style, and delete the repetitious wording. Also welcome would be better formatting for the kindle edition.
Sorry, but this is the worst true crime book I have ever picked up. Despite being double spaced, it rambles on and on about a domestic murder whose only noteworthiness is that a minister was involved. This murder was a tragedy, but does not rate a book as there was not even a trial in this case. It reads as police reports with ramblings and humor attempts by the author stuck in between. The book quality does not come close to the work quality put in by the investigators. If there had been complete editing, this book would have been a short story consisting of about 10 pages. Sheriff Smith has many interesting stories to tell. Perhaps he should consider a collection of short stories.
I think if I knew the Sheriff I'd like him but if this is an example of his writing an author he is not. First, the book is poorly edited for the kindle which makes reading difficult. Second, while the story is based on a real event and one with which I am pretty familiar especially regarding the personalities of the victim and her family I find that the Sheriff has used a little too much literary license as he tries to establish the personalities of the principles and their relationship. In some cases he just plain misses the boat. Add to that the fact that certain empirical information is just flat out wrong. I was the victims pastor in Beaumont, Texas from when she was 16 until she turned 24 (1983-1991) and knew her pretty well. The Sheriff identifies her home church in the book as Woodland Pines Baptist in spite of the fact that he uses a document at the end that clearly states Woodland Baptist. He identifies the pastor's wife at the time of her death as having known Marla since she was 16. Just not so . . . why you ask, because I was the pastor there when she was between the ages 16-24. These are simple things he got wrong and one has to wonder what else he got wrong as he characterized both Mike Tabb and Marla as well as the members of the FMC. I am also familiar with Troup and East Texas as I pastored in Kilgore for a number of years and can tell you that the way he characterizes the church members attitudes toward a couple who had been there less than 2 months hardly flatters them. It reminds me of the petty loose gossip that one finds in many small East Texas churches and towns (Believe me I know as I ministered in that world for several years and heard plenty of it). It is given to hyperbolae and exaggeration. Finally, the literary style of the book lacks sophistication and smacks of a hokey tale. If you weren't born there you never belong there and are always seen as out-siders.
At the end, in a sort of epilogue, he attempts to explain what happened in terms of personalities. The one thing he did get right was that these two people lived in two very different realities. If you think the church members thought it disgusting to have a minister like Tabb what do think it did to a person with a strong sense of spiritual rightness to be married to such a fraud. He was living the lie and she was expected to support that lie. Wish I'd spent my money on something else.
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