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Priority Mail
Priority Mail embodies all the best elements of a riveting true-crime story: steadily building suspense, behind-the-scenes investigative work, and compelling, complex characters. From the beginning, inexperienced ATF agent Brian Hoback and a handful of others suspected the brilliant, charming, and chilling Walter Leroy Moody; but if Moody was the bomber, he had expertly covered his tracks. Hoback, however, never gave up on his quarry, even when senior officials and dozens of other agents mistakenly focused on another suspect. The key was whether Moody's much younger wife, Susan, could be transformed from devoted helpmate - and battered wife - to stunning star witness for the prosecution, throwing off the influence of her domineering husband and testifying against him.
- GenresTrue Crime
317 pages, Hardcover
First published March 13, 1995
59 people want to read
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Mark Winne
10Ìýbooks5ÌýfollowersFor 25 years Mark Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, Mark organized community self-help food projects that assisted the city's lower income and elderly residents. Mark's work with the Food System included the development of a commercial hydroponic greenhouse, Connecticut's Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, several farmers' markets, a 20-acre community supported agriculture farm, food and nutrition education programs, and a neighborhood supermarket.
Winne now writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community assessment, and food policy. He also does policy communication work for the Community Food Security Coalition. His essays and opinion pieces have appeared in The Nation, Hartford Courant, Boston Globe, In These Times, Sierra, Orion, Successful Farming and numerous organizational and professional newsletters and journals across the country. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Winne now writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community assessment, and food policy. He also does policy communication work for the Community Food Security Coalition. His essays and opinion pieces have appeared in The Nation, Hartford Courant, Boston Globe, In These Times, Sierra, Orion, Successful Farming and numerous organizational and professional newsletters and journals across the country. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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November 14, 2024
Walter Leroy Moody was born in 1935. He was known to have a temper and underwent psychiatric evaluations that determined he had consistent violent thoughts. He was sentenced to five years in prison in 1972, after a pipe bomb, he planned to send to an auto dealer who had repossessed his car, exploded on his wife. After his release from prison, and a divorce, Moody got right back to business. He mailed bombs to people who were involved in the justice system and civil rights. He wound up injuring his first wife, injuring the wife of someone he mailed the bomb to, and killing two others.
This case was featured on Forensic Files, so if you are interested in the reading list for fans of the show, this book is on it. It was a decent book that went into detail about the attitude and mental health of Moody, as well as explaining the trial and conviction.
This case was featured on Forensic Files, so if you are interested in the reading list for fans of the show, this book is on it. It was a decent book that went into detail about the attitude and mental health of Moody, as well as explaining the trial and conviction.
May 22, 2024
Kind of a slow burner, but it’s probably the best source on the Walter Moody/Americans for a Competent Federal Judicial System case out there. Lots of good information regarding the prosecution and the course of the case.
June 19, 2019
Very interesting read.
June 26, 2020
Written by a journalist, the story is more technical and dry than interesting. Too many names to keep straight.
March 4, 2023
Better that Walter Leroy Moody had never been born. What a waste.
May 8, 2013
An engaging read.
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