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The Bain Killings Whodunnit?
Mass murder -- New Zealand -- Dunedin.
Trials (Murder) -- New Zealand.
Judicial error -- New Zealand.
Evidence (Law) -- New Zealand.
Investigation into murder of Bain family in Dunedin, NZ 1994.
Trials (Murder) -- New Zealand.
Judicial error -- New Zealand.
Evidence (Law) -- New Zealand.
Investigation into murder of Bain family in Dunedin, NZ 1994.
- GenresTrue Crime
233 pages
Published January 1, 2016
3 people want to read
About the author
Michael Sharp
73 books14 followersMichael Sharp is a sociologist (a PhD from the University of Alberta), a "mystic," a husband, a father, and a teacher. he was raised Catholic but gave up religion and spirituality at an early age (age 8) primarily because of all the (emotional, psychological, and physical) violence and hypocrisy that he. For decades he floated between a materialist atheism totally hostile to all forms of spiritual belief and a laid back agnosticism where he remained open to empirical convincing, but persistently doubtful about the possibility all the same. Then, one day back in 2002 a series of powerful mystical experience began that totally undermined the materialist foundations of his scientific world world and sent him plummeting down the proverbial rabbit hole. From that point on his life change. While he didn't give up his job, move to a mountaintop, and don a saffron robe, he did shift his research and writing interests as "information" (and lots of it) began to flow.
The first book to flow from his 'mystical" pen was a new creation story, a new story of Genesis. He called this story The Song of Creation. This revised creation story, this new "song of creation, was different than previous stories. Unlike so many previous "mystical revelations" that had been corrupted by venal social and economic interests, this story flowed powerful and pure. The story was devoid of the violence, hierarchy, exclusion, and judgment. In this canonical creation story, nobody gets punished, and nobody gets "left behind." You can read the beautifully illustrated Song of Creation for free by downloading it (http://datadump.thelightningpath.com/...). If you like the book, please support Michael's work by purchasing a table top copy.
Michael's work didn't stop with The Song. Pressure to write was intense and the information was copious and so followed poems, parables, books, and even scholarly articles. He wrote the Book of Life: Ascension and the Divine World Order, Dossier of the Ascension, The Book of Light: The Nature of God, the Structure of Consciousness, and the Universe Within You, and others. Like a lot of true mystics of the past Michael's work is copious and sweeping. Unlike a lot of other mystics in the past, it is still expanding and growing. You can get an overview of his work, read his poems, parables, and other writings, by visiting his home page at http://www.michaelsharp.org/
The first book to flow from his 'mystical" pen was a new creation story, a new story of Genesis. He called this story The Song of Creation. This revised creation story, this new "song of creation, was different than previous stories. Unlike so many previous "mystical revelations" that had been corrupted by venal social and economic interests, this story flowed powerful and pure. The story was devoid of the violence, hierarchy, exclusion, and judgment. In this canonical creation story, nobody gets punished, and nobody gets "left behind." You can read the beautifully illustrated Song of Creation for free by downloading it (http://datadump.thelightningpath.com/...). If you like the book, please support Michael's work by purchasing a table top copy.
Michael's work didn't stop with The Song. Pressure to write was intense and the information was copious and so followed poems, parables, books, and even scholarly articles. He wrote the Book of Life: Ascension and the Divine World Order, Dossier of the Ascension, The Book of Light: The Nature of God, the Structure of Consciousness, and the Universe Within You, and others. Like a lot of true mystics of the past Michael's work is copious and sweeping. Unlike a lot of other mystics in the past, it is still expanding and growing. You can get an overview of his work, read his poems, parables, and other writings, by visiting his home page at http://www.michaelsharp.org/
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August 19, 2022
Read 2022: ⭐️
What a waste of time and trees.
Look, I really wanted to like this book. The Bain family murders is arguably one of New Zealand’s most prominent crimes; anyone my age and older knows of this case and has their own theories on it. While the murders took place in Dunedin, the trial took place in my home city. All this to say I had high hopes going in to this book and none of them were met.
The author is very opinionated throughout the novel. He constantly gives his thoughts and pushes his views onto the reader. I’m all for the author giving their conclusions on “who dunnit”, but I prefer for the evidence to be presented straight up, sans bias, to allow me to make up my own mind. Once all the facts have been presented, then tell me your theory and any other theories people have.
The book itself is poorly put together. There are many instances of similar terminology being used sequentially, such as “the paper the newspaper”, or full sentences being repeated back to back. The grammar is terrible (the author has clearly never heard of the Oxford comma), making for an even more difficult and frustrating read. I highly doubt this book has seen any form of editing, and as the edition I read is a “revised edition”, this is absolutely insane.
The author constantly repeats himself, most often word for word, to the point of making me genuinely angry. I have no idea how many times I read about bullet shells in Robin Bain’s caravan that were “left to collect dust till the Police found them on 20 June” but I’ll tell you now it was at least 10 times too many. I know this is a true crime so you want to make sure your reader is following the evidence, but an indication in that direction would suffice if you don’t trust your reader to understand on their own. There is literally no need to copy and paste your own paragraph multiple times over. Waste. Of. Trees.
Ultimately, there are better books out there on the Bain murders, I’m sure of it. Once I’ve read some I will update here and add in links so you can learn about the case in a quality way. In the meantime, I would highly suggest the podcast “Black Hands” which details the case and the evidence in an unbiased and interesting way.
And for anyone who wants my thoughts on who murdered the majority of the Bain family, Robin Bain (the father) or David Bain (the only family member left alive), my bets have always been on David Bain. But as Kermit would say, that’s none of my business *sips tea*.
What a waste of time and trees.
Look, I really wanted to like this book. The Bain family murders is arguably one of New Zealand’s most prominent crimes; anyone my age and older knows of this case and has their own theories on it. While the murders took place in Dunedin, the trial took place in my home city. All this to say I had high hopes going in to this book and none of them were met.
The author is very opinionated throughout the novel. He constantly gives his thoughts and pushes his views onto the reader. I’m all for the author giving their conclusions on “who dunnit”, but I prefer for the evidence to be presented straight up, sans bias, to allow me to make up my own mind. Once all the facts have been presented, then tell me your theory and any other theories people have.
The book itself is poorly put together. There are many instances of similar terminology being used sequentially, such as “the paper the newspaper”, or full sentences being repeated back to back. The grammar is terrible (the author has clearly never heard of the Oxford comma), making for an even more difficult and frustrating read. I highly doubt this book has seen any form of editing, and as the edition I read is a “revised edition”, this is absolutely insane.
The author constantly repeats himself, most often word for word, to the point of making me genuinely angry. I have no idea how many times I read about bullet shells in Robin Bain’s caravan that were “left to collect dust till the Police found them on 20 June” but I’ll tell you now it was at least 10 times too many. I know this is a true crime so you want to make sure your reader is following the evidence, but an indication in that direction would suffice if you don’t trust your reader to understand on their own. There is literally no need to copy and paste your own paragraph multiple times over. Waste. Of. Trees.
Ultimately, there are better books out there on the Bain murders, I’m sure of it. Once I’ve read some I will update here and add in links so you can learn about the case in a quality way. In the meantime, I would highly suggest the podcast “Black Hands” which details the case and the evidence in an unbiased and interesting way.
And for anyone who wants my thoughts on who murdered the majority of the Bain family, Robin Bain (the father) or David Bain (the only family member left alive), my bets have always been on David Bain. But as Kermit would say, that’s none of my business *sips tea*.
August 13, 2017
Bit of a hard read at times with all the repeated evidence. I do agree with the author on his views of the case though.
April 1, 2017
Poorly edited, repetitious - only read if you are still interested in the Bain family murders 1994.
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