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Kathleen Folbigg
The true story of Australia's worst convicted female serial killer, Kathleen Folbigg. She killed her four children over 10 years.
Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura Folbigg died one by one over a 10-year period in similar circumstances - suddenly, unexpectedly and while sleeping. Each was discovered by Kathleen, their mother, who raised the alarm to her husband, Craig, that they were not breathing.
When the Folbiggs' marriage fell apart six weeks after the death of their fourth child, Laura, Craig was devastated. It only got worse when he discovered Kathleen's diary in her bedside drawer. Horrified at his wife's ramblings about losing control with the children, her 'terrible thoughts' and her fears she was her 'father's daughter', he took the diary to the police. The diary was the crucial evidence Detective Bernie Ryan had been searching for to confirm his suspicions that the babies had been murdered.
With his career and credibility on the line, he made the decision to charge Kathleen Folbigg with the murder of her four innocent babies. No one who knew Kathleen could believe she had murdered her own children. Yet few knew of her tragic past - the fact that her own father had stabbed her mother to death four decades earlier. When The Bough Breaks exposes the secret life of Australia's worst convicted female serial killer, a woman jailed for the unthinkable crime of killing her own children. It raises important issues about parents who do not feel emotionally attached to their children and about the diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a cause of death.
Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura Folbigg died one by one over a 10-year period in similar circumstances - suddenly, unexpectedly and while sleeping. Each was discovered by Kathleen, their mother, who raised the alarm to her husband, Craig, that they were not breathing.
When the Folbiggs' marriage fell apart six weeks after the death of their fourth child, Laura, Craig was devastated. It only got worse when he discovered Kathleen's diary in her bedside drawer. Horrified at his wife's ramblings about losing control with the children, her 'terrible thoughts' and her fears she was her 'father's daughter', he took the diary to the police. The diary was the crucial evidence Detective Bernie Ryan had been searching for to confirm his suspicions that the babies had been murdered.
With his career and credibility on the line, he made the decision to charge Kathleen Folbigg with the murder of her four innocent babies. No one who knew Kathleen could believe she had murdered her own children. Yet few knew of her tragic past - the fact that her own father had stabbed her mother to death four decades earlier. When The Bough Breaks exposes the secret life of Australia's worst convicted female serial killer, a woman jailed for the unthinkable crime of killing her own children. It raises important issues about parents who do not feel emotionally attached to their children and about the diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a cause of death.
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368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2003
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November 9, 2018
3 Stars = I liked the book. I'm glad I read it.
March 26, 2015
It is strange to think that this woman lived in Singleton while I lived there.
Kathleen Folbigg killed her four newborn children of the course of 10 years.
This a well written and research look at the events surrounding the deaths of her children and the efforts Detective Bernie Ryan to find the truth and get a conviction.
Kathleen Folbigg killed her four newborn children of the course of 10 years.
This a well written and research look at the events surrounding the deaths of her children and the efforts Detective Bernie Ryan to find the truth and get a conviction.
January 8, 2015
Loved this book, what a crazy, disturbing but highly manipulative lady. I have read this a few times and it saddens me every time. Kathleen had an excuse for everything that went on which would put doubts in some peoples minds but come on, being able to get away with it for that long.
June 2, 2020
Most Australians with even a passing interest in the news probably recognise if not the name Kathleen Folbigg, then the case. During a 10 year period, she and her husband Craig buried four babies – sons Caleb and Patrick followed by daughters Sarah and Laura. For a long time, it seemed like they were the most unlucky of couples. Their first son Caleb was ruled a death by SIDS – sudden infant death syndrome, when an infant dies with no discernible cause, of suffocation or asphyxiation. When Caleb was born, SIDS was probably only just becoming something that there were developing guidelines for, in order to help prevent it. When they introduced things like always placing your baby on its back to sleep, not covering it with anything that could be pulled over its face, reducing smoking in the home, not co-sleeping, no bumpers in cots (this is an Australian guideline, but doesn’t exist in other countries like the US), the deaths dropped dramatically. And it wasn’t known to have any genetic or family factors so the Folbiggs would try again, welcoming baby Patrick. But then…..Patrick suffered not one, but two episodes of being found unresponsive by his mother. The first time, attending ambulance officers were able to revive him, although he would suffer brain damage and ongoing seizures from the lack of oxygen to his brain. The second time, he could not be revived. For one death of SIDS in a family, would be tragic. Two? That would be incredibly unlucky. So when baby Sarah arrived, surely….surely…..it could not happen again.
Except it did. And then again, to Laura, their final child, who was 18 months when she too was found unresponsive by her mother during an afternoon nap. However a detective following up on the death was suspicious – and he began looking into the previous deaths, eventually coming to the incredible and shocking decision that the Folbiggs had struck these monstrous odds of losing four children not by chance, but because the children’s own mother was smothering them in their sleep. Kathleen Folbigg was charged with four counts of murder, one count of manslaughter on the first baby and charges of grievous bodily harm for the failed attempt on Patrick, that rendered him brain damaged. She would eventually be found guilty of the manslaughter of Caleb, the murder of Patrick, Sarah and Laura and guilty of the GBH charge on Patrick.
Crucial to the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg were the diaries she kept when her children were born, which seem to contain somewhat chilling admissions that she was the reason the previous babies were no longer with them. After the death of Laura, their fourth child, the marriage of Craig and Kathleen broke down and Craig found one of the diaries that she’d left in the house. Grief stricken and confused, he took it to the same detective that already had his suspicions about the deaths. For that detective, the diaries just confirmed what he already believed. That unable to cope with the babies, Kathleen had smothered each of them.
Disturbingly, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between babies who do die of SIDS – an unexplained death in their sleep and babies who are smothered. In fact you’ll find all sorts of experts who disagree over cases, including this one. For experts for the prosecution that analysed autopsy reports and claimed there were no other mitigating factors in their deaths to ones for the defense that pointed out this thing or that thing that could’ve been. An expert calculated the odds of the one family having four babies die in their sleep in this way and it came back at 1 in 1 trillion – a number so big you might as well make up any random number. There were several things that didn’t fit the SIDS profile – a lot of the babies were outside the parameters of when SIDS mostly strikes which is between 3-6 months. Caleb was 19 days old. Sarah was between 10 and 11 months – not outside the realms of possibility but again, quite unlikely. Laura was almost 19 months old. In each case, they were always found unresponsive by their mother, who raised the alarm. On several occasions, her story changed. On at least one occasion, her story didn’t match her husband’s story of what had been happening at a certain time.
I have two children and both were excellent sleepers on the whole, but also had their moments. I remember a day when my eldest was probably about 4 months old maybe? I was alone, my husband was at work for about 12 hours and he would not feed or sleep and he screamed most of the day. I was at my wits end and remember thinking to myself I have to take a break. I put him in his cot with nothing else in there and went out the front of the house and took I don’t know, somewhere between 5-10 minutes to regroup and regather myself before I went back in and got him and tried again. Babies can test you mentally in many ways and there’s a reason sleep deprivation is a form of torture. And it seemed like the bulk of the care was left to Kathleen as a lot of the time Craig was working and he was a heavy overnight sleeper who did not wake when the babies cried. But there were definitely other factors at play too.
Kathleen required very strict routines and she disliked it when Craig upset them, wanting to play with the children or rile them up at bedtime (with Sarah and Laura, who were both older when they died). Look in some ways I can sympathise with that. Caring for a baby all day is exhausting and demanding and sometimes, what gets you through the day is the thought of bedtime. Knowing that they’ll go to bed and silence will reign and you can have a shower or eat a hot meal or just….sit down. And do nothing. Having someone come in and disrupt that, even their own father, can be infuriating. But Kathleen took routines to the extreme and often saw the babies as restricting her ability to go out and see her friends or go to the gym and there were disturbing reports that she bounced back from the death of each baby very quickly, seemingly getting on with her life as it had been before babies, while Craig would be drowning in grief. She would often tell him she’d leave him if he didn’t “snap out of it”.
A lot of disturbing things about Kathleen’s early life came out in the trial and honestly, it was quite horrific. I feel as though there were extenuating circumstances in a way – not that it’s ever an excuse for what she did, nor do I understand it. But there were definitely things about her life that had impacted on her in ways that no one could’ve predicted or understood. And sometimes I felt to myself, why did she keep having babies?! WHY? But I honestly feel that she thought each time would be different. She would be older, more mature, better able to cope, to not ‘lose it’ as she often put it in her diaries. I think she genuinely believed that it would turn out different….and maybe she doesn’t even fully comprehend what she did. She certainly maintained her innocence and I think, still does. But having read everything, I find it impossible to believe those children died of natural causes with no intervention. In particular, Sarah and Laura.
This book is an updated version of a previously published book because in 2018, there was an inquiry into the convictions in response to a petition by supporters of Kathleen Folbigg, 15 years after her conviction and sentencing. The result of that inquiry was damning for Kathleen Folbigg with a 500 page report from the judge stating that he had no cause for any reasonable doubt as to her conviction. If anything it reiterated the decision, rather than raise any questions over it. She remains incarcerated in a high security NSW prison and will be eligible for parole in 2028.
This made me sad, both for Kathleen due to her own childhood and also for those four children. For Craig, who was alerted five times by terrible screaming, that something was wrong with his children. For anyone who had loved them and cared for them. For the ambulance officers and/or doctors who would try to resuscitate them in vain. And I can only imagine that for the detective who charged Kathleen, it was a long difficult investigation. Proving that a mother killed her children when there were no actual injuries, is not easy. And it also raises questions when other babies die of unexplained causes. These babies were all autopsied and it seemed that even after three of them it wasn’t really viewed as anything more than an inexplicable tragedy by most people. If some did have a few doubts, no one did anything until the fourth baby died.
Apart from an overly emotional prologue, this book seems well researched and gives a clear picture of not just the events surrounding the babies’ deaths but also Kathleen’s upbringing, her time in foster care, her marriage to Craig and her state of mind at various times.
Except it did. And then again, to Laura, their final child, who was 18 months when she too was found unresponsive by her mother during an afternoon nap. However a detective following up on the death was suspicious – and he began looking into the previous deaths, eventually coming to the incredible and shocking decision that the Folbiggs had struck these monstrous odds of losing four children not by chance, but because the children’s own mother was smothering them in their sleep. Kathleen Folbigg was charged with four counts of murder, one count of manslaughter on the first baby and charges of grievous bodily harm for the failed attempt on Patrick, that rendered him brain damaged. She would eventually be found guilty of the manslaughter of Caleb, the murder of Patrick, Sarah and Laura and guilty of the GBH charge on Patrick.
Crucial to the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg were the diaries she kept when her children were born, which seem to contain somewhat chilling admissions that she was the reason the previous babies were no longer with them. After the death of Laura, their fourth child, the marriage of Craig and Kathleen broke down and Craig found one of the diaries that she’d left in the house. Grief stricken and confused, he took it to the same detective that already had his suspicions about the deaths. For that detective, the diaries just confirmed what he already believed. That unable to cope with the babies, Kathleen had smothered each of them.
Disturbingly, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between babies who do die of SIDS – an unexplained death in their sleep and babies who are smothered. In fact you’ll find all sorts of experts who disagree over cases, including this one. For experts for the prosecution that analysed autopsy reports and claimed there were no other mitigating factors in their deaths to ones for the defense that pointed out this thing or that thing that could’ve been. An expert calculated the odds of the one family having four babies die in their sleep in this way and it came back at 1 in 1 trillion – a number so big you might as well make up any random number. There were several things that didn’t fit the SIDS profile – a lot of the babies were outside the parameters of when SIDS mostly strikes which is between 3-6 months. Caleb was 19 days old. Sarah was between 10 and 11 months – not outside the realms of possibility but again, quite unlikely. Laura was almost 19 months old. In each case, they were always found unresponsive by their mother, who raised the alarm. On several occasions, her story changed. On at least one occasion, her story didn’t match her husband’s story of what had been happening at a certain time.
I have two children and both were excellent sleepers on the whole, but also had their moments. I remember a day when my eldest was probably about 4 months old maybe? I was alone, my husband was at work for about 12 hours and he would not feed or sleep and he screamed most of the day. I was at my wits end and remember thinking to myself I have to take a break. I put him in his cot with nothing else in there and went out the front of the house and took I don’t know, somewhere between 5-10 minutes to regroup and regather myself before I went back in and got him and tried again. Babies can test you mentally in many ways and there’s a reason sleep deprivation is a form of torture. And it seemed like the bulk of the care was left to Kathleen as a lot of the time Craig was working and he was a heavy overnight sleeper who did not wake when the babies cried. But there were definitely other factors at play too.
Kathleen required very strict routines and she disliked it when Craig upset them, wanting to play with the children or rile them up at bedtime (with Sarah and Laura, who were both older when they died). Look in some ways I can sympathise with that. Caring for a baby all day is exhausting and demanding and sometimes, what gets you through the day is the thought of bedtime. Knowing that they’ll go to bed and silence will reign and you can have a shower or eat a hot meal or just….sit down. And do nothing. Having someone come in and disrupt that, even their own father, can be infuriating. But Kathleen took routines to the extreme and often saw the babies as restricting her ability to go out and see her friends or go to the gym and there were disturbing reports that she bounced back from the death of each baby very quickly, seemingly getting on with her life as it had been before babies, while Craig would be drowning in grief. She would often tell him she’d leave him if he didn’t “snap out of it”.
A lot of disturbing things about Kathleen’s early life came out in the trial and honestly, it was quite horrific. I feel as though there were extenuating circumstances in a way – not that it’s ever an excuse for what she did, nor do I understand it. But there were definitely things about her life that had impacted on her in ways that no one could’ve predicted or understood. And sometimes I felt to myself, why did she keep having babies?! WHY? But I honestly feel that she thought each time would be different. She would be older, more mature, better able to cope, to not ‘lose it’ as she often put it in her diaries. I think she genuinely believed that it would turn out different….and maybe she doesn’t even fully comprehend what she did. She certainly maintained her innocence and I think, still does. But having read everything, I find it impossible to believe those children died of natural causes with no intervention. In particular, Sarah and Laura.
This book is an updated version of a previously published book because in 2018, there was an inquiry into the convictions in response to a petition by supporters of Kathleen Folbigg, 15 years after her conviction and sentencing. The result of that inquiry was damning for Kathleen Folbigg with a 500 page report from the judge stating that he had no cause for any reasonable doubt as to her conviction. If anything it reiterated the decision, rather than raise any questions over it. She remains incarcerated in a high security NSW prison and will be eligible for parole in 2028.
This made me sad, both for Kathleen due to her own childhood and also for those four children. For Craig, who was alerted five times by terrible screaming, that something was wrong with his children. For anyone who had loved them and cared for them. For the ambulance officers and/or doctors who would try to resuscitate them in vain. And I can only imagine that for the detective who charged Kathleen, it was a long difficult investigation. Proving that a mother killed her children when there were no actual injuries, is not easy. And it also raises questions when other babies die of unexplained causes. These babies were all autopsied and it seemed that even after three of them it wasn’t really viewed as anything more than an inexplicable tragedy by most people. If some did have a few doubts, no one did anything until the fourth baby died.
Apart from an overly emotional prologue, this book seems well researched and gives a clear picture of not just the events surrounding the babies’ deaths but also Kathleen’s upbringing, her time in foster care, her marriage to Craig and her state of mind at various times.
November 9, 2013
Well written and researched add to that the fact that this woman wrote everything in diaries was her undoing and good on the police officer for testing the case and putting her where she belongs.
Anyone who can end the life of 4 small children over 10 years and claim SIDS for whatever reason (I don't want to hear the poor me excuses) deserves what they get - 30 years no parole is perfect.
She can never have or take the life of another child, its so sad she had any at all if her oh so perfect life was more important to her I can't begin to imagine why she kept having children? This kind of killer I will never understand but the book leaves no doubt she is guilty by her own hand and words
the writer did an amazing job compiling all the relevant material and it made for a very interesting and concise read.
Anyone who can end the life of 4 small children over 10 years and claim SIDS for whatever reason (I don't want to hear the poor me excuses) deserves what they get - 30 years no parole is perfect.
She can never have or take the life of another child, its so sad she had any at all if her oh so perfect life was more important to her I can't begin to imagine why she kept having children? This kind of killer I will never understand but the book leaves no doubt she is guilty by her own hand and words
the writer did an amazing job compiling all the relevant material and it made for a very interesting and concise read.
April 19, 2017
One of the most interesting stories about mothers who kill their babies. Kathleen just couldn't handle the crying. I feel she got what she deserved.
August 27, 2025
Unlike most of the reviewers on here, I have only just finished reading this book, which gives me the benefit of knowing what happened twenty years later.
The book, published following a "guilty" verdict for a killer mother, is an interesting read, but it is very biased and full of smug venom, with an emphasis on everything negative the author could write about her. I became annoyed by the endless praise for her stricken but "besotted" (an expression used repeatedly) husband. I would have preferred a more balanced approach, but I concede the author's antipathy is an understandable failing, given society's distress and anger for any crime against the innocent and vulnerable. I remember the court case, and the general mood was hostile.
This poor vilified woman spent twenty years in gaol for murdering her four children - convicted mainly on her own careless personal diary writings, and the circumstance that she was the parent who discovered the dying child. There was no other evidence, apart from a few people's opinions that she didn't seem to grieve much. Sound familiar? It's Lindy Chamberlain all over again. She must have done it.
Yes, in light of the deaths of the babies, some diary entries appear suspicious. It is a fact however, that many diary keepers record their random thoughts and vent secret frustrations, which in certain circumstances might seem like an expression of evil intentions. Kathy Folbigg wrote her (damning) thoughts only to herself, yet she did not make any particular efforts to conceal her diaries or their contents.
Genetic technology and numerous eminent scientists have subsequently shown that all four unfortunate children died from natural causes. Their assertions were so compelling that this victim - Kathy Folbigg - was not only immediately acquitted of the crime, but she was given an unconditional pardon for a wrongful conviction.
Lindy Chamberlain and Kathy Folbigg were both sentenced to life imprisonment after trials by media and popular opinion. It could happen to anyone when emotions override scientific facts or actual proof. Women, especially mothers, beware.
The book, published following a "guilty" verdict for a killer mother, is an interesting read, but it is very biased and full of smug venom, with an emphasis on everything negative the author could write about her. I became annoyed by the endless praise for her stricken but "besotted" (an expression used repeatedly) husband. I would have preferred a more balanced approach, but I concede the author's antipathy is an understandable failing, given society's distress and anger for any crime against the innocent and vulnerable. I remember the court case, and the general mood was hostile.
This poor vilified woman spent twenty years in gaol for murdering her four children - convicted mainly on her own careless personal diary writings, and the circumstance that she was the parent who discovered the dying child. There was no other evidence, apart from a few people's opinions that she didn't seem to grieve much. Sound familiar? It's Lindy Chamberlain all over again. She must have done it.
Yes, in light of the deaths of the babies, some diary entries appear suspicious. It is a fact however, that many diary keepers record their random thoughts and vent secret frustrations, which in certain circumstances might seem like an expression of evil intentions. Kathy Folbigg wrote her (damning) thoughts only to herself, yet she did not make any particular efforts to conceal her diaries or their contents.
Genetic technology and numerous eminent scientists have subsequently shown that all four unfortunate children died from natural causes. Their assertions were so compelling that this victim - Kathy Folbigg - was not only immediately acquitted of the crime, but she was given an unconditional pardon for a wrongful conviction.
Lindy Chamberlain and Kathy Folbigg were both sentenced to life imprisonment after trials by media and popular opinion. It could happen to anyone when emotions override scientific facts or actual proof. Women, especially mothers, beware.
September 17, 2023
The true, with real diary excerpts, story of Kathleen Folbigg. After reading this there is no doubt in my mind what happened and how it happened - even if it's only one sided, those diary entries chill me to the bone.
July 20, 2017
Wow, this book was really good ans interesting, Kathy Folbigg is one calculating cold hearted manipulative monster. Rest in peace beautiful babies
January 16, 2022
Rounded to 3.5
Reread this as it was updated after all Folbiggs court cases.
Interesting read and fast for those who have an interest in the case and the genre.
Reread this as it was updated after all Folbiggs court cases.
Interesting read and fast for those who have an interest in the case and the genre.
May 25, 2025
Kathleen Folbigg: “I endure all of this knowing that vindication will one day be mine.”
And it certainly was.
And it certainly was.
September 2, 2020
Trigger Warning: Child Killing // Murder
When The Bough Breaks: The True Story of Child Killer Kathleen Folbigg - Matthew Benns
After seeing a news article relating to the infamous Australian child killer Kathleen Folbigg, I decided to bring forward "When The Bough Breaks: The True Story of Child Killer Kathleen Folbigg" written by Matthew Benns on my reading list. This book is a desolate recount of the short period of time Kathleen and Craig Folbigg were parents. Every happy moment that is written about is foreshadowed with the grief and knowledge that none of the children survived.
Kathleen and Craig's first child, Caleb was born on the 1st of February 1989. His life was a short 19 days, his death being attributed to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). A little over a year later, on the 3rd of June 1990, Patrick was born. Patrick suffered from blindness and epilepsy, but his death at 9 months of age was claimed to be a result of an epileptic seizure. The 14th of October 1992 brought Kathleen and Craig their 3rd child, Sarah. A short 10 months later, Kathleen and Craig were to lose their baby girl to SIDS. Their fourth and final child, Laura was born on the 7th of August 1997. Laura had lived longer than her sibilings, passing away at 19 months of age.
Through the dramatised retelling of the crimes, Matthew Benns recounts the overlooked deaths of all four children and how Detective Bernie Ryan was one of the only people who truly questioned how four otherwise healthy children all died of 'unknown causes' (also mislabelled as SIDS) while in the care of Kathleen Folbigg.
Fortunately, through brilliant detective work, an unfortunate detailed and personal diary from Kathleen herself, and inconsistent facts from each death, Kathleen was found guilty of; Manslaughter of Caleb, grevious bodily harm and murder of Patrick, and murders of Sarah and Laura. She will be eligible for parole on the 21st of April, 2033 at the age of 66 years.
"It is necessary to try to understand why the offender lost her temper and assaulted her children"
Rating - 5/5 📚
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When The Bough Breaks: The True Story of Child Killer Kathleen Folbigg - Matthew Benns
After seeing a news article relating to the infamous Australian child killer Kathleen Folbigg, I decided to bring forward "When The Bough Breaks: The True Story of Child Killer Kathleen Folbigg" written by Matthew Benns on my reading list. This book is a desolate recount of the short period of time Kathleen and Craig Folbigg were parents. Every happy moment that is written about is foreshadowed with the grief and knowledge that none of the children survived.
Kathleen and Craig's first child, Caleb was born on the 1st of February 1989. His life was a short 19 days, his death being attributed to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). A little over a year later, on the 3rd of June 1990, Patrick was born. Patrick suffered from blindness and epilepsy, but his death at 9 months of age was claimed to be a result of an epileptic seizure. The 14th of October 1992 brought Kathleen and Craig their 3rd child, Sarah. A short 10 months later, Kathleen and Craig were to lose their baby girl to SIDS. Their fourth and final child, Laura was born on the 7th of August 1997. Laura had lived longer than her sibilings, passing away at 19 months of age.
Through the dramatised retelling of the crimes, Matthew Benns recounts the overlooked deaths of all four children and how Detective Bernie Ryan was one of the only people who truly questioned how four otherwise healthy children all died of 'unknown causes' (also mislabelled as SIDS) while in the care of Kathleen Folbigg.
Fortunately, through brilliant detective work, an unfortunate detailed and personal diary from Kathleen herself, and inconsistent facts from each death, Kathleen was found guilty of; Manslaughter of Caleb, grevious bodily harm and murder of Patrick, and murders of Sarah and Laura. She will be eligible for parole on the 21st of April, 2033 at the age of 66 years.
"It is necessary to try to understand why the offender lost her temper and assaulted her children"
Rating - 5/5 📚
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August 4, 2024
Guilty! I will always believe she is guilty and now the injustice of her walking free. This book is very well written and the story is really disturbing. God rest the souls of the beautiful babies and their loving father. Absolutely tragic.
May 10, 2014
I have always been fascinated by this case. How can a seemingly caring and good mother murder her four children over 10 years. This book contained excerpts from her diaries that really showed her state of mind. Overall a well researched, good read.
March 3, 2015
I've always been interested in Australian crime and this happened around an hour from my home town. Very interesting how no one thought of the possibly that she killed her children earlier. RIP beautiful babies xox
January 9, 2014
I found this book quite disturbing as I have a young child myself! It was really interesting to read about the police investigation and to read about Folbiggs family history!
September 21, 2014
I really enjoyed this one. Bloody crazy bitch.
I couldn't wait to keep reading this one. Plenty of insight into a murderers mind and how somebody so unsuspecting could be so evil.
I couldn't wait to keep reading this one. Plenty of insight into a murderers mind and how somebody so unsuspecting could be so evil.
July 29, 2020
A horrific story of a woman who should never have been a mother and her poor children and husband. It's hard to say you enjoy books like this but I really enjoyed it.
September 28, 2021
This book is great, very interesting story. But I don’t feel completely convinced that kathleen is guilty. I can see from both ways - you should totally read it to see how you conclude the case.
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