Review: The Original JonBenet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2011
On December 27, 1936, ten-year-old Charles Fletcher Mattson was ripped from his family in a home invasion committed for the sole purpose of kidnapping the young boy, as indicated by the ransom note left behind.Nineteen-year-old Gordon Morrow discovered Charlie's nude, battered body near his home on January 10, 1937.Thus began the massive hunt for a killer that has lasted seven decades.Award winning true crime author Gregg Olsen provides readers with a condensed version of the massive FBI files on one of two FBI kidnapping cases to remain unsolved.With clear and concise descriptions of key players and places,Taken in the Nightpresents readers with the facts and asks, "Can you solve the case?"Additionally, readers will notice the eerie similarities between this Depression era case and the more contemporary murder of JonBenét Ramsey nor were they lost on Olsen; who notes the strange parallels of the two cases separated by 60 years.If you do a Google search, you'll find there are multiple sites offering information about the Mattson kidnapping and they're all interesting to read. But after a while it becomes overwhelming so an abridged version is quite handy, especially one in a well-written story format.If you have an interest in true crime short stories and/or unsolved cases, then considerTaken in the Nightby Gregg Olsen. It's well worth the $1.99 eBook price.