UnGodly: The Passions, Torments, and Murder of Atheist Mada
Jun 2010 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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Obscene, belligerent, obsessive, and brilliant, the infamous and outrageous Madalyn Murray O'Hair succeeded in becoming "America's Most Hated Woman." Now award-winning journalist Ted Dracos reveals the incredible true story of the life and murder of the woman who changed the religious habits of an entire nation.
As the woman who won a longshot, landmark Supreme Court case to ban prayer in public schools -- and also the millionaire murdered for her ill-gained money -- Madalyn Murray O'Hair was one of the most powerful personalities of the twentieth century. Investigative reporter Ted Dracos presents an amazing account of O'Hair's life -- a story that is rare in the annals of crime and is truly stranger than fiction.
With impeccable research based on thousands of pages of court records, nearly one hundred interviews in fourteen states, and never-before-released documents UnGodly traces the self-anointed atheist high priestess from her public skirmishes with the law through her remarkable legal maneuverings and her schemes to siphon off enormous sums of money from the foundations she created. O'Hair's private life proves as bizarre as her public life. UnGodly also explains for the first time the full story of the kidnapping and murder of O'Hair, her son, and granddaughter -- a grisly multiple murder masterminded by a genius ex-con who hoped to pocket nearly a million dollars worth of loot in a pitiless and cunning plot.
Fearless, combative, and domineering, O'Hair led one of the most unforgettable -- and almost unbelievable -- lives in American history. UnGodly -- a seamless blend of biography and murder mystery -- is a chilling portrait of a fascinating, complex woman whose life finally became a living hell.
As the woman who won a longshot, landmark Supreme Court case to ban prayer in public schools -- and also the millionaire murdered for her ill-gained money -- Madalyn Murray O'Hair was one of the most powerful personalities of the twentieth century. Investigative reporter Ted Dracos presents an amazing account of O'Hair's life -- a story that is rare in the annals of crime and is truly stranger than fiction.
With impeccable research based on thousands of pages of court records, nearly one hundred interviews in fourteen states, and never-before-released documents UnGodly traces the self-anointed atheist high priestess from her public skirmishes with the law through her remarkable legal maneuverings and her schemes to siphon off enormous sums of money from the foundations she created. O'Hair's private life proves as bizarre as her public life. UnGodly also explains for the first time the full story of the kidnapping and murder of O'Hair, her son, and granddaughter -- a grisly multiple murder masterminded by a genius ex-con who hoped to pocket nearly a million dollars worth of loot in a pitiless and cunning plot.
Fearless, combative, and domineering, O'Hair led one of the most unforgettable -- and almost unbelievable -- lives in American history. UnGodly -- a seamless blend of biography and murder mystery -- is a chilling portrait of a fascinating, complex woman whose life finally became a living hell.
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Ted Dracos has had a wide-ranging career in media and communications. He began as a contributing writer/photojournalist for the Seattle Weekly. As an investigative television journalist,
he has worked extensively in the area of social policy -- scientific, medical, and judicial -- for network affiliates in San Antonio, San Diego, and Minneapolis. He has also worked as a writer, producer, and consultant for ABC's 20/20, Fox's America's Most Wanted, and Orion Telepictures' Crimewatch. His work has been featured in Condé Nast's Self magazine and the American Journalism Review, among other publications. As an adjunct professor of broadcast journalism, he was a member of the faculty at Incarnate Word University in San Antonio. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he lives in Concan, Texas.
he has worked extensively in the area of social policy -- scientific, medical, and judicial -- for network affiliates in San Antonio, San Diego, and Minneapolis. He has also worked as a writer, producer, and consultant for ABC's 20/20, Fox's America's Most Wanted, and Orion Telepictures' Crimewatch. His work has been featured in Condé Nast's Self magazine and the American Journalism Review, among other publications. As an adjunct professor of broadcast journalism, he was a member of the faculty at Incarnate Word University in San Antonio. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he lives in Concan, Texas.
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