Summary of Joe Sharkey's Death Sentence

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#1 The night of the murders, Pat was brought in by the police and taken home by her father. She was frightened of her father, who did not speak to her that night. He had almost completely stopped speaking to his daughter several months earlier, after he had told her he strongly disapproved of her friends, her attitude, and her desire to have a career in the theater.

#2 John’s behavior had become abusive towards his daughter, Pat. He would insult her and call her names, based on her developing sexuality. He would turn the radio up loud to drown out her music.

#3 John had a large collection of military-strategy board games, low-tech precursors to virtual reality war games. He had a calendar marked in November 1971, three weeks before he killed his wife and daughter, that he wanted to augment his ongoing defense against a tormenting world with a surprise attack.

#4 John List had a difficult time playing the role of father to his daughter, Brenda, because he didn’t like fish. He would take her and her brother to fish on the Saginaw River, though, and he would rent tackle and a couple of folding chairs to sit and fish beside a hole cut through the ice.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822560154

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#1

The night of the murders, Pat was brought in by the police and taken home by her father. She was frightened of her father, who did not speak to her that night. He had almost completely stopped speaking to his daughter several months earlier, after he had told her he strongly disapproved of her friends, her attitude, and her desire to have a career in the theater.

#2

John’s behavior had become abusive towards his daughter, Pat. He would insult her and call her names, based on her developing sexuality. He would turn the radio up loud to drown out her music.

#3

John had a large collection of military-strategy board games, low-tech precursors to virtual reality war games. He had a calendar marked in November 1971, three weeks before he killed his wife and daughter, that he wanted to augment his ongoing defense against a tormenting world with a surprise attack.

#4

John List had a difficult time playing the role of father to his daughter, Brenda, because he didn’t like fish. He would take her and her brother to fish on the Saginaw River, though, and he would rent tackle and a couple of folding chairs to sit and fish beside a hole cut through the ice.

#5

John’s father, John Frederick, was 26 years older than his wife, Alma. They had married one year earlier, after his first wife died of cancer. With his first wife, John had had a son, William George, who was the same age as Alma.

#6

John Frederick was the son of the younger immigrant brother, Johann. He was a carpenter, and he and his family lived in Bay City. He was a landlord, and his tenants lived upstairs.

#7

John List, the boy’s father, was a man who despised Halloween as a satanic celebration. He flew out the door in a fury and gave chase with such determination that one of the boys, his bravado in hasty retreat, stumbled into a gully and