Die for Me

The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng/Leonard Lake Torture Murders

By: Don Lasseter

Narrated by: Charles Constant

In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture, and murder that claimed at least 16 victims. Lake committed suicide: Ng fled to Canada, where he was tracked down and extradited to California. This 14-year, $10 million legal case was the costliest and longest criminal prosecution in California history.

©2000 Don Lasseter (P)2020 Tantor

Well done

A well earned and unexpected 5 stars.. I will listen again. Well laid out and narrated!

Struggled to finish

Too much verbiage on the trial. Really didn't completely finish. I had hoped there would be more detail on the conduct of Lake and Ng and the murders, etc.

True crime must read

A well written and detailed account of a series of horrific crimes. I will definitely look into other books from Dan Lasseter. The narration was excellent.

Kept me interested the entire time HIGHLY RECOMMEND

I’ve listened to 100 true crime audiobooks. This book actually made me cry, that’s rare. It’s such a horrific and heartbreaking story. So unnecessary these murders. It makes me SICK that Charles the rapist and murderer of men, women and babies is still alive on death row. California needs to look at cars like this and know he deserves death! These poor families who are left to deal with the deaths and even worse what happened to them. Not just death but torture in some cases. Very in depth book and the first time I ever heard of this story.

An Extraordinary True Story About Two Ordinary Men

This book was difficult to listen to. It takes you for a walk through the gruesome, unconscionable acts of two notoriously evil men. It is a reminder that the outer garment of human existence rarely reveals the corruption and evil that lurks just below the surface. It's a reminder that we can never really be sure who to trust. We may think that we know our "friends" and "neighbors", but are we sure that we really know anyone? Anyone at all? This book may keep you up at night. And maybe, just maybe, it should!