The Minds of Billy Milligan

By: Daniel Keyes

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Billy Milligan can be anyone he wants to be … except himself.

Out of control of his actions, Billy Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body—a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality—the first such court decision in history—bringing to public light the most remarkable and harrowing case of multiple personality ever recorded.

Twenty-four people live inside Billy Milligan.

Philip, a petty criminal; Kevin, who dealt drugs and masterminded a drugstore robbery; April, whose only ambition was to kill Billy’s stepfather; Adalana, the shy, lonely, affection-starved lesbian who “used” Billy’s body in the rapes that led to his arrest; David, the eight-year-old “keeper of pain”; and all of the others, including men, women, several children, and the teacher, the only one who can put them all together. You will meet each in this often shocking true story. And you will be drawn deeply into the mind of this tortured young man and his splintered, terrifying world.

©1981, 1982 Daniel Keyes and William S. Milligan (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Incredible

Great performance, amazing insights into the mind, perfect composition of details and narrative. I’m sad it ended!

Totally entertaining and eye opening

I saw the TV show first, but the book was way better for me. I highly recommend it. I learned from this book too and highly recommend it.

Fascinating story

This was such a fascinating story about the life of someone with multiple personality disorder and the psychological analysis of the disorder

Just boring

Saying the same so much over and over. It was clear what had caused this to happen to him very quickly but so slow to say the cause

Very interesting true story with perfect narration

Really enjoyed this book. I felt that the narrator was the perfect choice for this book. All of the different voices he had to use for each of the personalities is what I enjoyed the most