If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

by Gregg Olsen

The act of beating her children seemed to fuel her and excite her. She seemed to savor the rush of adrenaline that came with being on the attack.

Her daughters learned to wear extra clothes to bed in the event that their mom would drag them out into the yard in the middle of winter.

One time Nikki came downstairs to find their mother holding a pillow over Tori’s face.

Instead, Shelly poured bleach on Kathy. “You’re a filthy pig and this will clean you up!”

“Waterboard her.”

Shelly seemed to treat her like a sadist’s worst pet. She fed her rotten food from the refrigerator that she’d whirl around in the blender.

“Shane has pictures, Mom.”

Are you actually kidding me rn?!

Kathy had been reduced from a person to an animal.

The Raymond Torture Killings,