Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided audiobook runs 17.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf
130 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided is an audiobook by Catherine Pelonero: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released November 7, 2017, on the Mental Health & Psychology and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- November 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, True Crime, World
- ISBN
- 9781543655810
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided audiobook?
Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is the Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided?
Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.