Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer audiobook runs 7.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Shaun Grindell (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Shaun Grindell
Shaun Grindell narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,933 hours in all.
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- Abduction: A psychological thriller with a shocking twist
- Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition): Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, & Other Toxic People
- The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the 13 Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue
- The Summer Games: Settling the Score
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
404 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Stolen Life
- All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
- Slave Girl: Abducted by traffickers. Sold as a sex slave. This is my true story.
- Secrets in the Cellar: The True Story of the Austrian Incest Case That Shocked the World
- How I Helped O. J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse
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
Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer is an audiobook by John Glatt: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Shaun Grindell, released January 21, 2020, on the True Crime shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shaun Grindell
- Released
- January 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime
- ISBN
- 9781977365828
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer audiobook?
Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer audiobook free?
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Who narrates Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer?
Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer is narrated by Shaun Grindell.