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Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation by Elliot Williams

Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Elliot Williams (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation is an audiobook by Elliot Williams: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Elliot Williams, released January 20, 2026, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Elliot Williams
Released
January 20, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, The Americas, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9798217282227

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation audiobook?

Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation audiobook free?

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Who narrates Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation?

Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation is narrated by Elliot Williams.

Is Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.