Listen free for 30 days
-
Wilder Intentions
- Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota
- Narrated by: Katrina Medina
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Wilder Intentions
Buy Now for $31.27
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
Angila was stabbed 44 times.
This was personal.
On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jackson waited for his fiancée, Angila Wilder, to pick him up from work as she always did. But this time, she didn’t show - and Christopher’s calls went unanswered. The police found what looked like a scene from a horror movie at their home. The backdoor kicked in. A bedroom splattered with blood. And a pregnant young woman violently stabbed to death.
Could Christopher have murdered the woman he claimed to love? Or was the crime done by an intruder Angila had feared for weeks? Angila’s womanizing ex-husband, Richie Wilder, Jr., aimed detectives straight toward Christopher. The evidence, however, pointed squarely at Richie.
Kindergarten teacher Cynthia Wilder thought her dreams had come true when she married Richie. But while her husband sat behind bars, Cynthia grew lonely. When she shared some disturbing details with a former lover, Cynthia finally revealed the truth behind the sinister plot to kill Angila Wilder. After four years of lies and deceit, the real story would shock a community to its very core....
More from the same
Narrator:
What listeners say about Wilder Intentions
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Lindsay S
- 2021-02-03
Not engaging
I feel terrible talking about a true crime as being hard to follow, the crime was tragic. I had a hard time paying attention to parts of the story particularly the offenders jail house wheelings, I was looking for more information on him and his personality than what he was up to in jail. IMO I needed more information about the psych side and criminal investigation.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-06
Incredibly shocking and intriguing story
I just wanted to touch on the point of the narrator since others seemed to make it as if she ruined the story. It is not nearly as bad as others have made it out to be and the story is definitely worth the read! It’s very well written, intriguing, and keeps you pulled in wanting to know more throughout the book.
No, she was not the best narrator I’ve ever heard only due to the times she would try to use her “manly” voices for characters at times which was annoying at first. However, just as with many other audible books, once you get used to the narrative style, it’s not really noticeable anymore and you are pulled into the storyline, rather than the narrative aspect.
Also, it was nice that it was used much more in the first couple chapters then in the remainder of the book. So once you get past the beginning it’s much easier. Had it not been for her voice overs or change of voice to betray male characters I do not believe there would’ve been any negative comments regarding her as she has an overall easy to follow, calming, & smooth voice.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
21 people found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- leelee8888
- 2020-12-24
Cmon Mr. Wynn, didn’t you get the memo....
It’s worth spending the extra money on a experienced and exceptional narrator, as it will make or break the nook, no matter how brilliantly written. This book was good but would have been great, but I was distracted with the subpar narration. Not horrible but distracting.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
14 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 2021-08-18
This was so enlightening
My sister and I grew up in the same LDS ward as them. Richie was my sisters first boyfriend and would spend so much time with us even coming to Disneyworld with us in 2000 when I was 5.
As a teenager I babysat Angila’s daughter. She never so much as raised her voice in her daughter’s presence (at least around me) let alone result to slapping her across the face. She lived in a little White House much like the one she was living in at the time of her murder and I always loved babysitting for her. She paid well, her daughter was delightful and easy to care for, and Angila was always respectful of my time! I would often sit for her when she would be studying and eventually for her to go on dates with Richie prior to their civil marriage, followed by their sealing with Angila’s daughter a year later. It is unbelievable to think that someone I have old childhood pictures with could be capable of something so evil. Thank you for bringing some peace by shining light on parts of the story I had not yet heard.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Dnoz
- 2021-01-22
Good story but bad performance
The book was well researched and laid out well. However, the reading of the book was very choppy, pauses where not warranted, emphasis on meaningless phrases and words. It made me have to rephrase things mentally...distracting.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- SportyM16
- 2021-01-25
You’ll listen twice
Book is NOT full of painful fake accents. Story good. Sometimes it jumps to a part in life that doesn’t make sense at the time but she always seemed to see the loose ends together. This is worth your time and money.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Angel M.
- 2021-01-14
Great book
Great writing! Horrible narrator...so many words mispronunced. Is there no audible director or editor?
A disservice to an otherwise excellent book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Cherie Mercer Twohy
- 2021-08-28
Always love a murder story
I am a frequent listener to murder podcasts, 48 Hours/Dateline shows, etc. I had never heard any coverage of this case, which was refreshing. That being said, the story is too long, with much repetition of facts in the case.
My biggest beef was the narration. While I found her voice pleasant, even soothing, there were at least a dozen mispronounced words that made me wince. Ugh. Really takes me out of the story. "Poignant" is the word that stands out most, as it was repeated a number of times.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Jean
- 2021-04-13
Lies and More Lies
I chose to read this audiobook in part because I lived in North Dakota for four years. This may have been a silly reason because I only visited Minot a dozen or so times. Still, I wasn’t too disappointed by the book. Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies, and Murder in North Dakota is C. J. Wynn’s first true crime book. She did a fairly good job of researching and reporting this crime. Maybe she will pick even more interesting crimes in the future.
For me, the most important contribution of this book is not so much the recounting of the murder. It was the vast number of lies that were told before and after the murder that interested me. Also, I was impressed by how implausible some these tales were. I wondered why the military did not explore the validity of the early claims more thoroughly. Perhaps if the early lies had been given more scrutiny, Wilder would not have become so over-confident about being believed.
Wynn emphasized that attention to the victim’s life is essential to the making of a good true crime book. I believe the book did try to portray that. Still, I would have liked a little more about her since so many lies were told about her character.
The narrator, Katrina Medina, does one great male voice, but every male voice was the same. Also,
there were several mispronunciations (or at least what are mispronunciations to my ears), that I found distracting.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- M. Oles
- 2021-04-07
Don't Bother
thus is a compelling story ruined by the worst narration ever. I am sure that the kindle version would be a thousand times better. That, however, is not available to me because of my limited vision. Buy the print version. This new author has promise. The narrator should NEVER be used again until she gets some training.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- KJK
- 2023-02-05
Great story but narrator needs to learn how to pronounce words before reading them.
The story was well written, but the narrator was very distracting. Between over-stressing every other word and mispronouncing several of them, I found myself getting disgusted with the book. Does anyone ever “proof listen” books before publishing?
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful