Ungrateful Bastard - The Shocking Journey of a Killer and Escape Artist

In 2017, convicted murderer Woody Mower enthralled the world when prison guards thwarted his plan to escape a maximum-security prison in a coffin. But behind the headlines is a story about a man who killed his parents at age 18, one he tells only to author Susan Ashline.

About the author

Susan Ashline is the author of A Jacket Off the Gorge: True Story of the Biggest Liar (2023), and the nationally acclaimed true crime book Without A Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult (2019). She is featured in the Hulu docuseries Cult Justice and How I Escaped My Cult. Susan is an Emmy Award-nominated journalist whose career spans more than twenty-five years. Her work has received major awards, including a first place Associated Press award for general excellence in individual reporting, and a Gannett Gold Medal award.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Ashline
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.03.2026
• EAN: 9798765151723
• ISBN: 979-8-7651-5172-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Illustrations: 10 bw photos
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; True Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Violence and abuse in society, True crime: serial killers and murderers