Raised by a Serial Killer - Discovering the Truth About My Father

The untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing,this unforgettable memoir traces one daughter's moving quest to understand her larger-than-life childhood as she searches for the truth about her father, the serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards.
One evening in 2009, April Balascio was searching online, as she had been every night, for unsolved murders in the towns her family had lived growing up, when she stumbled across the latest investigations into the "Sweetheart Murders" cold case. All at once, the buried memories of her father's dark history were awakened, and she knew she had to take action. She picked up the phone to call a detective and the rest is infamous true crime history.
In her unflinching memoir, Balascio bravely reveals an astonishing tale of a lifetime of manipulation, unexplained upheavals, and silent fear. Some part of her had always known what her father was capable of, but the full truth of how she came to these revelations is as riveting as it is quietly terrifying. Through searing storytelling, dedicated research, and intimate insight, Raised by a Serial Killer is a gripping, courageous memoir unlike any other.

About the author

April Balascio is the daughter of serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards and host of the podcast My Dad: Serial Killer.

Product details

• Authors: April Balascio
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.01.2026
• EAN: 9780008466701
• ISBN: 978-0-00-846670-1
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Illustrations: (1x8pp plates)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; True Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Memoirs, TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Family psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Criminal investigation & detection, TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminal investigation and detection, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Victimology and victims of crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Couple and Family psychology