My Sweet Angel

About This Audiobook

John Glatt’s *My Sweet Angel* isn’t your typical true-crime tearjerker—it’s a chilling dissection of maternal obsession and medical gaslighting that spiraled into unspeakable horror. Lacey Spears didn’t just drown her five-year-old son in a bathtub; she weaponized his chronic illness, documenting her son’s suffering in meticulous, cringe-inducing detail for years before the inevitable collapse. Glatt’s reporting strips away the sensationalism to expose the grotesque reality: a woman who saw her child’s pain as a performance, a weapon, and ultimately, a tragedy of her own making. The prose is clinical yet visceral, avoiding melodrama while forcing the listener to confront the banality of evil in everyday life. This isn’t a book for the faint-hearted, but it’s a necessary one for anyone who’s ever wondered how cruelty masquerades as devotion. Shaun Grindell’s narration is a masterclass in restraint, his measured cadence mirroring the slow unraveling of Spears’ psyche without ever resorting to caricature. The audiobook lingers more than it rushes, which only deepens the unease.