If You Tell
12 hrs. 46 min.
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Amazon #1 bestseller, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Washington Post.
THE PREMIER DOCUMENTARY THRILLER OF THE YEAR
A few years ago, Gregg Olsen, an author of true-crime books, was approached by three sisters from the Notek family, who wanted to tell the devastating story of their sadistic mother. All their lives they kept silent about their terrifying childhood: scenes of humiliation, torture, and murders they didn’t just witness in the family home — they lived through themselves. The sisters decided to tell the public the truth: they’re afraid that once their mother gets out of prison, she’ll start killing again…
How do you live knowing that your own mother is a calculating psychopath who enjoys tormenting her household, sometimes driving them to a painful death? What’s it like to keep such a secret for years that you can’t tell anyone? And how do you not become bitter, not lose your mind, and still preserve the ability to love and the desire to go on living? “Don’t Tell Anyone” is a psychological thriller saga about the strength of the human spirit and the power of sisterly love in the face of unimaginable horrors, fear, and despair.
For years, Sami, Nikki, and Tori Notek have flinched whenever they hear the word “mom” — it brings back the horrors of the past and their own unhappy childhood. For almost twenty years, they not only lived in fear of their mother’s outbursts of violence, but also witnessed such terrible scenes — ones you can’t forget.
Day after day, behind the high fence of their house, their mother, Michelle “Shelly” Notek, subjected them to humiliations and beatings and turned them against each other. Despite everything they endured, the girls didn’t break — they strengthened the bonds of sisterly love. And even when victims started appearing in the house — people Shelly steadily pushed toward a painful death, while forcing her daughters to watch horrific scenes of torture — they didn’t go mad and didn’t give up. They only hardened their resolve to someday escape their parents’ home and tell their story to people, so that their mother would receive the punishment she deserves…
THE PREMIER DOCUMENTARY THRILLER OF THE YEAR
A few years ago, Gregg Olsen, an author of true-crime books, was approached by three sisters from the Notek family, who wanted to tell the devastating story of their sadistic mother. All their lives they kept silent about their terrifying childhood: scenes of humiliation, torture, and murders they didn’t just witness in the family home — they lived through themselves. The sisters decided to tell the public the truth: they’re afraid that once their mother gets out of prison, she’ll start killing again…
How do you live knowing that your own mother is a calculating psychopath who enjoys tormenting her household, sometimes driving them to a painful death? What’s it like to keep such a secret for years that you can’t tell anyone? And how do you not become bitter, not lose your mind, and still preserve the ability to love and the desire to go on living? “Don’t Tell Anyone” is a psychological thriller saga about the strength of the human spirit and the power of sisterly love in the face of unimaginable horrors, fear, and despair.
For years, Sami, Nikki, and Tori Notek have flinched whenever they hear the word “mom” — it brings back the horrors of the past and their own unhappy childhood. For almost twenty years, they not only lived in fear of their mother’s outbursts of violence, but also witnessed such terrible scenes — ones you can’t forget.
Day after day, behind the high fence of their house, their mother, Michelle “Shelly” Notek, subjected them to humiliations and beatings and turned them against each other. Despite everything they endured, the girls didn’t break — they strengthened the bonds of sisterly love. And even when victims started appearing in the house — people Shelly steadily pushed toward a painful death, while forcing her daughters to watch horrific scenes of torture — they didn’t go mad and didn’t give up. They only hardened their resolve to someday escape their parents’ home and tell their story to people, so that their mother would receive the punishment she deserves…
