You Never Have to Remember the Truth The Nick Gugliatto Story Dominic Gugliatto 9781304004758 Books
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It was one of the most sensational murder cases in U.S. history. Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, a former Playboy waitress and ex-Milwaukee police officer, was arguably railroaded and convicted of murder. When all hope of proving her innocence seemed lost, she planned a daring escape from prison, and together with her lover they slipped into Canada under assumed names. Now, nearly twenty years after the escape, Dominic Gugliatto wants to set the record straight. The manwho laid it all on the line tells a different tale - one of deception and betrayal. For the first time, Gugliatto speaks out about the lies and secrets long buried. That Bembenek knew more about the murder than she professed, and that the prison escape involved co-conspirators, including a retired Milwaukee police officer. The truth is coming, told by the only man who knows it all.
You Never Have to Remember the Truth The Nick Gugliatto Story Dominic Gugliatto 9781304004758 Books
I give this two stars, because it did actually offer facts about the trial and investigation that, having come out afterwards, were not highly publicized, and it does indeed demonstrate that Lawrencia never got anything close to a fair trial. Beyond that, too much of it came off like someone still dealing with a love-hate relationship, and trying to lay the blame for his own choices -- then and since -- on someone else, someone whom he denigrates throughout the book before hypocritically wishing her "peace in death" at the end and stating how sorry he felt for her. The facts could have been presented and left to speak themselves, rather than peppering them with the derogatory comments and bringing up things that had no bearing on any of it (such as an alleged lesbian relationship). Throughout, he blames her and his physical attraction to her for what happened, for his inability to say no -- and I found it audacious to then say that if it weren't for him, her prison term could have been longer, and bemoaning the fact that she never thanked him. I found it quite ironic that he went on and on about lies "astounding in their enormity" while the whole premise of this book is ostensibly to present facts she told him, that for some reason he believes.The many pages of gratuitous descriptions of their sexual encounters and practices was TMI and added nothing. The childish name-calling and slurs turned me off of this book after only a few pages. And it didn't get better, which is too bad, because there are some very interesting details and believable conclusions that can be drawn from the story.
Content aside, I found the editing to be rather poor, with numerous misspellings ("heroine" instead of "heroin", "Vikatin", rather than "Vicodin") and frequent grammatical errors. The story jumped a bit -- beginning with the capture, then back to prison where they planned the escape, forward to post-escape (and their sex life), back to her history from childhood to police force, then his; forward to meeting in prison, and then the murder of Christine and the investigation. For someone who might not have been aware of the story, I think this could have been very difficult to follow. The list of characters in the beginning was helpful though, as were the added illustrations, letters and faces of the people involved.
I remember when all this happened, and followed the story afterwards, and to be honest, I had a far better impression of the author then than I have now since reading this book. I always believed Lawrencia had been made a scapegoat for someone else's actions in the commission of this crime -- I'm sad that this book seems to try to make her the scapegoat for someone else's choices now.
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You Never Have to Remember the Truth The Nick Gugliatto Story Dominic Gugliatto 9781304004758 Books Reviews
Decent read
Living in a suburb of Milwaukee, I have followed the story of Lawrencia Bembenek since the murder broke the news in May of 1981. I was busy that week - I was getting married on Saturday. I never thought she could have committed the crime. I always wanted to hear Dominic's version of events. He was employed at Briggs and Stratton as was I, and I wondered what he was thinking and what kind of guy would give up everything for this woman. The book is brutally honest and very well written. Kelly Moran did a great job putting the story together piece by piece. The photo of Nick on the cover says it all. I remember it on the news the day it happened - "What the heck was I thinking?" is what comes to mind. I agree with what he said in the book - his thoughts of who was involved in the murder are the same as mine. It seems as though he finally has found some peace with himself. Good luck to him in the future.
I live in Milwaukee WI. within blocks of where the murder took place and this story has fascinated me from day one.I followed all the daily news stories and etc. At one time my boss, his wife and myself contacted Ira Robins and had a rally for Lawrencia, I also wrote to her once when she was in jail in Thunder Bay and never believed she was guilty, so when I found out Nick was writing a book with the help of Kelly Moran I could hardly wait until it was released. Once I got it I found it very hard to put down it was that great. There was a few surprises also, it was always said there was no help in her escape aside from Nick, so when I read the book and found out there was, it came as a huge surprise, especially the who! A few other things made my jaw drop so all in all I would recommend this book whole heartedly and give it a 5 star review.
Like many people living in Milwaukee at the time (we lived just a few blocks from the murder scene) I had interest in Gugliatto's story. After having had contact with Bembenek prior to her involvement with Schultz and after her release from prison I knew there was more to this story than what had come out. I think Gugliatto's version of events rings true and and his conclusions are likely valid. He does reveal some details only he would know and he connects some dots with information previously not common knowledge.
The writing unfortunately is barely at a high school level and if you thought Gugliatto was a pathetic sad sack ("she cried out at my size" LOL) prior to reading this he only confirms it here. The guy has had and still has issues. But if you have followed the story of Bembenek's life and the corruption that was entrenched in the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office you will want to read what may very well be the last chapter in a saga where no one is draped in glory.
I give this two stars, because it did actually offer facts about the trial and investigation that, having come out afterwards, were not highly publicized, and it does indeed demonstrate that Lawrencia never got anything close to a fair trial. Beyond that, too much of it came off like someone still dealing with a love-hate relationship, and trying to lay the blame for his own choices -- then and since -- on someone else, someone whom he denigrates throughout the book before hypocritically wishing her "peace in death" at the end and stating how sorry he felt for her. The facts could have been presented and left to speak themselves, rather than peppering them with the derogatory comments and bringing up things that had no bearing on any of it (such as an alleged lesbian relationship). Throughout, he blames her and his physical attraction to her for what happened, for his inability to say no -- and I found it audacious to then say that if it weren't for him, her prison term could have been longer, and bemoaning the fact that she never thanked him. I found it quite ironic that he went on and on about lies "astounding in their enormity" while the whole premise of this book is ostensibly to present facts she told him, that for some reason he believes.
The many pages of gratuitous descriptions of their sexual encounters and practices was TMI and added nothing. The childish name-calling and slurs turned me off of this book after only a few pages. And it didn't get better, which is too bad, because there are some very interesting details and believable conclusions that can be drawn from the story.
Content aside, I found the editing to be rather poor, with numerous misspellings ("heroine" instead of "heroin", "Vikatin", rather than "Vicodin") and frequent grammatical errors. The story jumped a bit -- beginning with the capture, then back to prison where they planned the escape, forward to post-escape (and their sex life), back to her history from childhood to police force, then his; forward to meeting in prison, and then the murder of Christine and the investigation. For someone who might not have been aware of the story, I think this could have been very difficult to follow. The list of characters in the beginning was helpful though, as were the added illustrations, letters and faces of the people involved.
I remember when all this happened, and followed the story afterwards, and to be honest, I had a far better impression of the author then than I have now since reading this book. I always believed Lawrencia had been made a scapegoat for someone else's actions in the commission of this crime -- I'm sad that this book seems to try to make her the scapegoat for someone else's choices now.
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