Ripped from the Headlines!

Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes

Ripped from the Headlines!
Harold Schechter
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7 Jul 2020 US
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9781542041829
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The necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock' s Frenzy; Chicago' s Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in Scream. These and other cinematic crimes have become part of pop-culture history. And each found inspiration in true events that provided the raw material for our greatest blockbusters, indie art films, black comedies, Hollywood classics, and grindhouse horrors. So what' s the reality behind Psycho, Badlands, The Hills Have Eyes, A Place in the Sun, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Dirty Harry? How did such tabloid-ready killers as Bonnie and Clyde, body snatchers Burke and Hare, Texas sniper Charles Whitman Jr. , nurse-slayer Richard Speck, and Leopold and Loeb exert their power on the public imagination and become the stuff of movie lore? In this collection of revelatory essays, true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes a fascinating trip down the crossroads of fact and fiction to reveal the sensational real-life stories that are more shocking, taboo, and fantastic than even the most imaginative screenwriter can dream up.
"The exploits of Depression-era homicidal sweethearts Bonnie and Clyde and the 1960s strangler who inspired the necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock' s Frenzy are among the true stories behind many of cinema' s most famous crimes and criminals. Schechter, author of numerous books on serial killers, tracks the path from felony to film. " -Publishers Weekly
Harold Schechter is an American true-crime writer who specializes in serial killers. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, The Serial Killer Files, The Mad Sculptor, Man-Eater, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller Hell' s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men, and the Amazon Original Stories collection Bloodlands. Schechter attended the State University of New York in Buffalo. A professor emeritus at Queens College, Schechter is married to the poet Kimiko Hahn. For more information, visit www. haroldschechter. com.
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ISBN-13: 9781542041829
Published: 7 Jul 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Little A
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 374

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