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"Using sensational crimes committed in America, Britain, and France, this dramatic narrative takes madness and passion into the courts and puts these provocative themes on trial" --
"A journey into the heart of dark passions and the crimes they impel, and their trial by daylight and doctors. When passion is in the picture, what is criminal, what is sane, what is mad or simply bad? Through court and asylum records, letters and newspaper accounts,...
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This volume relates in chronological order, more than 40 stories that really happened, from the beginning of the twentieth century to today. With love can come jealousy followed by revenge, violence, and death. Sometimes, the characters emotions and impulses spin out of control with horrifying results. Other times, it s a matter of ice-cold opportunism. International in scope, the selections range from the Pamela Smart and Lorena Bobbit cases in the...