{"product_id":"ripped-from-the-headlines-harold-schechter-9781542041829","title":"Ripped from the Headlines!","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harold Schechter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175431012595,"sku":"9781542041829","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781542041829.jpg?v=1662073953","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/ripped-from-the-headlines-harold-schechter-9781542041829","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}