In Search of the Real Lolita and More True Crime News
ICYMI Vulture has published some great pieces this week highlighting the true crime wave that is currently sweeping the nation. One that I found particularly interesting takes a look at how true crime networks choose which cases to cover. Television producers and audiences alike favor cases that have several twists and turns and personal betrayals. Well-known cases like that of Ted Bundy tend to pay off as well because documentarians are always finding new perspectives from which to tell the story. Fun fact: The 2012 Lifetime movie Drew Peterson: Untouchable starring Rob Lowe as the titular killer is still the network's highest-rated film.
If you want to turn off the tube and pick up a book, who better to recommend a true crime read than a true crime author? I've added several books from this article to my reading list. Two books mentioned that I highly recommend are Strange Piece of Paradise and The People Who Eat Darkness.
And speaking of books, I'm sure you're probably familiar with Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita, even if you've never actually read it. But did you know that it was inspired, in part, by a horrific true crime? In 1948, an 11-year-old girl named Florence “Sally” Horner was kidnapped and assaulted multiple times while her abductor transported her all the way from Camden, New Jersey, to San Jose, California. Writer Sarah Weinman, after learning of Sally's ordeal and realizing that it had never been fully reported, set out to tell her story. The result of her research, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World comes out this September.
If you want to turn off the tube and pick up a book, who better to recommend a true crime read than a true crime author? I've added several books from this article to my reading list. Two books mentioned that I highly recommend are Strange Piece of Paradise and The People Who Eat Darkness.
And speaking of books, I'm sure you're probably familiar with Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita, even if you've never actually read it. But did you know that it was inspired, in part, by a horrific true crime? In 1948, an 11-year-old girl named Florence “Sally” Horner was kidnapped and assaulted multiple times while her abductor transported her all the way from Camden, New Jersey, to San Jose, California. Writer Sarah Weinman, after learning of Sally's ordeal and realizing that it had never been fully reported, set out to tell her story. The result of her research, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World comes out this September.
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