Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM by Hon. R. Marc Kantrowitz
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Reservations Required. Book Signing and Reception to follow.
Hon. R. Marc Kantrowitz’s riveting book retells some of the most notorious court cases in American history—cases that titillated, if not repulsed, the entire nation when they first occurred but are today nearly totally forgotten. From the unfair framing for murder of America’s most famous comedian, to America’s first capital case involving an older woman and her much younger lover murdering her husband, to Mad Harry Thaw, the wealthy and mad son of a steel magnate, killing America’s foremost architect over a beautiful woman—all come to life in gripping detail and drama. And meet the real Norman Bates of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, whose mother fixation and real-life gruesome crimes far outmatched those of any fictional character.
Join Judge Kantrowitz in what promises to be a lively and lurid evening as he tells stories of murder, sex and scandal.
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