{"product_id":"book-dkqm","title":"Ripped from the Headlines!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock’s \u003ci\u003eFrenzy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e’s Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in \u003ci\u003eLooking for Mr. Goodbar\u003c\/i\u003e; the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in \u003ci\u003eScream\u003c\/i\u003e. 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\u003cp\u003eSo what’s the reality behind \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBadlands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hills Have Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Place in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArsenic and Old Lace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e? 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\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":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369914016048,"sku":"BDdkqm","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49369913983280,"sku":"10dkqm","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dkqm-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773839602","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dkqm","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}