Okay, the title is kind of clickbait but it will make sense, I promise. Long time no blog...so I started to write a blog post about actual publishing earlier, but eventually the siren of information called me and I got increasingly dragged into that black hole we call the internet. I ended up reading this wild article that I am going to share here. I think it would make a great book and would undoubtedly sell. Honestly, I think even a bad book about this story would still sell. It's just too crazy.
It's essentially about this group of guys who tried to murder this other guy in order to collect life insurance money....except he just wouldn't die. They tried to kill him so many times, guys, it's ridiculous. Yes, it is currently 2 in the morning so I may be a tad bit too excited about this, but I'm pretty sure everyone will find it slightly interesting, at least.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wouldnt-die-89417903/
Let me know what you think! Seriously, someone should make this into a book. I can practically feel the future Netflix adaptation looking over my shoulder as I type this.
You got me with the clickbait title - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing at 2am you didn't realize (or at least I wouldn't realize) that there already is a book - multiple books - listed at the bottom of the article as the source:
Simon Read, On the House: The Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy. New York: Berkley Books, 2005; Deborah Blum, The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine. New York: Penguin Press, 2010. Alan Hynd, Murer, Mayhem and Mystery: An Album of American Crime. New York: Barnes, 1958.
But this story would definitely make a great movie as well!