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Victim of torture murder. Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before Likens died from her ...
An American Crime. An American Crime is a 2007 American crime drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page [ a] and Catherine Keener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis single mother Gertrude Baniszewski. It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
I Can Make You Love Me, [1] also known as Stalking Laura, is an American 1993 made-for-television psychological thriller film starring Richard Thomas and Brooke Shields.It is based on the true story of American mass murderer Richard Farley, a former employee of ESL Inc. whose romantic obsession and stalking of co-worker Laura Black led to Farley's murder of numerous colleagues at ESL's ...
Jack Ketchum 's The GIRL Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's Evil) is a 2007 American psychological horror - thriller film directed by Gregory M. Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based on Jack Ketchum 's 1989 novel of the same name, [ 1] which was inspired by the real-life murder of Sylvia Likens, to whom ...
The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, David Oyelowo, John Cusack and Macy Gray . The film was produced by Daniels, Hilary Shor, Avi Lerner, Ed Cathell III, and Cassian Elwes. It premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2012 [ 3] and October 5, 2012 worldwide. It grossed $102,706 in its opening weekend and $3 ...
Radio is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin, who also produced with Herb Gains and Brian Robbins. It was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. [ 1][ 2] The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones ...
For Your Eyes Only is a collection of short stories by the British author Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond, the eighth book to feature the character. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on 11 April 1960. It marked a change of format for Fleming, who had previously written James Bond ...
I Love You to Death is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring an ensemble cast featuring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, and Keanu Reeves . The screenplay by John Kostmayer is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1983, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where ...