Mark Schone is an editor with nbcnews.com and the investigative unit at NBC News. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Wired, the New York Times, Outside, and many other publications, and has also been featured on the radio program This American Life.
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In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted rel... SEE MORE