I saw the movie about the Baader-Meinhof Gang on TV. The guy who played Baader, Moritz Bleibtreu, also played the Sultan Malikshah, in my favorite movie, The Keeper:The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005). More info: www.greatomar.com
I used to read true crime stories like Blood and Money, which happened in Houston(the suspicious death of Joan Robinson Hill, in possibly from toxic shock syndrome which was unknown then and the subsequent murder of her husband, Dr. John Hill) when I was a kid. I later knew the lawyers and judges mentioned in the book from working with them. I was a court reporter for 20 years and my dad was a lawyer and my mom typed for him, so I grew up in a law office. And mom would explain all the phrases on the wills and deeds and petitions she typed, like "Wherefore premises considered" and "Know all men by these presents" and "defendant prays that Plaintiff go hence without day" in a general denial. (Not delay.)
True crime is always more interesting to me than fiction, because it's more complex and motives can be complex too. But I got tired of it because I was so drenched in law. Did I mention I went to law school at night for five years while working at the courthouse and earned a J.D. I never used?
I will look into those books.
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