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Caril Ann Fugate - Accomplice of an infamous spree killer and the inspiration for Sissy Spacey's character in "Badlands" (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As I was reading this, it strongly reminded me of the movie natural born killers, then there it was in popular culture. I wish there was more background, something to help explain why she would go with him, especially after the way he killed her baby sister.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Last podcast on the left did a pretty good series on Starkweather and they talk a lot about her involvement.

It's not for everyone though, comedy and murder don't go together for everyone.