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The Insanity Defense and the Mad Murderess of Shaker Heights
The Insanity Defense and the Mad Murderess of Shaker Heights: Examining the Trial of Mariann Colby | William L. Tabac
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They have no witnesses. They have no case. With this blunt observation, Mariann Colby--an attractive, church-going Shaker Heights, Ohio, mother and housewife--bet a defense psychiatrist that she would not be convicted of murder. A lack (…more)
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Reviewsbylola
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Interesting read. Mariann Colby murders a 9 year old neighbor boy in cold blood. She stands trial and her defense is Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. It‘s a fascinating case and it was a mixed bag for me because while a lot of times I find true crime books to be long winded and overly monotonous, this one had the opposite problem. It felt rushed and disjointed. The judicial decision at the end was especially brief.

Kaye Glad you read it. I liked it because of the concise detail. It didn‘t seem like one of those that has lots of added “ supposedly true “ info. A lot of books written about cases like this from so many years ago probably would be hard to dig up a lot of info on. Many of the main people would be deceased, so you‘d have to go on what you could find from those left alive and willing to talk. I like these ones that I‘ve ever heard of before. 7y
Reviewsbylola I just wish he had tied up a lot of loose threads more forcefully. It seemed like a lot of wishy washy, half assumptions. Like motive—it seems to me that she had to have killed Cremer out of jealousy, since the obsession with the husband turned out to be unfounded. It seems pretty clear that Dane was autistic and Mariann I think was jealous that Cremer was the “perfect child”. @kaye 7y
emilyhaldi This sounds cray 7y
Mdargusch Very unsettling. ☹️ 7y
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