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4 unusual facts about Shana Alexander


Franklin Bradshaw murder

The case has inspired at least two nonfiction books, At Mother's Request: A True Story of Money, Murder and Betrayal by Jonathan Coleman and Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album by Shana Alexander.

James J. Kilpatrick

He appeared in a closing segment on each show in the 1970s called "Point-Counterpoint," opposite Nicholas von Hoffman and, later, Shana Alexander.

Shana Alexander

She had long been rumoured to have had an affair with Eugene McCarthy, but this was disputed by McCarthy's biographer, Dominic Sandbrook, in his 2005 book, Eugene McCarthy and The Rise and Fall of American Liberalism.

The Slender Thread

The film was inspired by a Life Magazine article by Shana Alexander about actual events and partially shot on location in Seattle, Washington.



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