Crimes of Passion: The Dark Side of the Heart

With love can come jealousy followed by revenge, violence, and death. From honor killings to crimes of passion, these true stories of romance gone bad capture the blood-chilling side of human nature. Sometimes, the characters emotions and impulses spin out of control with horrifying results. Other times, it s a matter of ice-cold opportunism. International in scope, the selections range from the Pamela Smart and Lorena Bobbit cases in the US; the O.J. Simpson murder trial; the Sada Abe case in Japan, which inspired the film In the Realm of the Senses; and the recent Oscar Pistorius case in South Africa, in which the Olympic athlete shot his girlfriend.