{"id":27819,"date":"2016-04-13T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=27819"},"modified":"2016-03-21T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:41:54","slug":"true-story-murder-memoir-mea-culpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/true-story-murder-memoir-mea-culpa\/","title":{"rendered":"True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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True Story starring James Franco and Jonah Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 19, 2001. \u00a0Waldport, Oregon. \u00a0The body of a young boy was discovered floating in a pond. \u00a0No one knew who the boy was and there were no missing persons reports for a child. \u00a0Three days later, divers searched the pond, looking for clues on the boy’s identity. \u00a0There was a highway bridge over the pond, and it was suspected that a car with the child’s family may be in the pond. \u00a0Divers found the body of a girl with a rock tied around her ankle. \u00a0The media ran the story asking for help finding the children’s parents. \u00a0A babysitter stepped forward and identified the children. \u00a0From there, the authorities searched the children’s residence. \u00a0It was evident that someone had packed up the personal belongings. \u00a0But the father, mother, and younger sister of the children were missing. \u00a0Divers searched the water nearby and found two suitcases. \u00a0Inside were the bodies of the mother and the baby girl. \u00a0Four out of the five members of the Longo family were dead. \u00a0Mary-Jane and her children Zachary, Sadie and Madison had been murdered. \u00a0Christian Longo was no where to be found.<\/p>\n

The story of the Longo family is truly horrific. \u00a0Stories such as these remind us all that there are dangerous people in the world. \u00a0Even a person that you love and trust could be the person that ends that your life. \u00a0But True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is not just about the murdered Longo family.<\/p>\n

Michael Finkel lives in Montana and is a writer for the New York Times. \u00a0He had recently written a story that was not entirely true and was terminated for it. \u00a0So when he gets a call from a journalist at The Oregonian, Finkel expects the call to be about his disgrace. \u00a0Instead, the newspaper writer asks him about his reaction to Christian Longo being arrested after claiming to be Michael Finkel from the New York Times.<\/p>\n

And so begins the bizarre relationship between the accused murderer and the disgraced journalist. \u00a0Longo calls Finkel from prison on a weekly basis. \u00a0They exchange letters. \u00a0Finkel even drives to Oregon to visit him a few times. \u00a0And Michael Finkel is in the court room during Longo’s trial.<\/p>\n

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True Crime: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An interesting story of murder, deceit and redemption. \u00a0True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is a must read for true crime fans and for those interested in human behavior. \u00a0It is available in print<\/a> and in audiobook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is also a movie based off of the book. \u00a0True Story was released in 2015. \u00a0It stars James Franco as Christian Longo and Jonah Hill as Michael Finkel. \u00a0True Story<\/a> is available on DVD<\/a> from the library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 19, 2001. \u00a0Waldport, Oregon. \u00a0The body of a young boy was discovered floating in a pond. \u00a0No one knew who the boy was and there were no missing persons reports for a child. \u00a0Three days later, divers searched the pond, looking for clues on the boy’s identity. \u00a0There was[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,10,12],"tags":[360,2912,2326,1540,1987,3483,268,3482,3158],"class_list":["post-27819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-books","category-dvds","tag-audiobook","tag-book","tag-dvd","tag-james-franco","tag-jonah-hill","tag-michael-finkel","tag-murder","tag-true-crime","tag-true-story"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-7eH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27835,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27819\/revisions\/27835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}