title: The Myth of the Out of Character Crime
author:  Stanton E. Samenow 
description: "Drawing on his firsthand experiences of interviewing and treating such offenders, Samenow offers numerous case examples of everyday people committing extraordinary crimes, among them the Washington, D.C. sniper Lee Malvo. For law enforcement personnel, criminal justice professionals, criminologists, students, and interested general readers." - <strong>SciTech Book News</strong>
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  # Carnival of Crime in Ct.
  
  
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  ### THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I was feeling blithe, almost jocund. I put a match to my cigar, and just
  
  
  then the morning's mail was handed in. The first superscription I
  
  
  glanced at was in a handwriting that sent a thrill of pleasure through
  
  
  and through me. It was Aunt Mary's; and she was the person I loved and
  
  
  honored most in all the world, outside of my own household. She had been
  
  
  my boyhood's idol; maturity, which is fatal to so many enchantments, had
  
  
  not been able to dislodge her from her pedestal; no, it had only
  
  
  justified her right to be there, and placed her dethronement permanently
  
  
  among the impossibilities. To