{"product_id":"murder-in-the-graveyard-a-family-cult-tragedy","title":"Murder In The Graveyard: A Family Cult Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 911 call was harrowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I accidentally killed someone. Please!\" the man said, his voice rising.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My stepmom. My name is Ian Anselmo. Sue-Ellen Anselmo, she's in the car with me. My dad is going to kill me. I guess I strangled her. I don't remember doing it. I remember the argument.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe call disintegrated quickly, with the 20-year-old howling and sobbing so pitifully that the dispatcher could not understand what he was saying, except that he was calling from a cemetery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe graveyard had its own lurid past as the site of a murderous teen vampire cult initiation 20 years earlier, now it was a bloody crime scene, and would later become the site of the pregnant woman's burial, more family violence, and the removal of her body. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe call was just the beginning. Investigators would discover a family cult stained with allegations of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, brain-washing, and total patriarchal control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would end in an insanity defense, with Ian's lawyer calling the family atmosphere \"crazy,\" and pitting psychiatrists and psychologists against each other, revealing questionable practices, motives and techniques by those experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Stanfield, a 50-year newspaperman, covered the case from the beginning. It is one of the most twisted tales he has covered, including the vampire case, alligator attacks, murdered cops and countless \"Florida man\" stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildblue Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937027752167,"sku":"9781964730790","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_b03662b7-d7a8-4cf3-af79-a89972c29585.jpg?v=1774996528","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/murder-in-the-graveyard-a-family-cult-tragedy","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}