Blood Games: A True Account of Family Murder is a true crime non-fiction book written by Jerry Bledsoe and published on November 1, 1991 by Dutton Books. The book recounts the murder of Lieth Von Stein. It was adapted into a television film titled Honor Thy Mother that premiered on CBS on April 26, 1992.
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Blood Games was adapted into a 1992 film.
Honor Thy Mother1992 · film · 97 min · dir. David Greene · IMDb ↗IMDb3.4Lieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. Bonnie Von Stein survived. Lieth was not so lucky. Bonnie has trouble dealing with the fact that her own son, Christopher Pritchard, along with two friends consipired to have her and her husband killed. Neal Henderson and Christopher Pritchard plead guilty and testified at the trial of James Upchurch, who was convicted and sentenced to die. Several years later, however, his sentence was vacated and Upchurch is now serving a life sentence.
