Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
by Mara Leverittliterary work· published 2002
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Based on a true story, this edition of Devil's Knot will tie-in to a major motion picture starring Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. This riveting portrait of a small Arkansas town recounts the all-too-true story of a brutal triple murder and the eighteen-year imprisonment of three innocent teenagers. For weeks in 1993, after the grisly murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas, seemed stumped. Then suddenly, detectives charged three teenagers - alleged members of a satanic cult - with the killings. Despite the witch-hunt atmosphere of the trials and a case that included stunning investigative blunders, the teenagers, who became known as the West Memphis Three, were convicted.
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three was adapted into a 2013 film.
Devil's Knot2013 · film · 114 min · dir. Atom Egoyan · IMDb ↗The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
