27 Jul 2007
An American Crime
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
The Family I Had
In The Family I Had, a mother recalls how her brilliant teenage son came to shatter their idyllic family through one horribly violent and shocking act. Now, left to pick up the pieces, the survivors test the boundaries of their newly defined reality in this moving true crime exploration of the nature and limits of familial love.
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Kyla Bennett Self
Charity Lee Self
Paris Lee Bennett Self
Ella Bennett Self (archive footage)
Becca Baggenstoss Self
Donna Kleman Self
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