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This day, curt knox heard the verdict in italian. guilty. >> these two kids were innocent, and to have them say guilty, it was just devastating. it was literally devastating. and, you know, i mean literally the people that were in the courtroom were kind of like ooh! >> doug preston is a best-selling author who dreams up chilling murder plots in his writing shack on the cold coast of maine. 13 years ago, he had an idea to write a chilling tale, but in a

The jury had deliberated for 13 hours. in a moment that haunts him to this day, curt knox heard the verdict in italian. guilty. >> these two kids were innocent, and to have them say guilty, it was just devastating. it was literally devastating. and, you know, i mean literally the people that were in the courtroom were kind of like ooh! >> doug preston is a best-selling author that dreams up chilling murder plots in his writing shack on the cold coast of maine. 11 years ago he had an idea to writ...

This day, curt knox heard the verdict in italian. guilty. >> these two kids were innocent, and to have them say guilty, it was just devastating. it was literally devastating. and, you know, i mean literally the people that were in the courtroom were kind of like ooh! >> doug preston is a best-selling author who dreams up chilling murder plots in his writing shack on the cold coast of maine. 13 years ago, he had an idea to write a chilling tale, but in a warmer location. >> i moved to italy to wr...

In a moment that haunts him to this day, curt knox heard the verdict in italian. guilty. >> these two kids were innocent, and to have them say guilty, it was just devastating. it was literally devastating. and, you know, i mean literally the people that were in the courtroom were kind of like ooh! >> doug preston is a best-selling author who dreams up chilling murder plots in his writing shack on the cold coast of maine. 13 years ago, he had an idea to write a chilling tale, but in a warmer loca...

Hours. in a moment that haunts him to this day, curt knox heard the verdict in italian. guilty. >> these two kids were innocent, and to have them say guilty, it was just devastating. it was literally devastating. and, you know, i mean literally the people that were in the courtroom were kind of like ooh! >> doug preston is a best-selling author who dreams up chilling murder plots in his writing shack on the cold coast of maine. 13 years ago, he had an idea to write a chilling tale, but in a warm...

Hours. in a moment that haunts him to this day, curt knox heard the verdict in italian. guilty. >> these two kids were innocent, and to have them say guilty, it was just devastating. it was literally devastating. and, you know, i mean literally the people that were in the courtroom were kind of like ooh! >> doug preston is a best-selling author who dreams up chilling murder plots in his writing shack on the cold coast of maine. 13 years ago, he had an idea to write a chilling tale, but in a warm...

>> amanda knox is now back home here in seattle after spending nearly four years in an italian prison. she was released after appealing her murder conviction. but she remains haunted by the nightmare that began to unfold when she was just a young student. >> amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother etta recalls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on adventure. >> she was going to study an broutd, going into college somewhere. she didnt know where yet. >> ...

>> amanda knox is now back home here in seattle after spending nearly four years in an italian prison. she was released after appealing her murder conviction. but she remains haunted by the nightmare that began to unfold when she was just a young student. >> amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother etta recalls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on adventure. >> she was going to study an broutd, going into college somewhere. she didnt know where yet. >> ...

the tabloids. now in a dramatic turn of events, amanda knox is free after being convicted of murder abroad. >> amanda knox is now back home here in seattle after spending nearly four years in an italian prison. she was released after appealing her murder conviction. but she remains haunted by the nightmare that began to unfold when she was just a young student. >> amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother etta recalls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on...