The Mysterious Case of a Crime Novelist Who Predicted His Own Death
Some people seem to have a habit of leaving behind deaths that overshadowed anything they did in life, carving out a place
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Some people seem to have a habit of leaving behind deaths that overshadowed anything they did in life, carving out a place
The Crime Novelist Who Wrote His Own Death Scene Eugene Izzi’s unpublished manuscript described a death almost exactly as his own. Did the writer predict his own demise, or was this all an elaborate, attention-getting ruse? By Philip Caputo Esquire This article originally appeared in the May 1997 issue of Esquire. Get access to every Esquire story ever published at . He was a powerfully built man, six feet tall and two hundred pounds, with thick, dark hair, a prominent nose, piercing eyes, and an intensity that electrified some people and intimidated others. On December 7, 1996, ...