Blood Money The Du Pont Heir and the Murder of an Olympic Athlete eBook Carlton Smith
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The story of an Olympic wrestler allegedly murdered by the wealthy heir to the Du Pont fortune, Blood Money takes readers inside the bizarre owrld of a multi-millionaire, and lays bare the brutal shooting and tense police siege that riveted the nation.
Blood Money The Du Pont Heir and the Murder of an Olympic Athlete eBook Carlton Smith
This book is useful to understand John du Pont and his madness, leading to the murder of David Schultz. It is soooo much better than Foxcatcher (which really is about wrestling, not du Pont). It is also superior, in my opinion, to 'Fatal Match' and 'No Holds Barred'. I suppose there are still more books out there about this fascinating true crime story but so far my money is on 'Blood Money'.Product details
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Blood Money The Du Pont Heir and the Murder of an Olympic Athlete eBook Carlton Smith Reviews
Great and scary story about DuPont and he's relationship to the sport.
First 50 pages are kind of boring if you are looking for a stories about wrestling, because the beginning of the book is about the life of DuPont and he's roots.
End of the book is really intresting and you will be reading very crazy and unusual stories what this guy did.
Must read book for every wrestling fan.
A captivating, well-researched account of an American tragedy. I highly recommend this; it is one of Carlton Smith's best efforts.
Obsessed with the subject since viewing Foxcatcher. Very good "true crime" genre book. Enjoyed the fact that it even explored the history of the Du Pont's in France.
This is a fairly interesting true crime book about the heir to the du Pont fortune, John du Pont. The book traces du Pont's family tree in France from simple watchmakers to their ascendancy to the nobility. After the French revolution, the family would find itself in America, where they would become purveyors of gunpowder and make a fortune, eventually becoming influential in the American landscape, just as they had in France.
John du Pont would also leave his mark but in a way never anticipated by his family. John du Pont was to the manor born. Blessed with untold wealth, he grew more and more eccentric as he grew older. It is clear from the book that he was not wrapped too tight and that his wealth protected him from being proclaimed a danger to others. Who knew, however, that this seemingly eccentric man would turn out to be nothing more than a deranged killer?
Desiring to distinguish himself in the world of competitive athletics as a pentathlete but found wanting, he finally decided to become a patron of competitive athletes. First, he supported the sport of swimming only to ultimately switch his support to that of amateur wrestling. Building a professional complex on his property where such athletes could train, his bizarre behavior and heavy drinking drew notice, but his patronage was too enticing. Consequently, his bizarre behavior, which was to grow more bizarre with time, was rationalized away.
By the time serious concerns about the state of his mental health were afoot, it was simply too late. Du Pont's greatest hope for recognition of his patronage in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics was through 1984 Gold Medallist, Dave Shultz. Unfortunately, John du Pont snuffed out any chance for real recognition of his contribution to the world of wrestling, when he shot Dave Schultz to death in front of his wife. Du Pont did so while in the throes of a paranoiac delusion.
The book only takes the reader through to John du Pont's capture and arrest. The trial is not a part of the book, which is its one shortcoming. John du Pont did stand trial in 1997 for the murder of Dave Schultz, and was convicted of third-degree murder, instead of the top count of first degree murder for which he was indicted. The jury also found him to be mentally ill. In 1999, du Pont settled a wrongful death suit, brought by Schultz's wife, for thirty five million dollars.
This book is useful to understand John du Pont and his madness, leading to the murder of David Schultz. It is soooo much better than Foxcatcher (which really is about wrestling, not du Pont). It is also superior, in my opinion, to 'Fatal Match' and 'No Holds Barred'. I suppose there are still more books out there about this fascinating true crime story but so far my money is on 'Blood Money'.
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