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Happy Valentine's Day. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Because of the holiday, February often brings thoughts of love and relationships to mind.

This month I'll be detailing cases of true love gone bad. In these stories when one

partner ends the relationship the other just can't say goodbye and instead they

obsess over the loss and seek revenge. I guess you could call these anti-Valentines Day stories, but you know how we do it here at once upon a crime.

This week I'll be sharing one of the craziest love stories I've ever come across. This tale of

love gone wrong spanned decades beginning in 1959. But a twist in this story

will make you scratch your head and say, What?

Besides giving you all the fascinating details of this bizarre case,

I'll try and add some insight into how in the world this case

came to such an unexpected and frankly unbelievable conclusion. In this episode of

this series Revenge Attacks, I'll share the story of Linda and Bert Pukash. 20-year-old Linda Riss was a woman who, as they say, could turn heads.

She was a dark-haired beauty with wide expressive eyes and a petite-shapedly figure.

She was said to resemble Elizabeth Taylor, but photos I've seen of her reminding more of the

actress Natalie Wood. While Linda had many admirers, she was fairly naive when it came to men and

dating. She grew up somewhat sheltered even though her childhood had been unstable.

Born February 23rd, 1937 in Queens, New York, Linda was only four when her parents

split up and that was when her father's presence in her life ended. Her mother

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