Word: madmanned
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...most fascinating figure in the debris of his cult, but the details of his psychotic life only provide surface information. What is not so obvious, at least at first glance, is the significant breakdown of values that could alienate nearly 1000 people so completely that they would follow a madman to their graves. Something is lacking, something America either could not supply or those unfortunates were incapable of receiving. In addition to this perceived societal lapse, there is the uncomfortable confluence at Jonestown and its aftermath of several things that typify the culture, or lack thereof, of America...
...client William Milligan [Oct. 23] informs me that it was Adelena, not Tommy, who wrote down the quoted poem, and that it was not an original. The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin for an Elton John album Madman Across the Water. At no time did my client claim originality for the quote. Your reporter and, I must admit, I assumed that it was original, rather than a reflection of a song in a very disturbed young man's mind...
...Somoza must go," a stunned woman said. "Only a madman would do something like this. We are not Communists here. Just common people," she added...
...mystery case that is assigned, of course, to Lise. Someone, it seems, has fallen into the rather distasteful practice of murdering members of the National Assembly in crowded places--and with an awl, no less. Lise and her squadron of affectionate detectives must find and stop this madman while Paris reverberates with the crimes...
...with a large-caliber revolver, headed straight for that pantheon Americans have reserved for those with the balls to wreak sudden death on a large scale. Perhaps he was caught, perhaps he would--eventually--have to pay. But before that, Berkowitz knew, he could sit back and flash his madman's smirk, while helping lots of other people to collect...