Blind Passion: A True Story of Seduction, Obsession, and Murder

by John Glatt

The author chronicles the sickening true tale of the last days of a beautiful but troubled swimsuit model who walked away from her family to pursue a love affair with a younger Greek sailor, who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312975597
• ISBN13: 9780312975593
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read

If this book seems short, it is only because Glatt, unlike so many true crime authors, does not go into agonizing and repetitive detail about the trial. Instead, he guides the reader through the interesting parts of the story, i.e. the history that explains why glamour puss Julie Scully risked everything for the ugly little Greek sailor who killed her. The book does an excellent job of describing the dysfunctional family dynamics that helped form Julie's personality. I guess my only complaint is that I would have liked to have known a little more about her murderer.

A well written book

This book is a one nighter! Fast reading and to the point! I found it to be very sad... and strange that Julie..who had it all...could leave her family and the American Dream for George...who definitely was after her money. I really enjoyed this book!

Well Written

This was a really good book short and to the point... It was really sad what happened to Julie but at some point you would have to think that she had lost her mind doing what she did giving her life up in the states most of all leaving her child...I think Julie was living in a total fantasy world and when she realized the reality of what she did she wanted to go home and than This mental case lost his mind...George was definetly in it for the fantasy of love and most definetly for her money but I do believe that he did think that if he couldnt have her no one could syndrome...We shouldnt say he was a loser yet ( although he sure is now)because he was only 23 years old but i think he just got to accustomed to having julie take care of him and the thought of her leaving put him over the edge...Must read book, Very sad...

True crime readers will like this one

Blind Passion by John Glatt is fun to read. This book is about Julie, but it starts out with the life of Julia, her mother. By the time you get to Julie, you can see what makes her tick and why she would run off for a romantic adventure in a foreign country. She leaves behind a life with a husband who worked his way up, and a 3 year old daughter. I agree with the boyfriend's mother in Greece, who voices the traditional Greek idea that a mother who abandons her child to live with a man is beneath contempt. On the other hand, what happens to the victim here is even more beneath contempt! This is an interesting book about a crime committed in January of 1999.