About the Book
Now an eight-part Apple Podcast this is a story that continues to shock the nation. EX-COP… PLAYBOY BUNNY MURDERER?
Convicted killer Laurie “Bambi” Bembenek gained notoriety when she escaped prison and fled with her boyfriend to Canada. Then, as the details of her escape and life gained international headlines, millions learned what people in the Milwaukee area already knew.
But was this stunning ex-Playboy Club waitress, ex-cop, and unflinching feminist truly a killer-or was her arrest and conviction one of the most flagrant legal abuses in U.S. History?
Award-winning reporter Kris Radish spent years interviewing Bembenek and reveals intimate details about the case and Bembenek’s life. This is not just the story about a woman’s horrific murder but also the story about another woman who was judged by her looks, her intelligence, and who threatened the very foundation of a police department riddled with corruption, sexism, drugs, and sex.
The story is a tangle of abuse and inept police work including lost evidence, a defense lawyer who was later disbarred…and a conviction based on what the presiding judge called the most circumstantial evidence he had ever seen. Above all, it is the story of a woman who refused to surrender to a system she knew was corrupt.
About the Author
Kris Radish a former journalist, nationally syndicated columnist, magazine writer, university instructor, wine lounge owner, and about ten other things. She loves to tell stories about the time she picked nightcrawlers, served beer to cowboys, worked on a tomato farm and hung out of a fast moving helicopter.
Radish, who writes fiction and non-fiction, is the bestselling author of 17 books and has captured the hearts of legions of fans she considers friends with her heartwarming, real, passionate and often hilarious books. Her fiction focuses on the important bonds of female friendship and celebrates the heartaches, loves, and struggles all women share.
Run, Bambi, Run was her first book. She wrote it after interviewing Laurie Bembenek for a magazine story, became friends with Laurie, and she never imagined that she would still be involved with what she considers an unsolved murder decades later.
Radish lives in North Carolina where she continues to write, talk to her birds, hike and pray for a world that can heal itself with constant bursts of kindness. www.krisradish.com
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