Explosive: The Benson Family Murders

Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Money has never made a man happy yet, nor will it.” To which I think a lot of people would say, yeah, try being poor, Benny. A couple thousand dollars would make me plenty happy right now. But, once you’re beyond the stage of having enough wealth to be comfortable and free from fear of destitution, I think his point mostly stands. We’ve seen a lot of cases involving very wealthy people, and I don’t think you could say they were any happier than the average Joe. If anything, just the opposite. That’s definitely true in this week’s case, which involves a staggeringly wealthy family with a whole collection of messy, grasping lives that culminate in tragedy.

Sources:
Serpent’s Tooth Christopher Andersen washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/08/0… naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2016/04/01/med…
nytimes.com/1986/08/07/us/florida-murder-trial…

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