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
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/08/07/in-florida-murder-most-malevolent/3c1c9fb0-560b-4b40-8185-fc701724d936/
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2016/04/01/medical-examiner-says-benson-was-stabbed-to-death-in-prison/85873180/

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/07/us/florida-murder-trial-that-bared-secrets-of-the-rich-nears-end.html


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