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Barbara Hoffman was a brilliant and beautiful college student by day, worked as a "masseuse" at a local massage parlor by night. In her trial she was accused of the cyanide poisoning murders of two of her clients. Both men had named her beneficiary in their wills. It was the first homicide trial in the state to be televised. The murders and trial enthralled Madison from late 1977 to mid-1980.
The media frenzy and public appetite for the story as it unfolded in the late 1970s was unprecedented and still after all these years, draws heated debate. The Hoffman case is heralded as one of the most fascinating and bizarre criminal cases in Wisconsin history. The only statement that Barbara Hoffman made was to say that she "is not guilty of the crimes of which I am accused". The Hoffman case was the first televised murder trial in US history. Nearly thirty years after her conviction, Barbara Hoffman still sits in prison, refusing to give interviews or to go before the parole board.
The book the Winter Of Frozen Dreams movie is based on:
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Frozen-Dre ... 1558176462
