The Devil's Tickets: A Vengeful Wife, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age

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Relates the true story of Myrtle Bennett, who murdered her philandering husband over a game of bridge in 1929, and the dramatic courtroom trial that made Ely Culbertson, who provided color commentary of the proceedings, a card game celebrity.

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