tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570074620474870102.post7512764671312600174..comments2023-09-29T05:08:14.752-07:00Comments on The Agatha Christie Reader: The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side (1962)Skiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570074620474870102.post-87272249232559361582010-07-22T20:31:12.998-07:002010-07-22T20:31:12.998-07:00@Kate- and in fact the more horrifying for it real...@Kate- and in fact the more horrifying for it really.<br /><br />Christie, queen of coincidences, actually did put some jaw dropping real life factoids in her novels.<br /><br />I am still occasionally blinking at her throwaway mention of the assassination of Count Bernadotte for example.<br /><br />She really was the best horror writer who ever wrote detective fiction. :)#6https://www.blogger.com/profile/16911822188530150206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4570074620474870102.post-7947394887047880352009-12-30T07:41:14.841-08:002009-12-30T07:41:14.841-08:00I discovered today (although actually Wikipedia co...I discovered today (although actually Wikipedia could have told me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirror_Crack'd_from_Side_to_Side#cite_note-6) that 'The Mirror Crack'd' is based on something that actually happened to Gene Tierney, star of 'Laura' among other films.<br /><br />Her daughter was born disabled after she had German measles during her pregnancy and later found out she'd got it from a fan who slipped out to see her while in the infirmary with measles. Which makes a slightly far-fetched story seem less far-fetched.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651182582786551402noreply@blogger.com