August 20th, 2008

While reading through the transcripts of Buffalo Bill Cody’s divorce records I found an interesting quote from his wife. “I still love my husband just as I always did,” she told the press. “We were always happy until he went into show business, and met other people – other women. I always hoped he would settle down with me someday at our home in North Platte.” I find it interesting that she could make such a statement after accusing him of a variety of vile acts. What was it about him that she loved? She was an extremely jealous woman. She was most particularly jealous of his sisters. Her drive to destroy him for not making her his whole world is reminiscent of Gene Tierney’s character in the movie Leave Her to Heaven. Leave Her to Heaven is a chilling film. If I hadn’t have seen with my own eyes the length some people will go to possess another human being and/or bring them down in the process, the movie would not have scared me so. It’s on to chapter seven now.