In stark contrast to the other telemystery news of the day, we're fascinated by the idea of developing a series around The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, which has been optioned by the cable network HBO.
Guillermo del Toro will executive produce a pilot to be written by Sara Gran. The proposed series will center on a 1950s housewife, who becomes obsessed with solving brutal crimes. Read more about the book from which the storyline will be developed below.
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Corinne May Botz
This book offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a master criminal investigator. Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy grandmother, founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936 and was later appointed captain in the New Hampshire police. In the 1940s and 1950s she built dollhouse crime scenes based on real cases in order to train detectives to assess visual evidence. Still used in forensic training today, the eighteen Nutshell dioramas, on a scale of 1:12, display an astounding level of detail: pencils write, window shades move, whistles blow, and clues to the crimes are revealed to those who study the scenes carefully.
Corinne May Botz's lush color photographs lure viewers into every crevice of Frances Lee's models and breathe life into these deadly miniatures, which present the dark side of domestic life, unveiling tales of prostitution, alcoholism, and adultery. The accompanying line drawings, specially prepared for this volume, highlight the noteworthy forensic evidence in each case. Botz's introductory essay, which draws on archival research and interviews with Lee's family and police colleagues, presents a captivating portrait of Lee.
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