| 1 | * FollowTheLeader: ''The Bad Seed'''s Bessie Denker was created in inspiration by several real life murderers March knew about. Bessie Denker's career is based very roughly on the real-life careers of Belle Gunness and Jane Toppan. The description of her execution in the electric chair is based on that of Ruth Snyder. |
| 2 | * HeAlsoDid: William March is largely only remembered today for having written this novel, which has suffered AdaptationDisplacement, but he had quite a fascinating life. Serving in the Marine Corps in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, a wounded March helped with a counterattack on German troops during the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, and earned a Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross ''and'' the Croix de Guerre from the French government. After the war, he started writing prose alongside a successful office job, published the novel ''Company K'', which was hailed as an American counterpart to ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'', was sent by his employers to Germany just in time to watch the rise of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, struggled with depression and schizophrenia, and published ''The Bad Seed'' to good reviews, only to die just five weeks after it was released. |
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