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The book "By Two and Two" was written by author Jim Schutze, who followed both of the twins' trials. He initially thought it would be a story about two women guilty of murder, but the outcome was unexpected.
I was 90 percent sure that this was going to be a story about two women who were accused of murder and who were indeed guilty. But that's not how it turned out.
— Episode: By Two and Two
Episode: By Two and Two
The book "By Two and Two" was written by author Jim Schutze, who followed both of the twins' trials. He initially thought it would be a story about two women guilty of murder, but the outcome was unexpected.
I was 90 percent sure that this was going to be a story about two women who were accused of murder and who were indeed guilty. But that's not how it turned out.
I got calls from James while I was working on the book. He would call me from jail all the time trying to talk to me about movie rights. It was almost like being in a soap opera.
You have to believe that Betty, this kind of tough, cunning woman, was so stupid that she gave a gun registered to herself to James to do the shooting with. Anyone knows that guns are traceable.
James White threw his attorney contacts Brantley and says oh I forgot I buried a bag of my clothes in the yard.
I started work on this book with the assumption that Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe were guilty of the murder of Jack Wilson. I continued to feel that way through the Betty Wilson trial, but midway into the Peggy Lowe trial, I could see that these cases against the twins were just falling apart.