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Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story is a film of genre Drama directed by John Tiffin Patterson with Ann-Margret

Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996)

Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story
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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating65% 3.2935053.2935053.2935053.2935053.293505

Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story is an American television film based roughly on real-life events. It recounts the story of Jefferson, Wisconsin teacher's assistant Diane Borchardt, who hired teen students first to spy on her cheating husband and later to kill him. The film begins with the murder then traces in flashback the events leading up to it, followed by the subsequent police investigation leading to arrests and eventual murder convictions of both Borchardt and the teens.

Synopsis

The film opens with three teenage boys pulling up to the house of Ruben Borchardt (Peter Coyote) early on Easter Sunday in 1994. They break into Ruben's house armed with a shotgun, intending to kill Ruben on the promise of payment. Gathering at the top of the basement steps where Ruben sleeps, the boys draw their shotgun and shoot Mr. Borchardt as he makes his way up the stairs. Having carried out their deed, the three boys flee the scene.

Actors

Ann-Margret

(Diane Kay Borchardt)
Peter Coyote

(Ruben Borchardt)
Leslie Hope

(Claire Brown)
Chistian Campbell

(Doug Vest)
Hedy Burress

(Brook Borchardt)
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