Freaky Friday: Crazy Love

Normally I choose to watch documentaries because I'm familiar with the story/case/people involved.  Crazy Love, however, was an exception to the rule.  Normally I would be so tempted to Google the people named in the summary description but, this time, I'm so glad I didn't.  A documentary with a plot twist?  Hells yeah!
Crazy Love starts off detailing the backgrounds of Burt Pugach  and Linda Riss.  Their story is told through the words of Burt and Linda (along with their friends and family) and, my personal favorite, pictures.  They were both stylish, living their adult lives in the New York City of the 1950s.  Burt was a lawyer and family man and Linda (10 years his junior) was a swinging single gal looking to settle down with Mr. Right.

You so crazy.  I wanna have yo babies.

Unfortunately for Linda, she met Burt Pugach instead.  After a whirlwind courtship, gifts, and vacations, she discovered Burt was a married man and broke off their relationship.  Having attended the school of "If I can't have you, no one can have you", Burt reacted to getting dumped by hiring a local thug to throw lye in Linda's face, blinding and permanently disfiguring her.
I'll leave you at the trial coverage because that is where the documentary goes headlong into WTF territory, and I don't want to spoil it.
Having been a fan of true crime since I was a wee morbid teen, this doc managed to shock my senses that I had thought were just as jaded as the rest of me.  Just when I think I've seen all the messed up things I can handle, Crazy Love came along and showed me the error of my ways.  That's why I chose to give it a Freaky Friday seal of approval.