Dungeon of Death: Chris Benoit and the Hart Family Curse

by Scott Keith

Asking Scott Keith about professional wrestling is like asking Wayne Gretzky about hockey. --Murtz Jaffer, "Inside Pulse" The True Story Behind Wrestling's Deadly Secret On June 25, 2007, Canadian pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son Daniel were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia, home. The ruling of murder-suicide caused a media frenzy and stunned wrestling fans around the world. Yet the Benoit tragedy was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806530685
• ISBN13: 9780806530680
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great detailed book

great book that summarize the the life and deathes of many superstars from the wrestling world ,including the high's and down's of their career. u can also learn the reasons for their deathes. truly a history lesson.

Amazing Book

Great insight into the world of pro wrestling and its tragedy. I could not put this book down. This book is far better than Keith's other books. I recommend this book over most wrestling books. Certainly over the other books that are centered around the Benoit tragedy.

Too Sad to be Fiction, Too Strange Not to be Wrestling

Authors of wrestling books come in all kinds: journalists, some of whom know wrestling and many who don't: former wrestlers, hoping to either set the record straight or taking one last chance to work the marks; current wrestlers, hoping to ride their current fame to as much cash as they can make while they can. And then there is this book, written by one of the most famous (or infamous, depending on your viewpoint) wrestling fans out there, Scott Keith. Keith is a passionate wrestling fan and a fine author: he's always had a special passion for wrestlers from his native Canada, and Benoit and the Hart family were his favorites. Which makes this narrative, written by an informed fan, especially poignant. The Benoit tragedy was an international scandal; and its focus on the world of "sports-entertainment" highlighted a business whose roots in organized crime and the seedy world of carnivals, and whose performers embrace a lifestyle combining the worst parts of rock-and-roll performers and high pressure athletes. It is a strange business behind it all, and this story may the most unbelievable one of all. The end of the story here is known to many; the details of how many other sad tales litter this history is less known. This is a good read for people (like me) who are not wrestling performers, but who harbor a strange love for a type of performance art that has destroyed many of its own performers. Recommended.