Prosecutors have stood by the evidence.ĭefense lawyers also are pointing to another possible suspect, a sociopathic killer who died in prison and lived near the Krausenecks. Part of the prosecutorial evidence includes a new determination of Cathleen Krauseneck's time of death that bolsters allegations that Krauseneck murdered her, then left the house before work.ĭefense lawyers have challenged that determination and claim the grand jury that indicted James Krauseneck was misled by testimony about the conclusion. The family of the first tragedy in her novel also are significant characters, as their lives intertwine with the Clares.Īs for the actual Brighton ax murder, a pretrial hearing is scheduled for June, at which defense lawyers will challenge the validity of the indictment against James Krauseneck. "When I discovered that, my book kind of opened up." "That's an incredibly weird thing to happen," Brundage said of the multiple tragedies. Authorities decided the car engine accidentally was left running in the garage. In 1977, the couple who lived in the same home before the Krausenecks died of carbon monoxide poisoning. There have been deaths in the withering farmhouse before the Clares arrive.Īgain, that somewhat mirrors the Del Rio drive home in Brighton where Cathleen Krauseneck was slain. In Brundage's novel, the Clares' home is its own character, with stories of past tragedies and hardships, spurred by a rash of farm foreclosures, woven into its past. "Just say you didn't finish and you need more time."
"Why lie about the Ph.D.?" Brundage said. He also taught at college in Lynchburg, Virginia before moving with the family to Brighton, and it's likely that college officials there also wrongly believed he had finished the doctorate. James Krauseneck had maintained to his Kodak employers that he had completed his doctorate, while he, in fact, had not.
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In reality, James Krauseneck was reported to have discovered his wife dead after working a full day at the Eastman Kodak Co.Īnd - just as in the Krauseneck case - the husband in Brundage's novel becomes a suspect and hides a secret from his professional past. There is the murder weapon of choice, an ax, and a young daughter who is alone for hours before her father returns from work and finds his wife slain. Readers of "All Things Cease to Appear" might recognize in the novel similarities with the death of Cathleen Krauseneck. "In a film it's really a thread of narrative you have to have.
"When you're making a film, the mechanisms are different and you have to rely on different things in terms of the storytelling," Brundage said. She said she is pleased with how the film has turned out, and understands why it detours from her work. And, Brundage, who was not involved in the screenwriting, acknowledges that it will be very different from her novel. The trailer for "Things Heard & Seen" exudes the aura of a horror-style thriller, with acclaimed actress Amanda Seyfried in the role of the wife of a possible sociopath.
There also is a supernatural thread to the novel, one that, contrary to the conventional presentation, is an occasionally comforting presence. The book is peopled with a bounty of rich characters, so vividly drawn that they nearly stride off the page upon reading. The forthcoming Netflix film will be a clear departure from the 1982 homicide that was, via Brundage's novel, its seed.
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