Sensation (art exhibition) was over "Myra", an image of the murderer Myra Hindley by Marcus Harvey. The Mothers Against Murder and Aggression protest group picketed the show, accompanied by Winnie Johnson, the mother of one of Hindley's victims. They asked for the portrait, which is made up of hundreds of copies of a child's handprint, to be excluded to protect Johnson's feelings. Along with supporters she picketed the show's first day. Myra Hindley sent a letter from jail suggesting that her portrait be removed from the exhibition, reasoning that such action was necessary because the work was "a sole disregard not only for
Portrait of a Murderer Portrait of a Murderer Portrait of a Murderer is an episode of the TV show "Playhouse 90". It was about killer Donald Bashor. Leslie Stevens wrote the script with the assistance of a former cell mate of Bashor's. He also wrote while listening to interviews with Bashor. The "Los Angeles Times" thought it was "extremely interesting TV." The "AV Club" says the director Arthur Penn "makes extensive use of Bashor’s actual statements and a first-person camera to create a faux-documentary style that was decades ahead of its time. Penn marveled at the improvisatory aspect of Tab Hunter’s performance as Bashor,