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“A Train Wreck Every Day”


— May 21, 2006

Imagine being so addicted to Susan Polk’s murder trial that you hold off getting breast cancer surgery. That’s what Alison Shurtleff — who, along with mom, Sheila Milne, and Margaret Larsen — is doing. For gavel groupies, the trial can’t be beat for reality entertainment.

Details here from the San Francisco Chronicle.

UPDATE (5/26): Alison Shurtleff wrote to deny that she was “hold[ing] off getting breast cancer surgery” so she could attend the trial. Click on “Comments” below to read her message.


Imagine being so addicted to Susan Polk’s murder trial that you hold off getting breast cancer surgery. That’s what Alison Shurtleff — who, along with mom, Sheila Milne, and Margaret Larsen — is doing. For gavel groupies, the trial can’t be beat for reality entertainment.

Details here from the San Francisco Chronicle.

UPDATE (5/26): Alison Shurtleff wrote to deny that she was “hold[ing] off getting breast cancer surgery” so she could attend the trial. Click on “Comments” below to read her message.

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