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Film revives interest in fascinating Madison killer (AP)

A new film is renewing Madison’s fascination with the smart college student who led a second life as a prostitute and killer in the 1970s.

“Winter of Frozen Dreams” is debuting April 4 at the Wisconsin Film Festival.

It recounts the story of former UW-Madison student Barbara Hoffman. She moonlighted at a massage parlor and was accused of fatally poisoning 2 of her clients.