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Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In 'Bernie' Melissa Block talks with Skip Hollandsworth about Bernie ¿ a new film he co-wrote with Richard Linklater. The project started out as a Texas Monthly article Hollandsworth wrote back in 1998 called "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas." At the heart of the story is Bernie Tiede ¿ a 39-year-old soft-spoken assistant at the local funeral home ¿ who admitted to killing an 81-year-old heiress and stealing her money. All Things Considered Play