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title: "Nancy Crampton Brophy: How to Murder Your Husband"
description: "The bizarre true crime case of romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who wrote \"How to Murder Your Husband\" before being convicted of murdering her own husband Daniel Brophy."
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datePublished: 2026-06-12
dateModified: 2026-06-12
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/nancy-crampton-brophy-how-to-murder-your-husband.md.summary.md
---

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The bizarre true crime case of romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who wrote "How to Murder Your Husband" before being convicted of murdering her own husband Daniel Brophy.
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