www.crazylovefilm.com Man blinds woman, man goes to jail, and woman ends up marrying man. The true story of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pairs saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines.