Lethal Lolita
Maria Eftimiades
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1992 · Long Island, New York
Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco
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Seventeen-year-old Amy Fisher went to Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s Long Island home in 1992 and shot her in the head. Fisher had been involved with Mary Jo’s husband, Joey. Mary Jo survived, and the assault became an intensely covered tabloid story. Fisher pleaded guilty to attempted murder; the publicity often overshadowed the victim’s recovery.
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When1992
WhereLong Island, New York
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Shot For Love: The Wild Story of Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Amy Fisher, and Joey Buttafuoco
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Through the Shattered Lens
Love On The Lens: The Amy Fisher Story
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Lethal Lolita
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Amy Fisher: My Story (1992)
Scripted dramatization. IMDb title reference connected to the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Listed release: 1992. Cast, credits, and title information; viewing availability is separate. Actors, dialogue and reconstructed scenes should not be treated as documentary evidence.
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I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco (2026)
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Oxygen True Crime · Season 24, Episode 1 · Listed air date 2018-08-19
Snapped — Amy Fisher
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ABC · 2019 catalog, Episode 32 · Listed air date 2019-11-08
20/20 — Growing Up Buttafuoco
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Lethal Lolita
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I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco (2026)
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LOVE MURDER
Shot For Love: The Wild Story of Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Amy Fisher, and Joey Buttafuoco
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released October 6, 2021. About 140 minutes.
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Women and Crime
Amy Fisher
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released November 28, 2023. About 46 minutes.
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Mile Higher
Disturbing Love Affair Turns Deadly: The Wild Case Of Joey Buttafuoco & Amy Fisher
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released July 20, 2022. About 60 minutes.
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Killer Psyche
Lethal Infatuation: The Amy Fisher Affair
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released October 17, 2023. About 44 minutes.
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Residue: A True Crime Podcast
The Day Mary Jo Buttafuoco Met Amy Fisher
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released December 19, 2023. About 33 minutes.
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Once Upon A Crime
Sweetheart Killers: Amy Fisher - The Long Island Lolita
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released February 7, 2017. About 35 minutes.
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Night Watch: The Love Triangle That Shocked America
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released February 9, 2026. About 21 minutes.
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Snapped: Women Who Murder
Amy Fisher
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released April 3, 2022. About 44 minutes.
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Come Closer
Amy Fisher: The Long Island Lolita was a Groomed Child
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released August 19, 2026. About 44 minutes.
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Crime, Wine & Chaos
Episode 170 - Amy Fisher & Anastasia Romanov
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released January 14, 2024. About 61 minutes.
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The Crimes of Long island
Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released August 29, 2026. About 67 minutes.
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100% HONDELATTE
Amy Fisher, la lolita de Long Island (Partie 1)
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released June 3, 2026. About 16 minutes.
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Amy Fisher, la lolita de Long Island (Partie 2)
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released June 3, 2026. About 16 minutes.
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Long Island Lolita - Amy Fisher
Podcast coverage of the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Released October 3, 2022. About 61 minutes.
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New York Magazine — October 19, 1992
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Amy Fisher by Amy Fisher
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Search reviewed 2026-09-16. Sources searched: Google Books, Internet Archive, Open Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Magazine, The Atavist Magazine, Google Books (case/title search), Scribd, Everand, OverDrive and hoopla (combined title search). Search indexing is incomplete; this is not an exhaustive list of the web. Access can change by edition, country and library membership. Library loans may require sign-in or a wait. Everand titles may need a paid subscription; a trial is not permanent free access. Scribd documents are third-party uploads, with uploader details noted where checked. We link to source pages and write our own descriptions rather than reproducing copyrighted books.
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Democrat and Chronicle · 1996-09-15 · Page 2
Fisher’s prison lawsuit heads toward a hearing
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Internet Archive · Library record · 1992
Lethal Lolita : a true story of sex, scandal and deadly obsession
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Amy Fisher : my story
Fisher, Amy, 1974-. A library catalog record for a book connected with Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco. The record may offer a preview or borrowing options; full reading access is not guaranteed.
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20/20 : KGO : November 8, 2019 9:00pm-11:00pm PST
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Fisher v. Goord — related civil proceedings during imprisonment
Decision addressing requested injunctive relief in Amy and Roseann Fisher’s civil action over alleged treatment in prison. This is a separate civil case, not the judgment for the shooting of Mary Jo Buttafuoco.
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- U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
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- July 16, 1997
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- 96-CV-0486A · 981 F. Supp. 140
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Mile Higher
Disturbing Love Affair Turns Deadly: The Wild Case Of Joey Buttafuoco & Amy Fisher
Video from Mile Higher covering the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Length: 1:07:29.
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Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s Message for Amy Fisher
Video from extratv covering the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Length: 1:32.
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Episode 030: Sweetheart Killers: Amy Fisher - The Long Island Lolita
Video from Once Upon A Crime | True Crime covering the Amy Fisher & Mary Jo Buttafuoco case. Length: 35:55.
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Snapped: Preview - Amy Fisher (Season 24, Episode 1) | Oxygen
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