Michael Laudor is an American former author, murderer and prisoner who gained limelight initially as he shared about his battles and winning from the demons of schizophrenic in the New York Times interview in 1995. Michael was paid $1.5m for his story by Ron Howard of Imagine Entertainment for a film where Brad Pitt was earmarked to play his role.

Recently, Michael Laudor has been in headlines as The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen was published on 18 April 2023, which is a memoir, case study or a book about schizophrenic Michael Laudor.

Michael Laudor's Biography

Date Of Birth: 1963

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Mother: Ruth Laudor

Age: 60-Years-Old

Siblings: Danny Laudor

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Relationship Status: Engaged

Birth Place: New Rochelle, New York, United States

Fiancee: Carolina Castello

Nationality: American

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Religion: Judaism

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Ethnicity: White

Profession: Former Author, Prisoner 

Height: 6 Feet 0 inches

Net worth: $1 million

Weight: Decent

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Education: Undergraduate and law degrees

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College: Yale Law School

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Who Is Michael Laudor? Wiki & Parents

Michael Laudor is considered to be an American genius who had overcome Schizophrenia and graduated from Yale Law School only for his illness to return and kill his own pregnant fiancée, Caroline Costello, with a glinting kitchen knife. Michael Laudor doesn’t own a Wikipedia page.

Regarding his family details, he has not disclosed much details about his parents in the media for their privacy. However, his father was believed to be a professor of economics, and he used to wear a leather bomber jacket and spoke in a booming Brooklyn manner. Sadly, his father passed away in 1997, and his mother’s name is revealed to be Ruth. Michael grew up with his brother named Danny. There are no other details of his family background in the media. 

Besides, Michael Laudor was born to his parents in 1963, making him 60 years old as of 2023. His birth sign cannot be determined since he has not provided his exact date of birth. Regardless, his birthplace is New Rochelle, New York, United States. Hence, he holds American nationality, and he belongs to the white ethnicity. Similarly, Michael Laudor follows Judaism as his religion. 

Speaking of his education, Michael Laudor completed his high school studies in his hometown and earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Yale Law School. 

As for his physical features, Michael Laudor is approximately 6 feet 0 inches tall, with decent weight. 

Is Michael Laudor Married?

Michael Laudor was not a married man; however, he was engaged to his girlfriend, Caroline Costello, with whom he shared an apartment in Hastings-on-Hudson. 

It was reported that Michael met his girlfriend, Caroline, during his Bachelor’s at Yale. Tragically, Michael was haunted by his mental illness, and he thought his girlfriend, Caroline, was a “nonhuman imposter conspiring to hospitalize him for torture, experimentation and death”, which led Michael to stab Caroline in her neck and chest, causing her death on 17 June 1998 in their kitchen.

As a result, the authorities accepted a plea of not guilty because of insanity, and he was taken to the Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center. 

Net Worth & Career

Michael Laudor is known to be the author of Semantricks, an autobiography that won him the attention of Hollywood. Ron Howard of Imagine Entertainment gave him a $1.5m contract for his story of graduating from Yale Law School and working for Bain Company, where he first discovered symptoms of Schizophrenia and got admitted to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center for eight months, overcoming his mental illness which lasts for a short period of time.

Meanwhile, Michael Laudor has a net worth of over $1 million approximately.