Tobie and Carl is the story of the love - hate relationship between my mother and father. They shared a life that is certainly beyond ordinary. He was a handsome man with jet black hair. She was a blonde beauty with a Marilyn Monroe figure. Wherever they went people would point and stare as if they were movie stars. The romance started out exciting but turned into a roller coaster of physical and emotional abuse. Tobie tried to restore peace in the family by planning to kill Carl. He would cheat death more than once. Together they brought devastation to their dysfunctional family along with murder, FBI investigations and prison. Not enough? How about a high speed chase with the police leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, surely this would slow him down...right? My father could have been the Souths' greatest lawyer or even governor but chose a different path. My mother now old and gray wanted to tell the story that so many ask her about; My Life With Carl Murphy Jr.