"WASHINGTON – The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought." - Jim Norris from Bookmarklet

William Goldman wrote a bit about this in his book "Which Lie Did I Tell". He also wrote the screenplay for one of the movies based on the story ("The Ghost and the Darkness"), but I've never seen it and don't plan to. - Andrew C

William Goldman also wrote one of my favorites, "The Princess Bride" - Megen Vo