DECEMBER 25, 1971: On Christmas day, two brothers went to McHugh Creek, along Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, to shoot…
I’ve written about the murder of Beth van Zanten multiple times — here, here, here and here. That the murder…
It was up to Assistant District Attorney Frank Rothschild to articulate the depth and depravity of Robert Hansen’s crimes. When…
David Grunwald had a cell phone. Dominic Johnson had a cell phone, as did Austin Barrett. Each one sent network…
There is no special consideration for Bob Hansen’s “most despicable” crimes. They were all variations of bad to worst. That’s…
Humans have developed elaborate rituals surrounding the key turning points of our all-too-brief lives. The “baby shower” for the mother-to-be.…
Rereading the Sentencing document for the first time in at least a decade, I’m struck by several things. First, the…
If ever there was a ’70’s lie, Hansen telling the hookers that he worked on the North Slope was it.…
Whatever the truth of Cindy Paulson, and her readiness to come in from the cold, she wasn’t enough to snap…
In Part One, we talked about the party house on Government Hill in Anchorage, where Cindy Paulson had beckoned Sgt.…