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Month: August 2019

Klawock, AK Totem-Raising

August 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

While on Prince of Wales Island for another book tour, Lorrie and I decided to take advantage of the cultural…

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Did She Sink?

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We know the Investor killer made two trips to Ben’s Cove. The first time was the day before the fire:…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Mark Coulthurst, Mass Murder, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Craig Redux: Yes, The Craig Inn Is Still Rowdy

August 22, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Amazingly, I hadn’t been in Craig since 1994. That’s twenty-five years without the Hill Bar. Without the Craig Inn. Without…

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B.C. Suspects: Suicides by Gunfire

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B.C. RCMP, Monday, August 12, 2019: Presser Confirms Suicides “The Manitoba Medical Examiner has completed the autopsies and confirmed that…

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Tourists in Friday Harbor

August 12, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Friday Harbor is the primary population center on San Juan Island, one of multiple islands in an archipelago that stretches…

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Back in Craig, AK

August 11, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The wonderful folks at the Craig Library have generously offered to host me for an Author Event. Many thanks to…

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Joe Weiss Comes North

August 8, 2019 admin Leave a comment

His encounter with the notorious Investor skiffman had been brief. Fisherman Joe Weiss was at the Craig cold storage dock…

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August Miscellany

August 7, 2019 admin Leave a comment

August has only just begun, but already we have some loose threads to tie up. This time our topics are,…

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Cops Reinterview Libby 8 Crew

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The idea that some folks were shading the truth, if not outright lying, troubled investigators. They knew from hard experience…

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Evil in the Air

August 2, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Maybe it was something in the air. Or, more likely, the slap of police shoe leather on the pavement. Whatever…

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What Happened in Craig

On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire—until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small children, were missing…

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