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Month: September 2019

Impeachment Alaska Style: Pt. II

September 30, 2019 admin Leave a comment

In this installment of Impeachment, Alaska Style we address the “incidents” that kicked off legislative inquiries and led to potential…

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Posted in: Culture, politics

Impeachment Alaska Style: Pt. I

September 27, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Talk of impeachment always stirs the emotions. In my lifetime, I’ve seen Richard Nixon come close to impeachment before giving…

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Roy Tussing Hated Craig

September 26, 2019 admin Leave a comment

When news of the murders first surfaced, amidst rumors that a crewman had run amok, Roy Tussing had little trouble…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Mark Coulthurst, Prince of Wales Island, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

A Girlfriend in Craig

September 25, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Despite the thought that John Peel’s failed polygraph made him “the prime suspect” in the Investor murders, Sergeant Stogsdill returned…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Jim Stogsdill, John Peel, What Happened In Craig

John Peel’s Mystery Tape

September 24, 2019 admin Leave a comment

John Peel had not come to the police station empty-handed. He brought in an audio tape that, he said, had been made aboard the Kit. After…

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

John Peel Takes a Wild Ride

September 23, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Dave McNeill started the polygraph exam by asking John Peel a series of baseline questions about his family and childhood.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Jim Stogsdill, John Peel, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

John Peel Decides on the Polygraph

September 20, 2019 admin Leave a comment

The decision to accept the offer of a polygraph test is, was and always will be the moment when people…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Jim Stogsdill, John Peel, What Happened In Craig

John Peel Interrogation: Bellingham Police Dept.

September 19, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Bellingham, Washington. Saturday, March 24, 1984. John Peel arrived at the Bellingham police station a little bit after three in the…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Glenn Flothe, Jim Stogsdill, John Peel, Mark Coulthurst, What Happened In Craig

Stogsdill Goes Double-Punch Blitz Mode

September 18, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Even as Joe Weiss arrived in Bellingham on Wednesday, March 21, 1984, Stogsdill was orchestrating a media blitz in the…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Jim Stogsdill, John Peel, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

The Stogsdill Memorandum

September 17, 2019 admin Leave a comment

On February 22, 1984, Sgt. James Stogsdill sent a memorandum to his boss, Lt. Robert “Bob” Jent. The memorandum was…

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

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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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