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Category: Alaska’s Worst Unsolved Mass Murder

The Investor Murders & the Search for a Villain

September 19, 2021 admin Leave a comment

The drug theory of the Investor murders is, to the say the least, firmly entrenched. It is true that there…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Craig Alaska, Hollis Alaska, What Happened In Craig

Other Theories, Always Drug Smugglers

August 12, 2021 admin Leave a comment

A few months ago I heard from some folks in Southeast Alaska concerning their theories about “What Happened in Craig.”…

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Final Arguments On Display

August 10, 2021 admin Leave a comment

For the second jury in John Peel’s murder trial, it was a constant parade-shuffle in and out of the courtroom.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Walter Carpeneti, juneau, What Happened In Craig

No Comment, No Comment

August 5, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Final arguments are supposed to be final. Phil Weidner had taken some of the air out of that notion, with…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Judge Walter Carpeneti, larry demmert, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

A Bold Move, The Boldest Of All

July 27, 2021 admin 2 Comments

No one would ever accuse Phil Weidner of being afraid to make a bold move. The two trials of John…

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In Response to Loren Stanton’s Comments on John Peel

July 8, 2021 admin 2 Comments

I rarely see fit to respond to blog comments by writing a full post in reply. Comments worth publishing —…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Ketchikan, What Happened In Craig

Alice Irons: Yes, No or Maybe?

June 25, 2021 admin 1 Comment

With Sue Domenowske-Page’s testimony at an end, the sole remaining witness who claimed to have seen John Peel at an…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Judge Walter Carpeneti, Klawock Alaska, Prince of Wales Island, What Happened In Craig

Prosecution Tries to Make John Peel Less Mysterious

June 24, 2021 admin Leave a comment

The idea that John Peel was someone mysterious stood, in a way, as something anomalous. In real life he had,…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, What Happened In Craig

En Español: Los asesinatos del Investor

June 17, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Every once in a while, something crosses my desk that makes me go — huh? This is one of them.…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, español, What Happened In Craig

John Peel: Eternal Mystery Man

June 10, 2021 admin Leave a comment

If anything was certain in this trial — in these trials, really — it was that John Peel was still…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, Judge Thomas Schulz, Judge Walter Carpeneti, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

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Kill Brother, Kill Sister

On September 30, 1976, a vehicle explosion rocked downtown Anchorage. When the dust settled, Muriel Pfeil was trapped in the driver’s seat. Dead.

Her brother immediately blamed Neil Mackay, Muriel’s estranged ex-husband — a multi-millionaire lawyer and real estate mogul. Robert Pfeil knew the motive: Mackay wanted custody of the couple’s only child, three year old Scotty.

photo credits: alaskahistory.org; anchorage times; alice puster

Kill Brother, Kill Sister

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