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The Things You Didn’t Do

April 2, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Defense attorney Phil Weidner started by having Trooper Anderson write out a list of things he could have fingerprinted —…

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

Bob Anderson Vents His Frustrations

April 1, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Trooper Bob Anderson thought the Peel trial had lost its way. And he thought he knew why: neither the court…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, John Peel, Klawock Alaska, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Something Remarkable Happens – Or Not?

March 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When it came to undermining Paul Page, defense attorney Brant McGee didn’t have to try very hard. There was nothing…

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

Eyewitness Testimony Meanders Down Memory Lane

March 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In due course, one eyewitness after another followed with a parade of memories, each gently fogged by time. There was…

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

COVID-19 Updates: Prince of Wales Island & More

March 25, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Our time on Prince of Wales Island during summer 2019 was memorable. There was, for one, the sheer beauty of…

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Posted in: Craig Alaska, Ketchikan, Klawock Alaska

The Man In the Middle

March 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When it was time for the cross-examination of Joe Weiss, Phillip Weidner gleefully stepped up to the bar. And Joe…

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

Joe Weiss Testifies

March 19, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Joe Weiss was a fisherman who had seen the Investor skiffman the day before the Coulthurst boat burned. Weiss told…

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Coke in Alaska: The Crazy 80’s

March 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The allegations that a commercial fisherman might be dealing cocaine, with a tragic outcome, were based in reality. Take the…

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To Catch A Killer: Missed Opportunities

March 4, 2020 admin Leave a comment

By Monday, September 6, the Investor crew is already dead. But three people — Clyde Curry, Dale Rose, and Larry…

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

Clyde Curry Gets On The What If List

February 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When Decade skipper Clyde Curry went before the Grand Jury in Ketchikan — a Grand Jury that twice indicted John…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Hollis Alaska, Jim Stogsdill, Prince of Wales Island, The Investor, 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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