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Arctic Circle: A Dark Object by the River

October 10, 2022 admin Leave a comment

Butch decided that the only way out of the camp was to take one of the snow machines. It was…

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Posted in: Culture, Mass Murder, tragedy, True Crime

Alaska Natives Killed: Murder at the Hunting Camp

September 28, 2022 admin Leave a comment

The month was January. The year was 1970. The place was a hunting camp on the Kobuk river, 70 miles…

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Posted in: Culture, Mass Murder, tragedy

The Despised Have Rights Too

September 20, 2022 admin 2 Comments

Sheila Toomey is, by any measure, one of the best crime and justice reporters to come out of Alaska. Every…

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Posted in: Culture, Phillip Weidner, politics, True Crime, What Happened In Craig

My Days Among Nuclear Secrets

August 29, 2022 admin Leave a comment

In 1979, I took an editing job in Washington, D.C. I was assigned one volume in a multipart study on…

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Posted in: Culture, politics, security

The Shift: A Tale of Two Firearms

July 31, 2022 admin Leave a comment

During the course of my research, I occasionally come across interesting tidbits. Since my focus inevitably takes me into earlier…

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Quarantine: Lima Flags To Fly Over Alaska

May 13, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When Lorrie and I visited Craig in 2019, one highlight was a visit to the venerable Craig Inn. One of…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved, Craig Alaska, Culture, Ketchikan, Klawock Alaska, Prince of Wales Island, What Happened In Craig

Diego Rivera: La Dictadura

April 30, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The Meaning of Masks Carnaval de la vida mexicana The Carnaval de la vida mexicana is a four-panel mural housed…

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Posted in: Culture, mexico

Love Letter to Italy

April 29, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Italy has a been on my mind quite a bit lately. We know the dreary statistics. But we also hear…

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Posted in: Culture, Italy

Tláloc: Water, Source of Life

April 23, 2020 admin Leave a comment

I was born in the rain city, also known as Seattle. In Mexico, they have a god for that. The…

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Posted in: Culture, mexico

Templo Mayor: Ancient Myths At the Palace

April 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

We expected pickpockets at the Zócalo, Mexico City’s historic core. The cathedral is there. The city’s central square is there.…

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Posted in: Culture, mexico

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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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