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The Craig Fishery

June 14, 2024 admin Leave a comment

An Evolution The fishery in Craig dates back to ancient times, but the first commercial fishery dates to 1907, when…

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Key Locations

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A Guided Tour Of Craig The Investor murders and their aftermath took place across ten distinct locations on Prince of…

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Posted in: Craig Alaska, Hollis Alaska, John Peel, Mark Coulthurst, Mass Murder, Prince of Wales Island, The Investor

Remember These Things

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A Journey To Craig As the 2024 fishing season kicks off in Southeast Alaska, we are once again reminded of…

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Forgetting: The Other Side of Memory

December 5, 2022 admin Leave a comment

As with most things “human,” the operations of the mind are not a one-way street. Scholars like McNally tout the…

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True Crime: Partial Witnesses

November 1, 2022 admin Leave a comment

We’ve already written reams about Jim Robinson, AKA Kenneth Robertson. A fugitive from justice in Arizona. Owner of Craig Auto.…

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Witness Memories: Elizabeth Loftus Redux

October 26, 2022 admin Leave a comment

During July of 1986, Elizabeth Loftus told jurors in Ketchikan Superior Court there were significant problems with the testimony of…

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Paul Page, Investor Witness, RIP

September 1, 2022 admin Leave a comment

Slightly remiss, here. A few years ago, I heard that key Investor mass murder witness Paul Page had died. It…

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Ruminations : Things That Matter, Things That Don’t

April 16, 2022 admin Leave a comment

Well folks, this week we have war, Frank R. James and John Peel to discuss. Not necessarily in that order.…

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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

January 26, 2022 admin Leave a comment

When lawyer Phil Weidner finally got his win in State of Alaska v. John Kenneth Peel, he also got the…

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

Denied: Two Critical Decisions

October 13, 2021 admin Leave a comment

There are times in criminal cases when a critical decision seems to turn things in one direction. And one direction…

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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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