Skip to content
Leland E. Hale
The Official Blog
  • Home
  • lelandhale.com
  • Butcher, Baker
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
  • RSS Feed

Category: Ketchikan

Strange Scenes: A Select Retrospective

August 3, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There are truly strange moments during most trials. Sometimes, they end up on the floor, forgotten as the trial plows…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

I.S.P.Y. Reports: The Trial & Its Players

July 28, 2020 admin Leave a comment

For the three ladies of I.S.P.Y., the John Peel trial was an opportunity to show an interest in the criminal…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Ketchikan, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, tragedy, What Happened In Craig

Psychic Midpoint: State Rests Its Case

July 23, 2020 admin Leave a comment

May it please the Court, the State rests. With this traditional invocation, the State of Alaska tossed its cards on the…

Continue Reading →

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

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

July 11, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Jim Robinson intended to hire veteran mariner Ron Buckley to skipper the Red Jacket and its barge to Atka. Buckley,…

Continue Reading →

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

Keep on Moving, Jim

July 9, 2020 admin Leave a comment

With the vast wealth and power of Exxon breathing down his neck, Jim Robinson was flitting on the edge of…

Continue Reading →

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

Jim Robinson, King of Charter Boats

July 8, 2020 admin Leave a comment

By all accounts, Jim Robinson didn’t know much about boats. What he did know was that Exxon was paying thousands…

Continue Reading →

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

Plot Thickens, First a Little, Then a Lot

July 7, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Richard Olmstead had testified before two Grand Juries that John Peel resembled a man buying regular gas on the day…

Continue Reading →

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

Revealed: A Man With A Troubled Past

July 2, 2020 admin 1 Comment

Jim Robinson was no innocent. He had a very troubled past. The son of well-to-do trucking company owners, Robinson –…

Continue Reading →

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

The Third Man: Strangest By Far

June 30, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The third “surprise” witness-to-be was Jim Robinson, the owner of Craig Auto. It was Robinson who was shooting the shit…

Continue Reading →

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

She’s A Very Truthful Witness

June 17, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Phil Weidner had nothing but praise for Dawn Holmstrom. “She’s a very truthful witness,” he proclaimed. “She’s made every attempt…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Post navigation

Page 2 of 5
← Previous 1 2 3 … 5 Next →

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

Past Posts

RSS Leland Hale

  • An Unholy Trio
  • Kill Brother, Kill Sister: Now!
  • Kill Brother, Kill Sister
  • Click I Hang Up The Phone
  • Uninvited Guests
  • Don’t Go Back
  • Caviar and Escargot
  • Cindy Rides The Chrysler
  • A Crucial Encounter
  • The Lost Years: Trouble In Mind

Archives

  • September 2025
  • July 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • November 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • April 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • November 2016
  • September 2013
  • April 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012

Categories

  • Alaska Pioneers
  • Alaska's Worst Unsolved
  • Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder
  • Bellingham
  • Beth van Zanten
  • boat fire
  • Butcher Baker
  • car bomb
  • Christy Hayes
  • Cindy Paulson
  • Craig Alaska
  • Culture
  • drive-by shooting
  • Elections
  • español
  • Fiction
  • Frozen Ground
  • Gilgo Beach
  • Glenn Flothe
  • Heist
  • Hollis Alaska
  • Italy
  • Jim Stogsdill
  • Joe Biden
  • John Peel
  • Judge Thomas Schulz
  • Judge Walter Carpeneti
  • juneau
  • Ketchikan
  • Klawock Alaska
  • larry demmert
  • Mark Coulthurst
  • Mary Anne Henry
  • Mass Murder
  • Maxine Farrell
  • mexico
  • Mike Pence
  • Muriel Pfeil
  • Neil Mackay
  • Phillip Weidner
  • podcast
  • politics
  • Prince of Wales Island
  • Religion
  • Rex Heuermann
  • Robert Hansen
  • Robert Pfeil
  • Science
  • security
  • security
  • Serial Murder
  • Society
  • Technology
  • The Investor
  • tragedy
  • True Crime
  • Trump
  • Uncategorized
  • What Happened In Craig

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

SSL Certificate

Copyright © 2025 Leland E. Hale — Primer WordPress theme by GoDaddy