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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 –…

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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…

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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…

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

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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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