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Key Locations

June 14, 2024 admin Leave a comment

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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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, John Peel, Ketchikan, Klawock Alaska, Mass Murder, Prince of Wales Island, The Investor

A Bit & Some Pieces: Recent Rants & Rages

November 6, 2023 admin Leave a comment

As is my practice, I save topics until they reach a critical mass. And then I… Pontificate. (See the white…

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Posted in: Culture, Mass Murder, politics, Science, security, Technology, True Crime

Miles To Gilgo Beach

August 5, 2023 admin Leave a comment

Two crimes, thousands of miles apart. Two crimes held together by similarities. They say that when your only tool is…

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Posted in: Butcher Baker, Cindy Paulson, Mass Murder, Science, Serial Murder, tragedy, True Crime

Another Brutal Reality

March 2, 2023 admin Leave a comment

Brutal Reality The brutalist architecture of government buildings sometimes hints at a brutal reality. The global COVID pandemic can surely…

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Posted in: Culture, Mass Murder, politics, Science, security

Stray Thoughts, Big Topic

January 11, 2023 admin Leave a comment

Today we’re taking about Bryan Kohberger, who was recently arrested for the murder of four University of Idaho students. Defending…

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Posted in: Mass Murder, tragedy, True Crime

Norman “Butch” Johnson Goes Into Analysis

October 12, 2022 admin Leave a comment

When Butch Johnson was first rescued by the passing light airplane, he told his rescuers that he had “escaped from…

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

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

Was The Investor A Drug Boat?

September 25, 2022 admin Leave a comment

There’s a friend on Prince of Wales Island who insists that The Investor “always had the best drugs.” That the…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Bellingham, Craig Alaska, Mark Coulthurst, Mass Murder, 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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