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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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True Crime: Halfway Witnesses

October 31, 2022 admin Leave a comment

Criminal trials depend on witnesses. Even DNA evidence, with its high degree of accuracy, requires an expert witness to walk…

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True Crime: Jeff Pfundt Confronts Uncertainty

October 27, 2022 admin Leave a comment

You have to put yourself there. In Craig. At the end of the season. You’ve been going practically non-stop. When…

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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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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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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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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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