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Bloggers: The New Lobbyists

March 7, 2023 admin Leave a comment

A little late to the party, but… Taking note here that (some) politicians from an organ-shaped state want bloggers —…

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Posted in: Culture, politics, security, tragedy

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

Epigraphs, Aphorisms and Truisms

November 8, 2022 admin Leave a comment

One of the hazards of my profession obsession are the tantalizing bits that float in our shared consciousness. You know,…

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Posted in: Culture, politics, tragedy

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

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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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, John Peel, tragedy, True Crime, 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

Chasing Rabbit Holes, Chasing Suspects

July 16, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When you find yourself frustrated with the never ending dumbfuckery of Jim Robinson, take heed. His story was like so…

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

A Little Too Famous

July 14, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Jim Robinson was getting too famous. An unexplained — and perhaps inexplicable — incident at sea usually gathers lots of…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, tragedy, True Crime, 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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