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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

Gilgo Speculation Turns Real

September 3, 2023 admin Leave a comment

This past week I was contacted by a Production Associate from ABC’s 20/20. The request started innocently enough. The PA…

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Posted in: Butcher Baker, Gilgo Beach, Rex Heuermann, Robert Hansen, Serial Murder, 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

Dribs & Dabs On Parade

July 18, 2023 admin Leave a comment

Time for a blog update. Actually, I’m overdue. Sorry, folks. Because of fortuitous circumstances, I went directly from one book…

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Posted in: Culture, politics, Technology

Strange Heists: Playing With Coins

April 26, 2023 admin Leave a comment

An April 2023 story about a Philadelphia heist brought back memories. The New York Times reported that thieves broke into…

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Posted in: Culture, Heist, Technology, True Crime

Gee Whiz Tech: Feel The Hype

March 23, 2023 admin Leave a comment

When I was a graduate student, one of my esteemed professors — himself a veteran of the Washington, D.C. hype…

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Posted in: Culture, Science, security, Technology

Woke Goes For Broke

March 16, 2023 admin Leave a comment

Woke seems to be on the lips of many conservatives of the right wing persuasion these days. It doesn’t take…

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Posted in: Culture, politics, security, True Crime, Trump

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

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

A Random Day of Crime

March 1, 2023 admin Leave a comment

This is another “stray thoughts” post. Plucked, for the most part, from the headlines. A tacit admission that I’m short…

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Posted in: Culture, politics, security, True Crime

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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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