{"id":1965,"date":"2018-09-07T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2018-09-07T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T15:12:38","slug":"hey-leland-im-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/hey-leland-im-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Leland — What’s Going on Here? I’m confused."},"content":{"rendered":"

Lorrie Miller mentioned it first. She said something like, “I don’t get your new blog<\/a>. I’m confused. Nobody’s going to understand what you’re talking about unless they’ve read the book,” referring of course to What Happened in Craig<\/em>. She’s right. And…<\/p>\n

There’s a method to the madness. Once folks have read the book — or start reading the book — all these posts will gain immeasurably in significance and nuance. The Investor<\/em> murders are, indeed, Alaska’s worst unsolved mass murder. As noted elsewhere, it was a complex case<\/a> from the get-go.<\/p>\n

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\nFV Investor, <\/strong>Washington State 1982 (FisheryNation.com)<\/p>\n

So that’s the first thing. With a case this complex and long-drawn-out, with literally thousands<\/em> of pages of court records, there is much that ends up being left out of a 248 page book. Look at this blog as a chance to read some of the details that didn’t make it into the final version of What Happened in Craig<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Details like information about the many suspects that troopers initially interviewed. Details like what it takes to go salmon fishing on a purse seiner (I know a little bit about that, because as part of my research I worked on a seine boat in Southeast Alaska). Details like coverage of the Grand Jury proceedings that, twice, resulted in the indictment of a suspect. Ok, I’m only hinting here, but still hoping this will leave you a little less confused.<\/p>\n

The second thing is SEO. That’s an acronym for “Search Engine Optimization.” Yuck. It’s technical stuff. Suffice it to say that I want Google, and search engines in general, to recognize What Happened in Craig<\/em> in their search results. As it took with Butcher, Baker<\/em>, that means lots of writing and SEO tricks. I’m up to it. Hell yeah.<\/p>\n

Copyright Leland E. Hale (2018). All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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\"Craig\"<\/p>\n

Order “What Happened In Craig<\/strong>,” HERE<\/strong><\/a> and HERE<\/strong><\/a>, true crime on Epicenter Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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