The recent publication of another speculative Zodiac book got me thinking about killers who communicate, whether it be through messages left at the crime scene (William Heirens), or letters to the media, like Jack the Ripper and Zodiac. Motives vary with communicators; some seem to get off on taunting law enforcement, others reveal hints of guilt, or offer explanations....
Read More
|
Remember Me
Date Published 05.16.12  The Marions
Date Published 04.19.12 Coincidence gets a bad rap in life, starting with the qualifying words frequently preceding it --- “just a.” It slums even harder in crime. No one likes it. No one trusts it. Human beings are pattern-seekers who crave control. Two knife murders taking place on the same street on the same day one year apart might have nothing whatsoever.... Read More Origin Story
Date Published 04.06.12
Tonight I'm recording a version of the following story on the Story Worthy podcast, which is a weekly storytelling podcast "featuring Hollywood's most creative talents." I highly recommend the podcast.
I'll link to my episode when it goes up, but for those who don't listen to podcasts I thought I'd reprint the text version.
Origin.... John Doe No. 155
Date Published 03.21.12 One of the grimmest of the grim facts about serial killer Randy Kraft is that there were so many sadistic murders of young men whose bodies were dumped along Southern California’s freeways in the ‘70s and early ‘80s that three men, none of whom knew each other, shared the nickname “The Freeway Killer.” Kraft operated the longest (roughly.... A Serial Killer in the Neighborhood
Date Published 03.19.12 Larry DeWayne Hall, who is serving a life sentence on a federal kidnapping charge, is in many ways a cinematic serial killer --- bullied as a child, a juvenile bed-wetter, he even grew up on a cemetery, where his father was the sexton. He drove a van incessantly and stalked his victims. Some investigators believe Hall, who traveled the country as a Civil War reenactment.... |
