The horror that Sam Nordquist went through for the last six weeks or so of his life is the type of disgusting violence that you think you’d only see in a movie or read in a book. The Saw or the Hostel movies, despite their gruesome exploitation of violence, mutilation and torture, at least providedContinue reading “His Name Was Sam Nordquist”
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‘Woman Of The Hour’ Has Great Power
Statistically, they say the average person passes by about 36 murderers in their lifetime. You never know what’s going to happen. Years ago, when I was still working at the Wagoner Tribune, I read a police report on a man arrested in nearby Coweta, Okla. that said he had considered abducting a woman near theContinue reading “‘Woman Of The Hour’ Has Great Power”
‘Private Diary Of Lyle Menendez’ The Mind Of A Sociopath Or A Manchild?
Now that the Menendez Brothers have been thrusted into the spotlight once again with the show Monsters on Netflix, there’s a brief mention of this book. And anyone who is a true-crime buff will like to read or more importantly listen to the audiobook. But anyone else will junk it as garbage. I admit, LyleContinue reading “‘Private Diary Of Lyle Menendez’ The Mind Of A Sociopath Or A Manchild?”
‘Get Gotti’ Great For Gangster Enthusiasts Yet Nothing New
John Gotti looked like he was out of Central Casting for an Italian Mafia crime boss. Before the 1970s, most of the bosses kept their identities or roles mostly hidden through fronts and legitimate businesses. Gangs and gangsters had existed in America for decades and even centuries. But a lot of them from the endContinue reading “‘Get Gotti’ Great For Gangster Enthusiasts Yet Nothing New”
‘Chowchilla’ Tells True Story Of Trauma
The 1976 kidnapping of several students and a bus driver in Chowcilla, Calif. is one of the strangest true-crime cases ever. On July 15 of that year, three armed men kidnapped 26 students attending a summer school program. The children ranged in ages 5-14 along with a kindly bus driver, Frank Edward Ray, 55 atContinue reading “‘Chowchilla’ Tells True Story Of Trauma”
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