The O.J. Simpson Murder Case Still Strikes A Nerve Decades Later

As of today, June 12, there are people alive who can legally run for the U.S. Senate who have no recollection of the public hysteria and legal turmoil that happened because of the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in a residential L.A. neighborhood 30 years ago. It’s almost outrageous how all of thisContinue reading “The O.J. Simpson Murder Case Still Strikes A Nerve Decades Later”

O.J.’s Legacy Will Forever Create Debate

It was almost 30 years ago when I was getting ready one morning to go to the Driver’s Ed summer school. It was the second day of the two-week course and I was sitting in the living room of the house I grew up in when I glanced over and saw a copy of theContinue reading “O.J.’s Legacy Will Forever Create Debate”

‘Lover Stalker Killer’ Is A True Fatal Attraction

True-crime is everywhere it seems. Podcasts, internet sleuths and TV shows fill the landscape. However, a documentary like Lover Stalker Killer, streaming on Netflix, may seem like it’s a basic run-of-the-mill story, but Dave Kroupa, the man at the center of the story is your basic run-of-the-mill mechanic. Maybe that’s why these true-crime stories appealContinue reading “‘Lover Stalker Killer’ Is A True Fatal Attraction”

‘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”

The Strange Case of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

The Gypsy Rose Blanchard case is one of the most strangest ever. Was she a cold-blooded murderer or was she just a person who didn’t see any way else out. She only had a second-grade education at the time her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn fatally stabbed her mother, Dee Dee. Gypsy-Rose says in the latest 20/20Continue reading “The Strange Case of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard”

‘Case Of Natalia Grace’ Keeps Getting Curiouser And Curiouser

I had heard of the case of Natalia Grace a long time ago, but I had forgotten about it. It is disturbing in so many ways it makes your skin crawl. Natalia is a Ukrainian-born woman who doesn’t even know how old she is. Some people say she was born in 2003. The State ofContinue reading “‘Case Of Natalia Grace’ Keeps Getting Curiouser And Curiouser”