All Discussions Tagged 'killer' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T16:49:35Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=killer&feed=yes&xn_auth=noKiller Nashvilletag:crimespace.ning.com,2014-01-07:537324:Topic:3848052014-01-07T23:32:47.723ZMike Worleyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MikeWorley
<p>Does anyone have any experience with the Killer Nashville Conference, held in August each year in (of course) Nashville? I'm thinking of attending this year (only 160 miles away) and wonder about others' experiences.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with the Killer Nashville Conference, held in August each year in (of course) Nashville? I'm thinking of attending this year (only 160 miles away) and wonder about others' experiences.</p> Who was the Boston Strangler?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-12-08:537324:Topic:3619402012-12-08T18:00:20.749ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>Some compared him to Jack the Ripper, but the Ripper's victims were prostitutes. The Strangler killed ordinary women and he didn't stab them, he raped and strangled them. The reign of terror began in June 1962. Over the next 19 months, thirteen unmarried women, the youngest 19, the oldest 85, were murdered in Boston and nearby cities.</p>
<p>But after the 13th murder in January 1964, the killings stopped. Later that year, in an unrelated incident, police arrested <b>Albert DeSalvo</b> for…</p>
<p>Some compared him to Jack the Ripper, but the Ripper's victims were prostitutes. The Strangler killed ordinary women and he didn't stab them, he raped and strangled them. The reign of terror began in June 1962. Over the next 19 months, thirteen unmarried women, the youngest 19, the oldest 85, were murdered in Boston and nearby cities.</p>
<p>But after the 13th murder in January 1964, the killings stopped. Later that year, in an unrelated incident, police arrested <b>Albert DeSalvo</b> for sexual assault. He was not on their list of Strangler suspects. In 1965, while incarcerated in a state hospital for mental evaluation, DeSalvo confessed that he was the Boston Strangler. But was he?</p>
<p>I've posted a blog about the case ... take a look and tell me what you think.</p>
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<p><a href="http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?entry_id=1354749313&title=the-boston-strangler%3F-maybe-">http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?entry_id=1354749313&title=the-boston-strangler%3F-maybe-</a>...</p>
<p></p> Guardian angel or serial killer?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-07:537324:Topic:3488832012-07-07T16:29:34.806ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>In 1984 Kristen Strickland enrolled in Bridgewater (MA) State College as a pre-med major. Bright and attractive, she never lacked for boyfriends. In 1986 she met Glenn Gilbert and transferred to a college in western Massachusetts to be closer to him. They married in 1988. Later that year, Kristen earned a nursing diploma from Greenfield Community College.</p>
<p>In March 1989 she got a job at the Leeds Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Massachusetts. Her co-workers were impressed with her…</p>
<p>In 1984 Kristen Strickland enrolled in Bridgewater (MA) State College as a pre-med major. Bright and attractive, she never lacked for boyfriends. In 1986 she met Glenn Gilbert and transferred to a college in western Massachusetts to be closer to him. They married in 1988. Later that year, Kristen earned a nursing diploma from Greenfield Community College.</p>
<p>In March 1989 she got a job at the Leeds Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Massachusetts. Her co-workers were impressed with her nursing skills and dedication. Her supervisors rated her work as "highly skillful" and said she reacted especially well during medical emergencies.</p>
<p>Or so it seemed.</p>
<p>But soon an alarming number of patients began dying on Ward C during Kristen's shift.</p>
<p><a href="http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?entry_id=1341430940&title=guardian-angel-or-serial-killer%3F" target="_blank">Read MORE</a></p> Hard-luck Belle or diabolical killer? Coming soon to a theater near you?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-04-03:537324:Topic:3398422012-04-03T21:15:26.864ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>Belle wasn't the prettiest woman around, but she attracted plenty of men. She married four times and bore several children, but suffered a series of tragedies. Her neighbors felt sorry for her. How much heartbreak could one woman endure? Then tragedy struck again.</p>
<p>On April 28, 1908, fire destroyed her farmhouse. Police found four bodies in the basement. Three were identified as Belle's young children. They assumed the fourth was Belle, but identification was difficult. The head was…</p>
<p>Belle wasn't the prettiest woman around, but she attracted plenty of men. She married four times and bore several children, but suffered a series of tragedies. Her neighbors felt sorry for her. How much heartbreak could one woman endure? Then tragedy struck again.</p>
<p>On April 28, 1908, fire destroyed her farmhouse. Police found four bodies in the basement. Three were identified as Belle's young children. They assumed the fourth was Belle, but identification was difficult. The head was missing. Questions arose. It wasn't the first time.</p>
<p>At the end of the post, see note that there is a movie deal in the works</p>
<p><a href="http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?entry_id=1333057890&title=bad-luck-belle-or-diabolical-killer%3F">http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?entry_id=1333057890&title=bad-luck-belle-or-diabolical-killer%3F</a></p>
<p></p> EYEBALLS ... who would star in this movie?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-12-12:537324:Topic:3242032011-12-12T15:38:56.926ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p><span class="rvts16">On December 13, 1990, police discovered the body of a woman dumped on a street in the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas. Clad only in a T-shirt, the woman had been shot in the back of the head. The victim was Mary Lou Pratt, 33, a known prostitute who worked in the Oak Cliff area.</span></p>
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<p><span class="rvts16">Police considered the case routine until the medical examiner did the autopsy. When Dr. Elizabeth Peacock opened one eyelid, she found that the eyeball…</span></p>
<p><span class="rvts16">On December 13, 1990, police discovered the body of a woman dumped on a street in the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas. Clad only in a T-shirt, the woman had been shot in the back of the head. The victim was Mary Lou Pratt, 33, a known prostitute who worked in the Oak Cliff area.</span></p>
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<p><span class="rvts16">Police considered the case routine until the medical examiner did the autopsy. When Dr. Elizabeth Peacock opened one eyelid, she found that the eyeball had been removed with surgical precision. The killer had removed both eyeballs and taken them with him. </span> <a class="rvts36" href="http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> Bone Machines and other podcaststag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-16:537324:Topic:2720292011-02-16T08:43:34.416ZJohn Doddshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnDodds
<p>Not sure if this should be in the Events section, but my 2008 crime novel, Bone Machines, is out now as a free podcast from podiobooks:</p>
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<p><span><a href="http://podiobooks.com/title/bone-mach">http://podiobooks.com/title/bone-mach</a></span><span class="word_break"> </span>ines/ or itunes, etc.</p>
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<p>I've got a story on Seth Harwood's crimewav.com, with another coming out hopefully in the not too distant future.</p>
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<p>Hope some of you will give it a listen,…</p>
<p>Not sure if this should be in the Events section, but my 2008 crime novel, Bone Machines, is out now as a free podcast from podiobooks:</p>
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<p><span><a href="http://podiobooks.com/title/bone-mach">http://podiobooks.com/title/bone-mach</a></span><span class="word_break"> </span>ines/ or itunes, etc.</p>
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<p>I've got a story on Seth Harwood's crimewav.com, with another coming out hopefully in the not too distant future.</p>
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<p>Hope some of you will give it a listen, and rate it or comment on the podiobooks blog, or through itunes.</p>
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<p>Thanks</p>
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<p>John</p> Crime novels with female killerstag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-10:537324:Topic:2696502011-02-10T09:42:37.720ZDave Lolaiyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DaveLolaiy
<p>my interest in reading crime books again was sparked by an ad I saw for a book recently boasting a female who kills purely for pleasure. I dont remember the name of the book, so Im wondering if any of you know of books where:</p>
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<p>a) a female is the killer</p>
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<p>b) the female killer does what she does for pleasure</p>
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<p>Cheers</p>
<p>my interest in reading crime books again was sparked by an ad I saw for a book recently boasting a female who kills purely for pleasure. I dont remember the name of the book, so Im wondering if any of you know of books where:</p>
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<p>a) a female is the killer</p>
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<p>b) the female killer does what she does for pleasure</p>
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<p>Cheers</p> Zodiac Killer Possibly Identifiedtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-08-29:537324:Topic:1579042008-08-29T23:05:38.760ZJohn Dishonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/whiteskwirl
<a href="http://cbs13.com/crime/zodiac.killer.kaufman.2.805799.html">http://cbs13.com/crime/zodiac.killer.kaufman.2.805799.html</a><br />
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That would be some weird stuff to find, to say the least.<br />
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Edit: <a href="http://www.zodiackiller.com/discus/messages/27/786.html">Here</a> is a forum where some people have suggested Kaufman is making it all up.
<a href="http://cbs13.com/crime/zodiac.killer.kaufman.2.805799.html">http://cbs13.com/crime/zodiac.killer.kaufman.2.805799.html</a><br />
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That would be some weird stuff to find, to say the least.<br />
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Edit: <a href="http://www.zodiackiller.com/discus/messages/27/786.html">Here</a> is a forum where some people have suggested Kaufman is making it all up.