I want to share crime stories which took place before our "contemporary" media moment (so basically before television) which captured the public imagination in one way or another.
For instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_Lea_Papin
― ryan, Thursday, 1 August 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_Disaster
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 1 August 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago)
Just watched a doc on the lindbergh baby case last night
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago)
re: Bath School Disaster, i can't imagine there were too many mass killings by explosive before that one?
― ryan, Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago)
maurice sendak has talked a lot about how haunted he was all his life by the lindbergh case, which happened when he was a child -- it was part of the inspiration for 'outside over there.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 1 August 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago)
a break in the "baby hope" case:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/nyregion/baby-hopes-mother-is-questioned-as-investigators-proceed-with-caution.html
― ryan, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago)
...and an arrest! the way all this came together after 22 years is really astounding.
― ryan, Saturday, 12 October 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago)