A Neolithic True Crime Case

In September of 1991, adventurers Erika & Helmut Simon were hiking through the Alps near the border between Austria and Italy. They stumbled across what they thought, at first, to be a recently deceased fellow hiker partially frozen into the icy ground. They alerted the authorities, who removed the body and transported it to the …

Reflections & Opinions on Jonestown

I am revamping some of my Jonestown/ Peoples Temple pieces to reflect new (to me) information and changes in my own understanding and opinions on the subject matter. I'll make it known on my socials when I publish those. I intended to leave them up to make a point - that it is okay to …

Jonestown

I am revamping some of my Jonestown/ Peoples Temple pieces to reflect new (to me) information and changes in my own understanding and opinions on the subject matter. I'll make it known on my socials when I publish those. I intended to leave them up to make a point - that it is okay to …

Why I Often Think About Henry “Hank” Gafforio

As an avid consumer of the true crime genre, I obviously read about a whole spate of sad things. An occurrence that I find particularly sad, though, is when certain people who have been harmed seem to slip through the cracks, fading into obscurity over time as if they never existed. Society attributes greater or …

An Essay on “Cyntoia’s Story”

For my first real post (real as in about something, other than just talking about myself), I thought it might be fun to share an essay I wrote in 2013 for a Criminology course I was taking. Since the exciting news of Cyntoia Brown's imminent release from prison, this essay might be an interesting lil' …