Topic: HINDSIGHT IS TWENTY TWENTY (Read 56650 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 08, 2007, 06:59:30 AM »

Loved the photos of DR LAURA's blue mountainbirds yesterday.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #31 on:** February 08, 2007, 06:59:59 AM »

The serial killers Charles Whitman in the UT Tower, Richard Speck in Chicago, Charles Manson in California, Ted Bundy who was all over the map, and the Columbine Shootings.

And the ones who got away: Jack the Ripper and the OJ Case

Jrand74 · « **Reply #32 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:01:05 AM »

Page Two George and Noel Dance.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #33 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:10:55 AM »

oh, and those creepy guys Gacy and Dahmer

and creepy moms drowning their kids like Susan Smith and the others using the tub as their weapon of choice... and creepy husbands killing their pregnant wives..

Like I said, I am so interested in knowing what is the matter with these folks? I really want to know the why (well, they're crazy -- that's the given) but I'm interested in knowing what's the defect in their minds and hearts -- born bad, something happened in their life, or the combo...

Matt H. · « **Reply #34 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:15:04 AM »

Good morning!

We got the white sky Mr. bk was talking about, and it's going to be cooler today than yesterday; highs not supposed to get out of the 40s. It got to 64 yesterday!

Matt H. · « **Reply #35 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:17:41 AM »

As I mentioned last summer when I saw HOLLYWOODLAND at the movies, in addition to despising the Adrien Brody character and all his uninteresting dilemmas with his family, I felt Ben Affleck was miscast. He's too young to be playing the mid-40s George Reeves. I did like the moment in the film when the kid pulled the loaded gun on Superman, and felt Affleck played that sequence beautifully. But I just never bought him for a second as George Reeves. Maybe I'd seen too much of the TV series to be satisfied with his performance.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #36 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:19:25 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on February 08, 2007, 05:30:10 AM

TOD:

the Ripper & Borden cases....like DR ELMORE

oohh, "like DR Elmore"?! Tell us more!! ... Who did he killl? And why? ... I see a book: "DR Elmore: The Bad Seed of NYC"

Matt H. · « **Reply #37 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM »

Today if I can fit it in, I'd like to watch Woody Allen's MATCH POINT which I recorded off HBO-HD last night. I will have THE KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY, MEDIUM, (maybe) CSI: NY if it actually came on at 3 a.m. as the program guide said it would, and the rest of the IDOL auditions. If I don't get to MATCH POINT today, I should be able to get to it at some point over the next several days.

Matt H. · « **Reply #38 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:22:25 AM »

I think the George Reeves case is one of the most fascinating to me and have tried to read everything I could on the subject. I do think Leonore Lemon killed him.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #39 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:23:05 AM »

...or "DR Elmore: Born Bad and Ready To Kill"

Matt H. · « **Reply #40 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:23:06 AM »

On the DVD front, I still have DO NOT DISTURB, THE CLOCK, and two Charlie Chan mysteries to take me through the weekend.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #41 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:24:26 AM »

DR MATTH - I think Lenore is the key to the case as well, and why the police let her run back to NYC is puzzling.

Matt H. · « **Reply #42 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:25:03 AM »

THose of you who like it are no doubt buoyed by the thoughts of a new SURVIVOR starting tonight. Of course, I'm looking forward to UGLY BETTY, the beginning of a three part GREY'S ANATOMY, the return of William Petersen to CSI, and the marvelous NBC comedies. SMALLVILLE and SUPERNATURAL also have new intriguing-sounding episodes tonight.

Matt H. · « **Reply #43 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:26:02 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on February 08, 2007, 07:24:26 AM

DR MATTH - I think Lenore is the key to the case as well, and why the police let her run back to NYC is puzzling.

In that MYSTERIES & SCANDALS program from E!, she once in a drunken moment confessed to the crime and laughed that she had gotten away with it.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #44 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:30:11 AM »

Well, I've killed enough time ..
I've got a grasshopper, fly, and lightening bug costume to complete -- yikes, dress rehearsal tomorrow night!
.. and a study plan and a paper with quickly approaching deadlines...
Need a stress pill!! So I don't crack and go postal....

Miss Karen · « **Reply #45 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:35:30 AM »

oh, and King Tut -- did he fall off his chariot or was he murdered? Hmmmm?

now, I'm out of here..

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:43:02 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on February 08, 2007, 07:26:02 AM

In that MYSTERIES & SCANDALS program from E!, she once in a drunken moment confessed to the crime and laughed that she had gotten away with it.

I remember that interview - she looked like a NOT QUITE SO BEAT UP version of Maila Nurmi.

Jeanne · « **Reply #47 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:43:27 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 08, 2007, 12:58:03 AM

TOD

You can't beat the O.J Drama - still playing....

der Brucer

I agree. I was in LA during that period. In fact, I recall hearing helicopters overhead, wondering what all the commotion was, then learning that it was part of the OJ drama on the San Diego Fwy. Part of it was playing out right in front of me.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #48 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:43:34 AM »

Dress rehearsal vibes for the DR MISS KAREN and her bugs.

Matt H. · « **Reply #49 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:46:48 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on February 08, 2007, 07:43:02 AM

I remember that interview - she looked like a NOT QUITE SO BEAT UP version of Maila Nurmi.

You couldn't be more right!

Jeanne · « **Reply #50 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:49:32 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 08, 2007, 01:39:39 AM

BK, I have 4 hard drives, all filled up with media from various projects. I am going to try and find space to back up onto somehting, and then try the new OS. If it doesn't work with my editing program, I will reinstall the old 10.2.8.

Argh. I can't beleive this is all happening because I wanted to play ONE SONG that someone else downloaded from itunes.

In my early days as a programmer I had a boss who used to joke about manualizing projects in order to gain greater efficiency. We joked, but not all technology is an improvement. I've seen some examples of extremely poor software. Then there's my HP laser printer...BUYER BEWARE!

Ben · « **Reply #51 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:52:35 AM »

Jose, yes I did read the article by Isherwood. Glad to see it in print. I haven't seen Coast of Utopia yet. I've been putting it off for many of those reasons. I may have to just jump in and experience it.

Reading the article did make me remember how hard it is to go against general opinion in particular during the excitement about Screamgirls (yes, it's intentional), it was very difficult to express a negative opinion of that production without people looking at you like you either had no mind or that you had lost it completely.

Yes, (to paraphrase Charles Isherwood) I did not like the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls! There, I said it and I'm glad.

MBarnum · « **Reply #52 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:57:26 AM »

I can't think of any true crime events that I have followed or had a great deal of interest in. I can still recall vividly the Charles Manson killings when I was a wee bit if a twig of a lad.....and all of that was very scary for a little kid.

MBarnum · « **Reply #53 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:58:51 AM »

Now I must drink coffee.

That is all.

MBarnum · « **Reply #54 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:59:45 AM »

Oh, and this...tan dockers, yellow dress shirt, black socks, black belt, black dress shoes.

Jeanne · « **Reply #55 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:03:27 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 08, 2007, 01:36:52 AM

TOD: Serial killer Ted Bundy, since it was sort of close to home.

The summer when all the young boys were getting murdered in Atlanta---I wasn't fascinated by it, but you couldn't avoid it. I almost hated to watch the news or read the paper because it seemed like it was happening every other day. That was a horrible time around here.

During the 1970s there was a serial rapist?/murderer? in LA, whose name I don't recall. Yes, it can be very difficult to go through, even if you remain relatively unscathed. We didn't talk much about terrorism in those days, but the concept is the same: you live in fear.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #56 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:06:54 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on February 08, 2007, 01:36:52 AM

TOD: Serial killer Ted Bundy, since it was sort of close to home.

The summer when all the young boys were getting murdered in Atlanta---

CRIME LIBRARY

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Two black boys were found murdered at the end of July 1979, officially starting one of the most highly publicized murder series in history. A couple of years later, twenty-nine black youths would be dead and a black man, Wayne Williams, who many people believe was railroaded by the government, would be imprisoned for life.
…
On June 20, 2006, the state of Georgia asked a federal judge to reject Wayne Williams' latest effort to challenge his incarceration because lawyers for the convicted killer have failed to show any relevance between the case and an unnamed child molester on whom they have cast suspicion, according to Associated Press.

And the beat goes on.....

der Brucer

Ginny · « **Reply #57 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:09:24 AM »

Quote from: Jeanne on February 08, 2007, 08:03:27 AM

During the 1970s there was a serial rapist?/murderer? in LA, whose name I don't recall. Yes, it can be very difficult to go through, even if you remain relatively unscathed. We didn't talk much about terrorism in those days, but the concept is the same: you live in fear.

There were a series of abductions/sexual assaults/murders of co-eds in and around Ann Arbor at the time I was an undergraduate at The University of Michigan. It was a scary time. Not long ago, I stumbled across a TV program about one of the cases and it brought back many uneasy feelings.

Jeanne · « **Reply #58 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:12:06 AM »

As for DR MISS KAREN's interest in what makes people commit horrible acts, the British mystery writer Minette Walters is interested in this, too. Her latest book, The Chameleon's Shadow, explores Traumatic Brain Injury--what happens to a person who gets hit on the head.

www.MinetteWalters.co.uk.

Personally, I find all of Ms Walters' works quite interesting. She's one of the top--if not THE top--mystery writers writing today, IMHO. I never cease to be awed by her first novel, THE ICE HOUSE.

Matt H. · « **Reply #59 on:** February 08, 2007, 08:12:53 AM »

Having lunch out with friends today, so I need to get cleaned up.

WBBL.

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