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Tag Archives: murder
Apr
13
2011
A Last Look at a Horrible Crime
In 2008, my brother’s closest friend from high school and his early 20s was killed in a bizarre Craigslist murder that has captured the media’s attention. Yesterday, the jury came back with a verdict of guilty. Mark Twitchell will, it seems, spend 25 to life behind bars. (Thanks, Jury.) My brother has obsessed over the [...]
Posted in Crime, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged criagslist murder, edmonton, johnny altinger, mark twitchell Leave a comment
On November 16th, 1959, Truman Capote read a New York Times article with only 300 words that would change his life, and American literature, forever. The article began: A wealthy wheat farmer, his wife and their two young children were found shot to death today in their home. They had been killed by shotgun blasts [...]
Posted in blogging, Crime, Dimestore Philosophy, Hollywood, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged americana, clutter family, dick hickock, film, hemingway, herbert clutter, History, in cold blood, kansas, literature, mass killing, movies, new york times, non-fiction, nyt, reviews, richard hickock, rural, thompson, true crime, truman capote, writing 2 Comments
Jun
30
2010
The Dishonour of Honour Killings
Recently, here in the Great White North, a murder trial ended and the accused were sentenced to life. A father and his son killed his daughter, all because she was too progressive to be a good little Islamic girl. Muhammad Parvez and Waqas, his son, murdered Aqsa Parvez on December 10, 2007, in the guise of [...]
Posted in Battle of the Comments, Current Events, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, feminism, freedom, keeping it real, Laws, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Religion, sexuality, Society, Specifically Steff, Women's Department Also tagged aqsa parvez, burkas, burqas, Crime, culture clash, fundamentalism, hijab, honour killings, immigration, islam, life sentence, muhammad parvez, muslims, pakistan, parvez family killing, pierre elliott trudeau, saudi arabia, traditionalism, trudeau, waqas parvez 4 Comments
Nov
10
2008
Update on Murder
It’s official — my brother’s friend was murdered by a filmmaker trying to recreate a death from the show Dexter. He had paid actors and everything. John, my bro’s now-deceased friend, was indeed lured to the garage in which he would be killed (as there is no corpse, but investigators say the “forensic evidence” gathered [...]
Posted in casual sex, Current Events, Dating, Ethics, Laws, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society Also tagged craigslist, Dexter, edmonton, internet crime, john altinger, mark andrew twitchell 1 Comment
We’ve feared the worst and today have found out that the worst was something even beyond our imagination. Details are sketchy, but what we know is this: My brother’s best friend from high school and the years that followed took off years ago to live up north. Being that they’re the original “internet geeks” dating back [...]
Posted in Current Events, Laws, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged bbs, craigslist, edmonton, horror movie, john altinger, mark andrew twitchell 2 Comments
RANT: When is Enough Enough? Fuck the NRA.