Tag Archives: crime

Today’s WTF Crime: Attempted Murder for Slenderman

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

From the annals of inexplicable crimes, here’s news that two 12-year old girls tried to murder a friend as a sacrifice for Slenderman. You know, the entirely made-up CreepyPasta horror character. It’s bad enough to be offered up as a … Continue reading →

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A Random Collection of Post-Dinner Links

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Lawrence Person

After dinner Saturday night, we finally watched the typeface geek movie Helvetica. Chances are pretty good that if Helvetica is the type of movie you enjoy seeing, you’ve already seen it. But if not, and you’re interested in fonts, it … Continue reading →

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Reality TV Show Ideas: Daddy Was A Serial Killer Division

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Someone needs to do a reality TV show featuring all the people claiming their father was the Zodiac killer living together in the same house. It would be like The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, except, you know, sleazy. For the … Continue reading →

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Trailer for Cold in July

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the official trailer for Cold in July, the film based on the Joe R. Lansdale novel starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnston. I hear Joe himself is pleased with it, and his daughter Kasey has a … Continue reading →

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PSA: “Citizens Commission on Human Rights” is Scientology

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

I recently got a packet on my doorstop that included a small square flyer that read “If you or someone you love has been damaged by psychiatric treatment…Please call the CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS”. Plus a number to call. … Continue reading →

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Woman Stabs Roommate for Listening To The Eagles

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Lawrence Person

It takes a certain kind of fool to act like a desperado and stab a roommate for listening to The Eagles. She just said “I don’t want to hear any more” and went all stabby. They’d been roommates and lovers … Continue reading →

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Brief Follow-Up to the “Lori Ruff” Mystery

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Lawrence Person

The Seattle Times has various documents up about her life, to see if anyone out there can figure out who she actually was. (Previously.)

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Nowhere Woman

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the fascinating mystery behind Lori Ruff’s life. For starters, Lori Ruff wasn’t Lori Ruff: she had changed her name from Becky Sue Turner. The problem is, she wasn’t Becky Sue Turner either, since the real Becky Sue died in … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Crappy Comic Book Caper

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I’m surprised that neither Dwight nor Murray Newman picked up on this one. Lonnie Blevins, a former investigator at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, has been charged with stealing over $140,000 worth of vintage comic books. The comic books … Continue reading →

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This Is My Shocked Face

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Whenever the topic of performance enhancing drugs come up, I’ve always half-seriously said that my working assumption is that all professional athletes are doping, a position that renders me immune to disappointment when someone tests positive for a PED However, … Continue reading →

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