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Review: Kill The Messenger

Humanities & CultureLiterature

3 months ago


Image taken from Fantasticfiction.co.uk

Image taken from Fantasticfiction.co.uk

Synopsis (from back of book): At the end of a long day battling L.A. street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon has one last drop to make. But en route to delivering a package for one of the city’s sleaziest defense attorneys, he’s nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys and shot at. He narrowly manages to escape with his life — and with a package someone will kill for.

LAPD homicide detective Kevin Parker knows better than most that working the right case can make you an instant celebrity. And this case is suddenly taking on the look of the latest “crime of the century”. If he can find the killer, he just might save his once-promising career from skidding to a dead end. But first he’s goint to have to save the messenger, who’s on the run from both the cops and a brutal killer. If there’s one lesson Parker has learned over the years, it’s that in a town built on fantasy and fame, delivering the truth can be deadly.

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Mary Cecilia Rogers: The beautiful "Seegar" Girl.

Humanities & CultureCriminology

4 months ago

Mary Cecilia Rogers: The beautiful "Seegar" Girl.

Described as "ethereal and hypnotically pleasing", Mary Cecilia Rogers would come to be known in New York as the "Beautiful Seegar Girl." But it would be her brutal and unsolved murder that would catapult her into history and the literary world when she was immortalized by Edgar Allen Poe in his book, "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

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A Killing In Hollywood

Humanities & CultureCriminology

5 months ago


Hollywood is no stranger to scandal. There is no question that under all the glitz and glamour lies a world filled with greed and degradation. Hopefuls arrive daily in search of fame and fortune and are willing to sell their souls in order to attain their goals.

One such hopeful was Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner. She was born on February 8, 1921 in Wallace, Idaho. Hard times forced the family to relocate to San Francisco, California where her father, John "Virgil" Turner, tried to earn a living by gambling. In 1930, after a night of good luck, Virgil stuck his winnings in his left sock and struck off for home. His body was found in the Mission District with his left sock and shoe missing. His murder was never solved.

When Julia's "Judy" mother, Mildred Frances Turner, developed health problems, she was advised by a doctor to move to a drier climate and they moved to Los Angeles, California. Mildred tried to support herself and Judy by working as a beautician but Judy was often forced to live with her mother's friends and acquaintances in order to save money.
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The Murder Of Bella Wright

Humanities & CultureCriminology

7 months ago

 
21-year-old Bella Wright was considered a very attractive and self-assured young lady. She was the oldest of seven children of an illiterate cow herder and his wife. She lived with her parents in a cottage in Stoughton, England and worked the night shift at Bate's rubber mill. She was often seen riding alone through the country side on her bicycle.

In Saturday July 5, 1919, she set out on her bicycle to post some letters in the village of Evington. She returned home and then proceeded on to the village of Gaulby to visit her uncle, George Measures.

When she arrive at her uncle's she was accompanied by an unknown male. He was riding a green BSA bicycle and wearing a raincoat, even though it was a clear night.

Measures expressed concern about the stranger but Bella did not seem alarmed. When she left her uncle's cottage an hour later she again met up with the stranger and the two rode off together.

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The Curious Case Of Captain Hart

Humanities & CultureCriminology

8 months ago


Tenants Harbour, Maine is a quaint little seafaring village along the coast east of Muscongus Bay. But in 1877, it would become the scene of one of New England's most famous and mysterious murders.

In October 1877, Captain Luther Meservey boarded his schooner, the Bickmore, for a four-month long sea voyage. Used to spending long periods alone, his wife settled into her usual routine when her husband was at sea.

On December 22, 1877, Mrs Meservey was seen by several neighbours en route to the post office. A five minute walk from her cottage. When she arrived at the post office she was informed that her neighbour, Mark Wall, had already collected the mail, this was not an unusual occurrence. She was also seen walking back to her cottage but did not stop at her neighbour's to pick up the mail.

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