True Crime Stories

I often speak here on the blog about how it is not always about guilt or innocence but the law and what can and cannot be proven in a legal way.  I have also often stated that in order to believe in the justice system you have to go into looking at a case as if the jury got it right. Then there are the cases where in my opinion, and usually in many people's opinions, you look at a jury and wonder how they heard the evidence that you heard (keeping in mind only what was presented at trial) and came up with the decision they did.  One of the more infamous cases I can think of concerning this is the Casey Anthony case.  Many of the jurors later said they acquitted her because the prosecution could not tell them exactly how Caylee Anthony had died. This is true, but it was not from a lack of trying.  The prosecution in that case could not say an exact cause of death because the body had not been found for several months and had been exposed to the Florida heat and elemen...

This is another one of the cases that I researched several months ago and never sat down to compile.  I watched an episode of Women in Prison today and this case was highlighted so I decided to go over my notes, add some more and come here and put it all together. As I have repeatedly said, it seems that only on the rare occasion do I find myself intrigued enough to write about a spouse on spouse crime.  It is likely that only a true crime enthusiast would understand why.  "It's always the spouse."  We seem to hear that often so that should tell you just how almost "routine" these types of cases are. Sadly, to spark interest anymore there has to be more.  Well, this case has lots of "more." On April 17, 2003 late at night, outside a Kirby vacuum training facility in Merrillville Indiana John Parker Jr. was shot while getting into his car at his office.  His wife, Judy, was inside the car and would tell investigators she saw little...

Several months ago I thought it would be a good idea to research a bunch of cases and put my notes in a folder to go through and compose later.  It did not take long to realize that was not the greatest of ideas.  I generally research a case and then compile it together here while it is still fresh in my mind.  Today I decided to go through that stack and see what was in there.  To my surprise there were a few in there that at some point I apparently did the research again and published them.  There were a few others that I was surprised that I had not done that with... this is one of them. If you are really a true crime enthusiast then you likely know about H.H. Holmes.  Some say he started it all, while most agree that while he is not truly the "First American Serial Killer" as some claim, he is one of the first, especially in the modern era.  Then again I guess we have to ask ourselves what is the "modern era" to us now.  I imagine one d...

I stated a while back that I had recently began reading books on my phone as opposed to my Nook and it may have created a monster.  Although I love my Nook and I would carry it with me when I absolutely knew I would have some down time to read but otherwise it would lay next to my bed as I read every night before I go to sleep.  Now with the phone since I carry it with me everywhere I have the opportunity to read even when I only have a few minutes to spare and I have been taking those opportunities.  So the latest book that I have read, or finishing up, is Buried Memories by Irene Pence.  I had previously read her book about John Battaglia, the man who murdered his two daughters while his ex wife was forced to listen on the telephone, and truly enjoyed her writing so when I was able to come across another of her books I jumped on it.  I can say that I have not been disappointed.  In fact, after now sitting in front of my computer to research this case more...

I read my first true crime book when I was a teenager back in the 1980's.  I am almost certain it was an Ann Rule book and I was hooked from then on.  Over the years I became not only overly interested about cases of true crime but also the law.  In 2003 I decided to go to online school and study to be a paralegal. Had I not been overly zealous and changed from getting an Associate's degree to a Bachelor's degree and then burnt myself between school, work and family I would have a degree.  In the end, I left school needing 10 credit hours for that degree. I am often encouraged to go back to school and finish out that degree, but that will not likely happen for many reasons.  For my part I do not see it as a complete waste because the skills I learned in my studies have helped me in other areas, the least of which is here at this blog.   As I researched this case I almost had to giggle, mainly because if I did not I would have become angry, thinking about ...