True Crime Stories

When it comes to family annihilation cases generally the motive is clear. If they do not end in a murder/suicide then the perpetrator usually takes off and ends all contact with anyone they know. They are also careful to make sure no one is left alive. In many ways these cases are not much different than other cases when it comes to motive. There are almost always financial issues. In cases that do not end in murder/suicide it is often believed, although not always expressed by the perpetrator, that the motive is as simple as wanting to rid oneself of a family and start over. These types of cases are generally planned out for weeks or months in advance by the perpetrator which is why oftentimes the crime is not discovered for some time, giving the perpetrator plenty of time to get far away. Think of cases such as John List and William Bradford Bishop Jr. Both of these men killed their mothers, wives and children, either effectively hid their bodies or prepared thi...

I have mentioned before that I have lists all over my house of names that I have acquired of cases I want to search for here.  At one point I sat down with them all and put them into a Word document.  Of course that has not prevented me from making even more lists but at least the majority are together.  The other day I decided I needed to work more on that list and make an attempt to work my way down it.  I also took bit of a different approach than I normally have.  I have found in the past that when I spend days just doing research on cases and not getting around to actually doing them I lose interest but I thought if I did three or four I could handle it.  So far so good.  I've been able to continue paying at least some attention to more shows while I research a few cases. It is when I sit down here to compile it together that things need to be quiet.  By doing things this way it is likely that there will be a lot more cases of spouse on spous...

I had heard of this story before but a recent episode of a documentary series reminded me of this case and I decided to research this as my next blog.  As usual, the research gave me a lot more insight of the case and the people involved and in this instance I was left with a true understanding. One of the articles that I read while researching the case indicated that the prosecutor had called Linda Cooney a hoarder.  I saw no other reference to this aside from this article but as someone who is familiar with the behaviors associated with those who are considered to be hoarders, things made more and more sense to me and Linda Cooney seemed to fit this mold to a tee.  Sometimes the physical view of hoarding takes time to be present, mainly due to the fact that a true hoarder has done it for decades and often they are good about doing things such as moving to a bigger home, making additions to the home they have or even buying storage units to store their "stuff" to the p...