True Crime Stories

On one hand cases such as this one irritate me but on the other I have to feel some sort of sympathy to the victims family.  I can easily sit here and judge people but I must admit that I am unsure if I had a friend or family member die and that death be ruled a suicide if I could completely accept that decision. That being said, it is so often found that when cases are ruled a suicide it is the family of the victim who pushed to have the case reclassified claiming their family member would not have done such a thing.  I have researched, and blogged, about more than a few of these such cases and to be honest the only one that I can, off the top of my head, recall as feeling valid would be the case of Matthew Baker in Texas.  I am sorry for the victims family but this one does not fall in that realm of things.   Tom and Ashley Fallis lived in Evans Colorado.  By the beginning of 2012 they had three children.  Ashley had her tubes tied after their youngest ...

We all know that kids can be cruel.  We have all been "bullied" in some form or fashion when we were younger.  I think most of us can agree that over the years it has gotten worse in many area but in the same respect, and many may disagree, I often think there are times in which more is made out of things.  This is not such a case.  We all know the dangers of computers.  As adults at least we realize that everyone that sits behind a computer screen may not be who they seem. Children, especially teenagers, are much more trusting. Think back when you were a teenager; you knew it all and your parent knew nothing.  There were not evil people in the world; People do not lie to you.  It is just how a teenager thinks and look out when someone of the opposite sex talks to them, or at least they think that is who it is.  No one can convince them that the person is not real nor that they may have horrible motives.  This is such the case with Megan M...

I have always found the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell and all that transpired after, very tragic and interesting.  I just finished reading Greg Oleson's book "If I Can't Have You" and it has rejuvenated those feelings. As I start writing this in fact, I have not finished my research into the case completely but I also have not decided how I want to title this blog. First off, you will always see me refer to Susan as simply Susan or as Susan Cox Powell.  You will not see me refer to her simply as Susan Powell.  In fact, the only reason I am even adding the Powell name at all in for respect for her children and the fact that she was known with that name widely in the media.  As I said, I have not completely finished my research as I start this, and I may find out later that my wishes are granted, but I hope that Susan's family is suing the pants off of anyone, and everyone that they can! The disappearance of Susan was tragic in its own right but facing al...

I tried to make every effort to separate my feelings in my book blog when I reviewed the book "In the Still of the Night" by Ann Rule.  I first heard about this case on a recent episode of I believe Dateline.  Ann Rule was on that show as well as Ronda Reynolds' mother, Barb Thompson and it talked a lot about their quest and their belief that Ronda was murdered, likely by her husband, or maybe by her stepson.  I had looked at a few articles on the subject at that time but that was a few weeks ago and once I started the book I stayed away from them so I could give an objective view on the book itself.  That blog can be found here:  http://mybookblogger-susan.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-still-of-night.html  It was a large struggle for me not to search for information while reading the book because I knew and felt that Rule's book was slanted towards one side and I also felt that it was full of holes.  To give Rule a small amount of credit, I realize that s...