Category Archives: Crime

Cannibal Capture

June 4, 2012 – 5:32 pm

The BBC News have announced the Berlin Police’s capture of the Canadian cannibal/porno star/bisexual/model/transsexual Luka Magnotta. His crime of killing a Chinese student and posting body parts to various political figures had gripped the imagination of the media, who followed his flight from America’s northern neighbor to the Europe with the enraptured interest any reporter […]

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I Fought The Law

May 22, 2012 – 3:35 pm

On August 23, 1973 accidental actor Mark Frechette was arrested for bank robbery a few blocks away from Mel Lyman’s commune in Boston. Boston police responded to the silent alarm and shot dead of his accomplices.. Mark threw his gun on the floor. It was unloaded. Bail was set at $2500. He didn’t go to […]

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The Gift Of The Hitman

May 17, 2012 – 9:34 pm

Pattaya has a well-earned reputation for a refuge of scoundrels. The city fathers campaign ceaselessly to promote the city’s other attractions such as golf, food, shopping, and the beach, but a pig is a pig is a pig no matter what color the PR flaks paint the pig. Things have improved since the 90s, but […]

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CLOCKWORK ORANGE 50

May 15, 2012 – 5:33 pm

CLOCKWORK ORANGE turns 50 today. Anthony Burgess had written the book fast. He thought that he was going to die from a brain tumor. The author later described the novel thusly; “a jeu d’esprit knocked off for money in three weeks, it became known as the raw material for a film which seemed to glorify […]

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SIDESHOW by William Shawcross

May 4, 2012 – 8:10 pm

SIDESHOW by William Shawcross When I first visited Cambodia in 1995, I arrived at Phnom Penh’s airport on a brutally sunny day. My sunglasses offered little protection against the glare and I stumbled toward the terminal seeking relief from the heat, then stopped upon seeing a small bus deboarding its young passengers. Every child was […]

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