Why are you here and why am I doing this?

Why are you here and why am I doing this?

If you're like me, THIS is as close to crime as you want to get.

You want to maintain a safe distance and delve into it when it's convenient for you; not when some lunatic knocks on your door in the middle of the night, runs you off the road or approaches you in a parking lot.

Maybe you are a Murderino?

I'm someone who resolves every New Year's Eve to NOT be the victim of a crime.

Some of the crimes I'll describe here aren't horrific or even result in death, but they're still situations to be avoided. Who wants the drama or the paperwork associated with a non-violent crime? Not me.

I know I'm not the only one who's interested in reading about crime & criminals. I hope to use this blog to share that interest with others.

My process is to find something in an old newspaper, news broadcast or my own memory that grabs my attention and delve deep. I research the cases and people using newspaper and magazine archives, genealogy sites plus court or prison documents (when I can afford them). Lately the way I write the stories has changed. I'm starting to show the effort I've made to track down specific details. I also seem to be posting less frequently. This can be attributed to the fact that I'm now concerned with the As Close to Crime YouTube channel as well as my habit of falling deeper and deeper into rabbit holes with each new entry. I'd rather have quality than quantity, so I've come to terms with the lessening output.

I try not rely too heavily on other websites or books but I credit people when it's appropriate. In fact, if my main source of information is someone else's book, I'll just recommend the book. This was the case with "The Bobbed Haired Bandit."

Don't expect too many Top 10 lists from me. I instead prefer to select the more obscure crimes that some visitors to this blog have either never heard of or haven't thought about in awhile.

I also like to give attention to not just those who break the law but those who uphold the law. So you can expect to see some of that here.

There's a companion YouTube Channel for this blog, called As Close to Crime, where I occasionally post clips related to particular blog entries or just random clips concerning criminal activity. I'm never going to post an entire commercially available film.

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

While you wait .......

Just a quick update.


I had ordered some documents relating to the next tragic tale I intend to cover and I now have those last pieces of the puzzle but will need a few days to write the entry.

In the meanwhile, I posted a two minute video clip to the blog's YouTube channel that will be of interest to anyone who's heard of the Joseph Wambaugh book "Echoes in the Darkness."

Maybe you've only seen the 1987 TV Movie adaptation starring Stockard Channing, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia & Treat Williams?

Maybe you heard Karen and Georgia cover the crime in episode 75 of their My Favorite Murder podcast?

I found the mini-series while converting my old VHS tapes to DVD and it still holds up.

There has been much written about the death of Susan Reinert, the disappearance of her children Karen and Michael, the convictions of both Jay Smith and William Bradfield, etc. so I'm not going to actually cover the crime itself. The information is out there.

I personally have Wambaugh's "Echoes in the Darkness" and "Engaged to Murder" by Loretta Schwart-Noble but there have been developments since the publication of these books.


Here's the link -

https://youtu.be/9c-Ned1OG90


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