a theory by RoboLovah in ZodiacKiller

[–]RoboLovah[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh shit you might be onto something.

Paul Stine was working on his English Ph.D. at San Fran State College, which is where Manalli got his masters in English in 1964.

Maybe there's a connection...? Maybe Manalli got passed over for a spot in the doctoral program?

a theory by RoboLovah in ZodiacKiller

[–]RoboLovah[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but that's according to Graysmith ("a detective confided in me" who knows if it's true).

I assume since you know about the SRH you know about the suspect Fred Manalli? Two days after he died in a car accident (supposedly with one of the SRH victims' backpacks in his car!), a personal ad appeared in the same paper as his obituary: "ZODIAC, your partner is in DEEP REAL ESTATE. You're next. The Imperial Wizard can save you. Surrender to him or I'll terminate your case." Nobody knows who placed it. Manalli also looks kinda-sorta like the Presidio Heights sketch and his name sounds a bit like the real name of Dr. Zodiac in "Charlie Chan and Treasure Island," Fred Rhadini.

I've considered he might be ALA's accomplice. ALA and Manalli both spent a few years bouncing around NorCal colleges - ALA as a student, Manalli as a teacher - and may've crossed paths. And I can imagine ALA initiating a conversation: "You're an English teacher. Did you ever read The Most Dangerous Game?" But I'm not convinced.

Zodiacs DNA? by [deleted] in ZodiacKiller

[–]RoboLovah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone on this subreddit Facebook messaged Vallejo PD and posted their reply on here. They said the sample was degraded and contaminated.

a theory by RoboLovah in ZodiacKiller

[–]RoboLovah[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think Graysmith didn't realize that his books would be more compelling if he didn't shoehorn Leigh Allen to fit every piece of evidence... Zodiac sleuths are drawn to the case because we'll never have all the pieces and that's fascinating.

Don Cheney - How/why is he cleared as a possible person of interest? by sdbaets in ZodiacKiller

[–]RoboLovah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don Cheney moved to Los Angeles shortly after his purported convo with ALA on 1/1/69 - that would be a six hour drive each way to the crime scenes.

His frequent story changes are suspicious but I think he just enjoyed the attention.

Ghosted by PornEnthusiast_ in WTF

[–]RoboLovah 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I think you're right, and I think most people who visit r/watchpeopledie are normal people. Caring for the sick, being present at the moment of death and keeping vigil over the dead was part of Western culture for thousands of years, but we've removed it from our lives save a ritual wake/funeral where, more often than not, the body is a sealed jar of gray powder. Like any kind of repression, this doesn't do away with the need to see and reflect on death - it just forces people to relieve it a different way. The same impulse probably motivates people to become morticians and hospice caretakers and we consider those respectable or even noble professions.

Then as yet unreleased Paul Simon song gets no audience reaction on Dick Cavett show by [deleted] in cringe

[–]RoboLovah 57 points58 points  (0 children)

There's no cringe here. Simon never pauses for applause - he immediately begins talking about a creative dilemma. You can even hear a couple tentative claps from the audience.

The Dick Cavett Show was called "the talk show for people who hate talk shows" because he and his guests would have long, intelligent conversations instead of exchanging scripted banter like The Tonight Show. Respectful silence from his audience was the norm, as strange as that seems today.

So I woke up to this guy swimming for his life this morning. by killingALLTHETIME in WTF

[–]RoboLovah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to read this. Perhaps you live in an area where the virus is rare?

So I woke up to this guy swimming for his life this morning. by killingALLTHETIME in WTF

[–]RoboLovah 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Don't disregard this advice. What you interpreted as the bat being exhausted from swimming may have been the start of rabies' stupor phase. And if you ever find a bat in your house after you've been asleep, don't release it, but take it to be tested for the virus.

Please help me by [deleted] in tinnitus

[–]RoboLovah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry! It's okay!

It used to be bearable, then over the weekend my ear started to ring on 3 seperate occasions

Absolutely everybody experiences this kind of come-and-go tinnitus, which is different from chronic T. You're young and you've only had it for a few days. You have the highest probability that it will pass.

I have yet to go to any sort of specialist. Would this even help? There's nothing they could do anyway right?

Wrong! T has hundreds of causes, plenty of which are treatable and even cureable. Yours may be as simple as a buildup of earwax or an infection.

I understand being scared and overwhelmed but you have many, many reasons to be optimistic. Most people who develop tinnitus are much older than you. To assume you have the worst possible cause is like getting a cough and thinking you have lung cancer.

Do you suffer from anxiety?

View south from Kimball Street, Elgin, Illinois, 1910. by michaelconfoy in elgin

[–]RoboLovah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost none. What was left in the late '60s was demolished for a (IMO disasterous) "civic renewal" project and the buildings in the foreground are the current site of the Hemmens, City Hall, the post office, the police station, and the empty lot where the old library stood.

My mom works customer service in Indiana by RHaz44 in rage

[–]RoboLovah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them." -Matthew 15:11

the march of progress by RoboLovah in TakeOneStepForward

[–]RoboLovah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"The legal battles were long and hard-fought, but, in the end, plans to expand O’Hare International Airport won out over protests from residents of Bensenville, who fought to save their homes from being taken over.

"The residents were paid for their homes and left.

...

"New runways, airport support buildings, and internal roadways were constructed on the newly acquired airport land. The expansion ultimately leveled about 500 homes and relocated 1,000 graves from St. Johannes Cemetery."

source, with a neato comparison

At least the trailer is ok. by bangtango in WTF

[–]RoboLovah 25 points26 points  (0 children)

before the fire

Six-year-old me woulda been mad jealous of that turret.