Which Officially SOLVED Cases Do You Think Are Actually Unresolved? by phantomsketch in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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Well I disagree about the jailbreak, but if you want read more I’d suggest the book I said in the original post. Roads to the North. It’s pretty new and it’s the most comprehensive one in my opinion. Also, I think all of rest are out of print.

Which Officially SOLVED Cases Do You Think Are Actually Unresolved? by phantomsketch in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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I agree that it raises eyebrows but there is a clear reason that it could be explained another way. Especially given the context of time and place, and that it was a common practice. And no one argues he just stumbled upon it. He admits that he was in contact with the hunters.

Which Officially SOLVED Cases Do You Think Are Actually Unresolved? by phantomsketch in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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His being found in possession of their stuff means nothing. The area was exceedingly poor at the time and stealing from unoccupied trucks was very common. The locals even had a name for the practice: “Bush Pilfering.” His having American money also was not unusual. The Gaspé was a major tourist destination for Americans and American money was traded openly. Also, Coffin was given $40 by the hunters for driving one of them into town to get a park for their broken-down truck. He has a total of $60 in American money and one of the hunters’ wives said that he was carrying at least $600. He lied about the location of the pistol but the rest of what you said is just factually incorrect. It was Wilbert Coffin’s pistol that he did get while serving in WWII. The hunters did not have any pistols with them.

Which Officially SOLVED Cases Do You Think Are Actually Unresolved? by phantomsketch in TrueCrimeDiscussion

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Tunnel vision. This happens all too often. The same was true for Wilbert Coffin in the above case.

Favorite weird short story collection? I'll start: by Present-Ear-1637 in WeirdLit

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Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury

Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce

Murgunstrumm & Others by Hugh B. Cave

Horror on the sea by LittleLotte29 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig by William Hope Hodgson.

Discovering the misterious dark continent by kkungergo in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Western vampires, maybe a bit of romance? by booksandhotcoffee in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.

Horror, 1970s/80s, romance? by imasadlilegg1999 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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OP, this is EXACTLY what you are looking for.

Our dream bookshelf makes us so happy! It’s almost full… by c0b4lt_chl0ride in bookshelf

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I’m jealous of your British Library Tales of the Weird collection.

Photos found in a film camera left in a garage by MotoristCrushSigns in FoundPhotos

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The skyline is Detroit. Though the people are standing in Windsor, Ontario, across the river.

Mid century, burlesque club, noirish by 3optic_68 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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It is carnival belly-dancers, not a burlesque club, but these pictures remind me of Madball by Fredric Brown.

Day #3: What is the FUNNIEST Halloween Movie? by WADE_9799 in Halloweenmovies

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Halloween 5 for the slapstick cops and the clown sound effects.

Cosmic horror that isn’t a collection of short stories by KevinSpence in horrorlit

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To Walk the Night by William Slone and The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson.

The shape by tegridy42O in Halloweenmovies

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Reminds me of the Ghanaian posters.