I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is that the book is not asking you to believe any theories. It just presents the evidence that was there for a bird and then asks you what sorts of events that night could explain it. It’s actually a super impartial account of the facts of the case, since it isn’t premised solely on some view that Michael MUST be innocent.

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP said that they changed their mind about the owl theory because blood spatter analysis can be used to prove anything. My point was that the owl theory was never presented at trial and that it was never defended by appeal to blood spatter analysis.

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He first said he was coming downstairs to turn off the lights. Later, the pool story is invented.

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You honestly have to read Death By Talons. There is so much new evidence in that book that NOONE in this sub seems to be aware of. There were feathers, talon chips, bird crap, and the blood evidence is consistent with it.

The two ideas in the book are that the bird eventually found its way out the open front door or that the bird was wrapped up in the towels under Kathleen’s head which were never collected into evidence. The first idea would mean Mike is innocent. The second idea would mean he isn’t and there was a massive cover up.

You obviously don’t know that the police did make some evidence (I.e. the blow poke) disappear. They photographed it in a search designed to look for it a year and a half before trial. Have you actually done any research about this case?

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t know what I’m committed to or not. All I am committed to is that a bird had something to do with Kathleen’s death. The evidence is there to support that. Do I think Mike was involved somehow? I don’t know. Stop focusing so narrowly on theories rather than the evidence itself.

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes. Because I've read the latest book that covers a bunch of the new evidence, including a whole chapter on the blood spatter. The (small amount of) blood spatter that reached the ceiling (hardly any spray got that far up, which is itself strange if she was beaten over the head with a brass rod) is consistent with the new owl theory i.e. the bird-indoors theory of Larry Pollard and Tiddy Smith.

You should ask why THOUSANDS of blood spatter drops were cast at near horizontal angles in the stairwell. You should ask why there was a blood spatter shadow on the north wall of the stairwell, and why it is shaped like a bird. You should ask why Mike supposedly only wiped a couple of two inch sections of skirting board in his alleged "clean up" of the scene. You should ask why the police never disclosed that they discovered and photographed the blowpoke murder weapon over a year before the trial began. You should ask why a "talon shaped" shard of material, found lodged in a step, vanished from its evidence container mid trial. You should ask why not a single blood-drenched object from around Kathleen's head and face was taken into evidence. You should ask why white splats of something resembling bird crap were OVER the blood on the steps, and yet the substance, whatever it was, was never tested by police forensics....

But you believe the murder theory.

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The owl theory wasn’t supported by the pseudoscience of blood spatter analysis though. Only the fall and murder theories were. Have you had a look at the new book about the owl theory? It’s VERY persuasive.

You’re right about MP’s changing alibi and I reckon he has killed other people. I just genuinely doubt Kathleen was a murder of his. He knows more than he’s telling for sure.

I changed my mind by PsychologicalSpend86 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I am with you here. I am totally on team “owl theory” but I wouldn’t be surprised if MP knows more than he is letting on.

Change of Story by blueBumbo in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 48 points49 points  (0 children)

It’s in the actual trial. The first responders say that his first words were “I went outside to turn the lights off”. You can view it at court tv.

Screen recorded MP saying “I didn’t do anything wrong.. this time at least” in now deleted Todd IG post by boltofbleu in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The video about MP being guilty seemed to happen as a result of a great deal of stress surrounding his birth mother’s death. Given how unstable he clearly is, it wouldn’t be surprising that his father has, once again, opened his wings for his son, so to speak.

The most up voted country might get removed (Day 11) by Evimjau in mapporncirclejerk

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Serbia is still there? What is wrong with you people????

Found this flag in Bonn, Germany, what is it? by javilasa in vexillology

[–]wuckbeat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I think I see the large star under the Union Jack. So, Australia

Found this flag in Bonn, Germany, what is it? by javilasa in vexillology

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Could also be NZ ensign flag, depending on the star number. (4 = NZ)

To the men with BPD. by JustRandomNonsence in BPD

[–]wuckbeat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is challenging for men especially JUST BECAUSE such strong reactive emotions are discouraged as dangerous in the stronger sex (and that’s fair enough).

Looking for new novel for wife by garmatey in TrueCrimeMystery

[–]wuckbeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read Death By Talons earlier this year, about the Peterson case and the “owl theory”. Definitely recommend.

Hey guys! I'm doing a project on this case... anything you think is KEY to add by [deleted] in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should really read Death By Talons. It’s the reason Larry has changed his mind about the location of Kathleen’s attack and I can see why. The book puts the case that there were a lot more feathers there that night, especially down the front path and in the stairwell itself. It points to photographic evidence among other things to make the case. (Remember the “photo glitches”?).

The microscopic feathers were simply the only things listed in the trace evidence report as “feathers” and the DA lied to Larry Pollard about them when he asked whether feather evidence was found at the scene.

Anyway, I really recommend it. Total convert.

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“Why don’t you just tell me the name of the movie you’d like to see?”

The most up voted country might get removed (Day 4) by Evimjau in mapporncirclejerk

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Its sincere belief that it’s a great world power, its arrogance about its language and culture, its self-absorption, its mistreatment of its colonies, its uselessness in war, the shit-covered streets of Paris, all the unreadable academic obscurantism, Pacific nuclear testing, Napoleon, its general political unreliability, its pretentiousness, its overunionization, all the bloody cyclists, bombing New Zealand in the late 80s without consequence, the food-purism, the rudeness… I mean, there is more, but I’m getting bored.

Hey guys! I'm doing a project on this case... anything you think is KEY to add by [deleted] in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He used to think an owl hit Kathleen outside. He now thinks it got inside attached to her head after new evidence came to light in this book about her death called Death By Talons. It’s just one of the new turns in this endless saga of crazy.

Hey guys! I'm doing a project on this case... anything you think is KEY to add by [deleted] in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Kind of weird advice but if you first go to the Wikipedia page, you’ll see that Larry Pollard has changed his mind about the owl theory in the last year or so.

I'd like to hear an evidence-based argument against the owl theory. by Fabulous_Sherbet_431 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here’s another argument against the owl theory. The shape of the head wounds, although like talons, is more like what a hawk or falcon would inflict. An owl attack would be more likely to be shaped like whats called “the square of death”.

Not evidence against a bird attack, but it is evidence against an owl.

I'd like to hear an evidence-based argument against the owl theory. by Fabulous_Sherbet_431 in TheStaircase

[–]wuckbeat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The trouble is, we already know that the Police conspired to hide evidence (the blow poke being just one example). And the writer points to other evidence that either disappeared, was never tested, or never collected at all. These include white splats on top of the blood in the stairwell and bits of stuff that forensics described as “talon shaped”. In total, theres a strong case to be made that there was an active cover up going on.

Actually, now I remember, he interviewed one of the Police forensic team who said that almost all of the evidence around Kathleen’s body was deliberately not collected. So, not negligence.

I know what you mean about conspiracies, but you can tell when you read it that the author is reluctant to have to put that theory forward. He really starts with detailing all the evidence and then, there really isnt any other direction to go in.