Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 117

Thanks for the comments last week! I love getting comments. ^_^ Anyway, in answer to Missy's question, I think that Jack the Ripper will always be a mystery. In a way, that's part of what distinguishes it from other murders in that time. Since it's unsolved there can be debate over theories and suspects. Seeing as it was so long ago and no one who was directly impacted by the murders is still alive then solving it would be like a magician showing you how you do a trick. The mystique is more interesting.

Another development in the Casey Anthony case, David Lohr posts a new blog Listen to the Newly Released Casey Anthony Case. In these tapes several people who are close to Casey, including her bother and her ex-fiance, are interviewed about the disappearance of 3-year-old Caylee.

Corey Mitchell posts some excepts from a Washington Post review of Howard Blum's American Lightening. The Blood of the Scribe post entitled WaPo Not too kind to American Lightening lists several comments made by the reviewer including "hack journalism" and "writing so overheatedly that the reader's eyes are scorched."

Nathan Hale + M. William Phelps = A Winning New Book is a new post on Crime Rant. That's right, a new Crime Rant post. Please keep posting, Crime Rant. Anyway, Phelps has just released a book entitled Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy. The subject of the book is a little known person who is most famous for his dying words, "My only regret is that I have but one life to give to my country."

Star's pick of the week

True Crimes hosts an intriguing new broadcast with special guest Fred Rosen. Dead Body in Palin's Mayoral Closet takes a look at true crime writing and an ongoing murder investigation surrounding vice president nominee Sarah Palin. Barer and Woldman roast Rosen like a "Kenny Rogers chicken."

Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 116

Apologizes to Burl Barer for turning him into Bill Burl last week. I have no idea where that came from. It's an example of me typing faster than I think. Sorry!

This week on In Cold Blog blogger Andy Kahan notes his disappointment with The Houston Chronicle in his new blog, Full Disclosure -- Fat Chance. He criticizes the newspaper for leaving out the relevant criminal history of people recently accused of crimes. He writes that both Corey Burist and Craig Caudill had previous run-ins with the law, however this information is not mentioned.

When a child goes missing features a new post entitled Austin City Limits. Craig's List, a website for classified ads, including personal add, is now believed to be the site where a Texas teenager meet a 33 year old man who was eventually charged with kidnapping her.

Crime, Interrupted is following The Murder Trial of Galareka Harrison. Harrison was charged with the murder of her roommate, Mia Henderson, after she was found stabbed to death in her dorm room. Both were students of the University of Arizona at the time. A.J. Flick, a friend of Tami's and a reporter for the Tucson Citizen, will be covering the case in depth.

Star's post of the week

Berry Bad Girls is an older post by author Gregg Olsen on Crime Rant. Over a year ago two female students decided that they didn't want to go attend a class so badly that they poisoned the teacher. The girls knew that the teacher was severely allergic to strawberries so they applied strawberry lip gloss to her coffee cup and water bottle, making her extremely ill. The girls were charged with assault in the second degree.

Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 115

TCB has added a new website to the Blogroll. Welcome to True Crimes with Burl Barer and Don Woldman!

Andrew Webb, a convicted killer and the subject of Burl Barer's true crime book Head Shot, decided to attend his high school reunion. Webb was sent to prison due to a double homicide. Burl notes in his blog, Killer attends High School reunion, that Webb considered a model prisoner during his time in jail although it's going to be rather awkward when someone asks him what he's been doing since he graduated.

Senator John Edwards is the inspiration for the entry Marriage Y2K compatible? posted on the Michelle Says So blog. Michelle ponders if marriage really means "until death do we part." She also notes that some people refuse to make the distinction between a politician's personal life and their professional life.

A new post on Crime, Interrupted is Cold Case: Anna Palmer. Palmer, a ten-year-old girl, was found stabbed to death on her front porch over a decade ago. The girl's body was found by her mother at 7:30pm. It's believed that she had been dead for approximately a half hour. Blogger Tami hopes that someone will come forward with some information regarding this case.

Money and missing children is a new post on When a child goes missing. It is believed that ABC spent $200,000 on the video footage of Caylee Anthony's birthday party. The question is whether the this airing was meant to help find a missing child or simply for profit.

Star's pick of the week

I am so hooked on The Criminal Report Daily's news posts about the Caylee Anthony case. David Lohr's latest post is Listen to Casey Anthony's Police Interrogation. The post contains two full length audio clips of Casey's statements (you know, the ones that turned out to be completely untrue). Another interesting post is Criminal Profiler says that Casey Anthony is "Punishing Everyone". Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin gives some incite into Casey's motives and why she refuses to cooperate with the authorities.

Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 114

Just for the record, you can't use the word "fark" while playing Scrabble. I tried.

The 1947 Project features a recent post, The Girl Who Knew the Numbers. In 1929 a young woman named Shirley Winters was arrested on charges suspicion of conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act after she was caught trying to sell hooch over the telephone. Two detectives overheard her and found out that she was able to fill all her orders after memorizing the names of the clients as well as their addresses.

Jules Hammer adds Part 3 to Jazzi-Jet on pridesites (Jules recommends that you read Part 1 and Part 2 first) to her blog The Cellar. The entry is another pictorial of Joseph E. Duncan's personal photos. For the benefit of users who didn't heed the Not Safe For Work warning on the previous posts before scrolling down, the actual photos are on a separate page. The post has already had a flurry of comments. Here's a short passage from my favorite "-you are ALL sick who come here to this site and actually stay and view-" The poster, Sylvia in Iowa, doesn't explain why she's viewing the website that she claims is glamorizing sin.

September 4th -- 5 dead in separate incidents is a new entry on The Murder Book 2008. Paul LaRosa lists the five murders, all of which are very different. There have been no arrests made in four of the murders. Meanwhile there is a suspect in the killing of a 66-year-old man who was found unconscious and later died at the hospital.

Star's pick of the week

David Lohr of The Criminal Report Daily has joined the search in Florida, looking for missing toddler, Caylee Anthony. Anthony family has allegedly been uncooperative by refusing to provide search dogs with an item that has Caylee's scent on it. Meanwhile, the search has drawn more volunteers to continue looking for the 3-year-old.