True Detectives Needed: New Hook Death?

You are seeing some of the revelation of the method, the heightened awareness brought to us in the brilliant and successful HBO series True Detective, which mixes the discovery of a ritualistic killer or group of killers and the abuse and murders of young people. (But this posting is not about the show and contains no spoilers.)As I first reported here in 2010, in The Peter Pan/Hook Deaths, there seems to be taking place several underground...

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Bloody Valentine's Day?

It is a full moon on February 14, 2014, from Albania to Sochi, from Alaska to Xinjiang. May everyone be safe on this Bloody Friday.I have low expectations for humans on February 14th. The love and romance associated with Valentine's Day seem to turn into killings of different varieties. It is as if, of all the days during the year, this one brings forth the most tension for a few individuals.Extend this to what has been occurring with homicidal-suicidal...

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Banana With A Gun

What was a banana doing carrying an AK-47 on February 11, 2014, in Beaumont, Texas?It turns out the 18-year-old dressed in the suit was a promotion for Derek Poe’s Golden Triangle tactical gun store in that town.Derek Poe, owner of Golden Triangle Tactical gun shop, said the stunt was part of the store's grand opening after moving locations. Poe said this idea was to attract customers to the store.Law enforcement officers detained the banana/adolescent...

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Kroger Shooting

SM Smithfield recently left a comment tied to a January 27th school shooting near the Phoenix High School: "The Phoenix is the city symbol for Atlanta. And Lawrenceville is very much part of Atlanta."Today, February 10, 2014, a new incident occurred in Lawrenceville:Police are investigating a reported shooting inside a Gwinnett County Kroger, authorities said.Witnesses told Channel 2 Gwinnett Bureau Chief Tony Thomas they heard gunshots...

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Darkness At Sakhalin: Another Russian Mass Shooting

First a school, and now a cathedral.A mere six days ago, Moscow suffered a rare (for Russia) school shooting. On February 3, at the Moscow School #263, a student killed a teacher and police officer.Now from the eastern Russian island of Sakhalin comes news of a gunman opening fire inside a cathedral, killing a nun and a churchgoer. Six other people were wounded in the incident - most shot in the legs and were not critically hurt.The suspect is said...

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More Hidden Hand: Allan Pinkerton and Lafayette Baker

Recognize this logo? This Masonic appearing business symbol has an intriguing history.It happens to be the original company insignia for the Pinkerton Detective Agency.Pinkerton is on the left in the "Tent Picture."Pinkerton is on the right, seated, in this one.From Wyoming's Outlaw Trail (Arcadia, 2013) by Mac Blewer.As an addendum to the Hidden Hand Name Game, I post the following response of Jim Brandon (Weird America, Rebirth of...

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Hidden Hand Name Game: Columbia, Tecumseh, Lincoln, Lafayette, Washington and More

What's the synchromystic common denominator here?Why do a limited number of names seem to be linked to a majority of workplace violent events, school shootings, and suicide cases?What is the common thread running through these lexilinks?Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834 - 1904), top photograph, was taken around 1880, by photographer Napoleon Sarony, Charles Scribner's Sons Art Reference Dept. records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian...

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Two Washington Workplace Shootings In 2 Days

Vancouver, Washington State, is located across the river from Portland, Oregon. In two days, two workplace shootings have occurred.The first shooting happened on Monday, February 3, 2014, when a paint company driver fatally shot a company manager and then killed himself at a Vancouver business park.Police found the manager, Ryan E. Momeny, 45, lying dead in front of the Benjamin Moore Paint distribution center, authorities said. Robert R. Brown,...

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Moscow School Shooting

Headlines are using the phrase "hostage situation," but this event is a "school shooting," which had as a component the taking of hostages. As I've noted before, in one of first modern school shootings, the Moses Lake, Washington State incident, on Groundhog’s Day, 1996, Barry Loukaitis, 14, took his classroom hostage, killed two students and his algebra teacher.Students of Moscow School #263 leave the building escorted by police on February...

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Magnolia's Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead

A talented actor who has appeared in several Fortean films has died. A star in many films, including Magnolia, The Master, and Hunger Games, Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead. (See more on the twilight language of The Master here.)One of the actual film prop frogs from Magnolia, at the International Cryptozoology Museum.The Wall Street Journal has posted:Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found...

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