tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post1269170865309941438..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Stranger Than FictionLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56780928405221539642017-01-16T22:08:45.535-05:002017-01-16T22:08:45.535-05:00Gee, Jan. I thought everyone knew the D.B> Coo...Gee, Jan. I thought everyone knew the D.B> Cooper mystery was solved years ago: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/vashon-island-obituary-keeps-it-weird-with-db-cooper-fbi-sketch/Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-43465295987868909492017-01-16T20:44:28.750-05:002017-01-16T20:44:28.750-05:00Jan, I'm amazed how much detail you turned up ...Jan, I'm amazed how much detail you turned up on that Florida kidnapping case. Like you, I wonder what made the girl suspicious.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11933182702304940482017-01-16T20:04:24.908-05:002017-01-16T20:04:24.908-05:00I think it's most fascinating how our creative...I think it's most fascinating how our creative muse works. Many times we're not conscious of it at all. Brains are wonderful. Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-30459152023743027262017-01-16T18:56:29.501-05:002017-01-16T18:56:29.501-05:00Jan,
The Fuller death inspired my first Woody Guth...Jan,<br />The Fuller death inspired my first Woody Guthrie novel.<br />Never even realized it until one of my friends asked me about it and I said, "oh, yeah...right."<br /><br />Oops.Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-47277983133980727182017-01-16T16:10:36.468-05:002017-01-16T16:10:36.468-05:00Recognizing good ideas is indeed the big thing, ri...Recognizing good ideas is indeed the big thing, right Steve? There have been times I thought I had a good idea but it fizzled. <br />The Rock and Roll stories do sound interesting. Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-24190341094917372612017-01-16T16:03:12.838-05:002017-01-16T16:03:12.838-05:00Wow, Elizabeth. What wonderful names for sure. Tha...Wow, Elizabeth. What wonderful names for sure. Thanks for sharing those. Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7842700283684081532017-01-16T16:01:31.816-05:002017-01-16T16:01:31.816-05:00Very true. TV news and newspapers. But inspired fi...Very true. TV news and newspapers. But inspired fiction not true crime. Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28611109666111500682017-01-16T15:59:39.831-05:002017-01-16T15:59:39.831-05:00Really is, Janice. No doubt about it, Really is, Janice. No doubt about it, Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-12867207135447661972017-01-16T15:58:50.203-05:002017-01-16T15:58:50.203-05:00It has always been fascinating to me. I think ther...It has always been fascinating to me. I think there have been so many tips and stories they may never get to the truth. But it would be nice if they did. One article I read is about a woman in Arkansas who says Cooper was her Uncle. Also that she's writing a book about it. She has some intriguing bits of information. If true it could answer a lot. Jan Grapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323910083703514953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-15754342453355930812017-01-16T11:18:02.275-05:002017-01-16T11:18:02.275-05:00Bonnie, you grew up in Buffalo didn't you? The...Bonnie, you grew up in Buffalo didn't you? There's so much weird stuff in the Buffalo paper, I don't even miss the dearly departed Weekly World News that much any more. Here's a little gem from the maximum security prison escape a couple of years ago. The two men hid out at the Twisted Horn Hunting Club on Wolf Pond Road on Black Cat Mountain in Owls Head, New York ... such wonderful names that could be used in all kinds of stories.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86284286360975974282017-01-16T10:33:06.152-05:002017-01-16T10:33:06.152-05:00Interesting post, Jan. I've known some writers...Interesting post, Jan. I've known some writers who got story ideas from the newspaper. I've never had much luck that way, but I keep hoping. (At least it's an excuse to linger over the newspaper instead of getting down to writing.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51249101611007525632017-01-16T09:10:25.667-05:002017-01-16T09:10:25.667-05:00Interesting post, Jan.
I think it was Neil Gaiman...Interesting post, Jan.<br /><br />I think it was Neil Gaiman who said writers don't really come up with better ideas as much as they recognize the good ones that come by more quickly. Both of these are top shelf. <br /><br />How many other amazing stories or unsolved crimes can we all think of: Judge Crater, Lizzie Bordon (she was acquitted, remember), Ambrose Bierce, Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa<br /><br />I'm leaving off Jack the Ripper because he's pretty much a cottage industry all by himself.<br /><br />My own personal favorites--both from Rock and Roll, of course--are the Bobby Fuller case in 1966 and Brian Jones's death in 1969. Scotland Yard reopened Jones's case a few years ago, but the main suspect died sometime in the 1990s. <br /><br />We're never satisfied until we tweak, are we?Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-79775421111637727262017-01-16T08:50:47.155-05:002017-01-16T08:50:47.155-05:00The Florida story is tragic all the way around. The Florida story is tragic all the way around. janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-33655434886984367252017-01-16T06:41:27.077-05:002017-01-16T06:41:27.077-05:00A couple of interesting cases, Jan. And I hope one...A couple of interesting cases, Jan. And I hope one day they figure out who DB Cooper was and what happened to him. I think that would be fascinating.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com