# Strangest website ever:  Peripheral vision causes murders

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 21, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-website-ever-peripheral-vision-causes-murders/606974 "2011-12-21T18:19:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-website-ever-peripheral-vision-causes-murders/606974/1 "2011-12-21T18:19:00Z")

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[http://www.visionandpsychosis.net/Mary\_Shotwell\_Little\_Diane\_Shields.htm](http://www.visionandpsychosis.net/Mary_Shotwell_Little_Diane_Shields.htm)

I’m very interested in true crime, and someone on a forum linked to this “solution” to a murder case and said that many murders and missing person cases are caused by “peripheral vision reflex”, which is the brain’s urge to look at things moving in our peripheral vision, if I understand the author of this website.

It’s very unclear to me how he goes from “People who use computer monitors are trained to focus on their monitors and tune out movement in the periphery” to “MURDER DISSAPEARANCE PSYCHO!”

I think this site is up there with Time Cube in terms of nuttiness. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-website-ever-peripheral-vision-causes-murders/606974/2 "2011-12-21T18:25:38Z")

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There seems to be an element missing in that chain of logic, yes.

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**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-website-ever-peripheral-vision-causes-murders/606974/3 "2011-12-22T11:10:34Z")

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Reads like Ralph Wiggum’s science fair project.