The Unsolved Murder Thread!

FWIW, I saw a CGI animation demonstrating how it COULD be done. Not sure how any demonstration could prove that it couldn’t.

Have you read ‘A Daughter of Time’ by Josephine Tey ?

  • an interesting book

My take is that the demonization of Richard III was a bit odd

Mark Fuhrman’s book “Murder in Brentwood” gives a good accounting of the Nicole/Ron/OJ bruhaha, even if it is not imparital. The evidence against OJ was stronger than is generally thought (how did Goldman’s blood get into the Bronco).

Say what you will about Fuhrman, his next book “Murder in Greenwich” helped open the unsolved Martha Moxley murder, and led to the conviction of Michael Skakel.

What about Buckingham, with or without Richard’s permission?

How about the pizza delivery guy with the bomb around his neck?

ANd Lord Lucan’s family.

Obviously that was in reference to the princes in the Tower.

FRDE: Have read a little about Tey’s book, but never read the book itself. As for the demonization being odd, in what way? Henry had seized the throne. Demonizing the fellow he displaced makes sense to me. Note, btw, that More’s account was not published during his lifetime. But that Shakespeare would use it makes sense also. After all, he was writing during Tudor reigns. Good politics AND good theatre. Two out of two ain’t bad.

Zsofia: Buckingham with permission is merely a variation on the accepted view. Without permission, though possible, has difficulties. Access to the princes, for one thing. Also, acting contrary to Richard’s wishes would have been risky, and Buckingham would have had no way to be certain what Richard’s response would be. And, I have a hard time seeing why Richard would have covered up for Buckingham (or any other just-trying-to-help actor), since the deed placed him in the position of appearing to have killed the princes.

Geroge Reeves - The original TV Superman.

What’s your theory? Mine’s “suicide.”

I do not believe the dingo did it.

Presumably referring to this.

Well, we THINK we know who killed Kennedy, but I have always had problems with mob-connected Jack Ruby coming along and oh-so-conveniently capping Oswald before he could talk. It’s just a little too much like a standard cleanup operation.

Pic of stepmom Abby. From what I’ve read in The Cases That Haunt Us and another book I can’t recall, I’m quite sure Lizzie did it but do not think the maid was involved. You’ve got to love the cops ignoring a soaking bloody dress because they thought it was from a “flea bite” (apparently a euphemism for menstrual blood).

I don’t think anyone doubts that the evidence was strong. Problem was, the only competent people in the courtroom were behind the defense table.

The Cleveland Torso Murders, which ruined Eliot Ness. I believe that Dr. Sweeney was the culprit.

Thank you! She’s GOOD ‘n’ dead.

IIRC, the judge threw out a bunch of evidence because it was not obtained correctly, or the defense wasn’t notified in time, or something like that. One of them (I think) was the fact that carpet fibers from OJ’s Bronco were found on Goldman.

Not technically a murder, but I have come to one of two determinations as to the fate of Justice (not, as often called, Judge) Joseph Force Crater:

  1. In advance of the Seabury hearings into New York City corruption, he fled the country. This would explain the fate of the contents of his safe deposit boxes and court files, and (possibly) why it took a while to report his case.

  2. He was murdered because he knew too much that could be helpful to Seabury, possibly after having been tricked into believing that he would flee the country. This also explains the court file and (to a lesser extent) the safe deposit box issues, as well as why (unlike similar cases of fleeing the country)

The recent letter re: Crater seems believable. The wikipedia summation is pretty accurate.

The murder of Bob Crane remains unsolved.

And some people believe Nancy Spungen wasn’t killed by Sid Vicious.