# Which ONE Crime Would You Like The True Answer To? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101 "2010-01-08T00:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/81 "2010-01-09T06:48:31Z")
My daughter. [http://tpdblog.typepad.com/tpd\_news/2007/05/crime\_of\_the\_we\_2.html](http://tpdblog.typepad.com/tpd_news/2007/05/crime_of_the_we_2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/82 "2010-01-09T07:07:24Z")
Who the hell took my favorite, worn-in Levi’s from the glove compartment of my 1950 Ford F-1? Sure, there were no locks on the door, but…come on…MY JEANS!!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/83 "2010-01-09T08:37:44Z")
Tupac Shakur… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/84 "2010-01-09T08:39:34Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Who the hell took my favorite, worn-in Levi’s from the glove compartment of my 1950 Ford F-1? Sure, there were no locks on the door, but…come on…MY JEANS!!! ☹ Your jeans were in the glove compartment? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/85 "2010-01-09T09:19:06Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > My daughter. > [http://tpdblog.typepad.com/tpd\_news/2007/05/crime\_of\_the\_we\_2.html](http://tpdblog.typepad.com/tpd_news/2007/05/crime_of_the_we_2.html) Wow, **Gus** , that is horrible. Do you have any theories on her case? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/86 "2010-01-09T09:37:28Z")
I don’t want to start a political debate, but I want to know why Bush decided to invade Iraq. Everyone thinks they know, but nobody REALLY does. It wasn’t just to loot oil. It wasn’t just to placate our blood lust. It wasn’t to try to “finish what his daddy started”. It wasn’t because of any ties to the 9/11 hijackers. I have never been satisfied with any explanation for exactly what he (and presumably his close advisers) wanted from the war. ETA: and who the fuck is stealing my lunch out of the refrigerator. Rotten bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/87 "2010-01-09T12:04:07Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > The case of Olof Palme - the head of state of a Western European country (Sweden), in time of peace, assassinated by someone who made a clean getaway, in the second half of the twentieth century ( 28 February 1986 ). > [Assassination of Olof Palme - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Palme_assassination) I have to say I was surprised to see this from a non-Swede(?). Some relatively inside-ish information related to me (ie: prisoner guard) indicates that Christer Pettersson\*, the man originally accused of the crime was indeed guilty. The whole case was a complete mess though an left so many questions unanswered, that even though I am pretty much convinced he was the killer, I’d still like the case ‘solved’. - Previously convicted of murder, drug and alcohol addict who had access to a weapon of the same sort used and expressed hatred towards the government/Olof on many occasions previously. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/88 "2010-01-09T12:19:18Z")
Zodiak killer. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/89 "2010-01-09T13:03:34Z")
2000 presidential election, including all bribed officials and the trail of money. 2004 presidential election and the true role of the Diebold machines. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/90 "2010-01-09T13:14:31Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > “The Princes in the Tower.” I’d like to see Richard III exonerated. I firmly believe that it was done on Henry VII’s behalf, with his mother most likely being the brains of the outfit. Yeah. This is the one I’d like to know. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/91 "2010-01-09T13:28:44Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > My daughter. > [http://tpdblog.typepad.com/tpd\_news/2007/05/crime\_of\_the\_we\_2.html](http://tpdblog.typepad.com/tpd_news/2007/05/crime_of_the_we_2.html) God, that’s the stuff of nightmares. I hope the crime is solved someday. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/92 "2010-01-09T14:08:09Z")
> [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > The [West Memphis child murders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_3) (I believe the WM3 were wrongly convicted). My son and i were talking about this today. He had seen the documentary recently. We decided that there should be a legal rule **TBU[sup]2[/sup]** which is just Too Botched Up To Be Upheld. Once X% of the populace think the case stinks it means there is reasonable doubt. Who cares if the decision is wrong, we are talking about a judgment, a guess about what really happened. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/93 "2010-01-09T14:36:51Z")
[Chandra Levy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Levy) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/94 "2010-01-09T19:32:09Z")
Definitely the Ramsey murder. I believe very strongly that her parents were not involved (and DNA evidence does point to an unknown male), but it’s mind-boggling that the killer has gotten away with it for this long. As grisly as it sounds, I wish I could be a fly on the wall in their house on that night, just so I could see how the killer managed to pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/95 "2010-01-09T19:52:18Z")
> [@Across](#): > > The [Bogle-Chandler mystery](http://www.boglechandler.com/), though a [recent ABC documentary](http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1795448.htm) has provided an explanation I find quite plausible. At the time this all happened my parents were friendly with one of the detectives working on the case. I can remember a conversation they were having, although they didn’t know I was listening. He said that they knew that Chandler was the killer and that he was the kind of guy that would eventually have to boast about it. He said that they were keeping it quiet because Chandler had poisoned the couple with a mixture of two common household products. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/96 "2010-01-09T21:15:20Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Hmmm… > > there are three that I would like, and extra points for anyone else that cares… > > 1. Ben Smart and Olivia Hope > 2. What really happened in the Bain household…was it Robin or David? > 3. What really went wrong at the Civic Creche, and for the REAL story about who drove the hysteria. Definitely Ben Smart and Olivia Hope - I know they tried Scott Watson, but this still feels unfinished. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/97 "2010-01-09T22:24:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Illuminati Attack Rabbit Band name!!! And the Princes in the Tower for me three. I also don’t think it was Richard. Every book I’ve read that ‘proves’ it was him is complete gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/98 "2010-01-09T22:28:06Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Definitely Ben Smart and Olivia Hope - I know they tried Scott Watson, but this still feels unfinished. And [Sven Hoglin and Heidi Paakonnen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Urban_H%C3%B6glin_and_Heidi_Paakkonen), 'cos David Tamihere was fitted up. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/99 "2010-01-09T23:00:24Z")
Hard to pick just one, but I’ll add my vote to JFK. Just to put an end to it at last. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/100 "2010-01-09T23:12:42Z")
Lots of interesting ones but the JFK one is just to big to pass up. As a kid totally engrossed by the Oliver Stone flick it’s always interested me a lot for someone a couple generations too young to really have any closeness to it. Hopefully the “true answer” captures any and all of the political intrigue surrounding it though. I don’t just want confirmation that Oswald was a lone gunman, but I want to know if he was just a nut acting alone or if he was trained and sent specifically for the job and by who. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101.md?page=6)