# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/161 "2013-02-05T12:22:28Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > [The Mad Gasser of Mattoon.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon) That’s what I came to say. Oh, wait. Damn zombie. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/162 "2013-02-05T13:52:01Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > JonBenet Ramsey. > > That family was so insanely creepy! Did you all ever see _Coraline_? The Ramseys were like the button-eyed version of a nice upper-upper-middle-class family. Underneath the veneer of perfection lurked sheer horror. > > I want to know to what extent the values and ideals embraced by the Ramseys contributed to JonBenet’s assault and murder. Quotes like this utterly fascinate me (no offense Green Bean.) The Ramsey case has turned into a Rorshasch test. Sure I would love to find out who did it, but it is so interesting how people have such deep beliefs about it that are completely baseless and utter fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/163 "2013-02-05T16:44:05Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > [The Mad Gasser of Mattoon.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon) I’ve been interested in this incident for several years. Do you have a theory other than mass hysteria or Farley Llewellyn? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/164 "2013-02-05T16:48:38Z")
I want to know who really killed Abel. I think Cain was railroaded. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/165 "2013-02-05T17:15:13Z")
Who put the Bop in the Bop-Shabop-shabop? Who put the Ram in the Ramma-lamma-ding-dong? ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/166 "2013-02-05T17:44:42Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > The guy who caused my grandmother’s wreck many years ago. Her death caused reverberations throughout my family 51 years later. Her death has led to suicide, child molestation, mental and physical abuse of kids, rape, murder, broken families, etc. I’ll take the bait – can we hear more about this story, Mr. Accident? How does one woman’s dealth lead to child molestation, among other such horrors? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/167 "2013-02-05T17:50:32Z")
I’d like to know who whacked Johnny Roselli. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/168 "2013-02-05T19:13:52Z")
Not sure if this was posted already, but I’d really love to know the circumstances surrounding Laura Bush’s drunk driving incident. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/169 "2013-02-05T19:25:43Z")
[Abe Reles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Reles), the canary who could sing, but couldn’t fly. A Murder Inc. hitman who was testifying against his pals, he went out the window of the Coney Island hotel where he was guarded around the clock by NYPD. His testimony helped put Lepke Buchalter in the chair, and he might have done the same for Albert Anastasia if not for his defenestration. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/170 "2013-02-05T19:37:01Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Not sure if this was posted already, but I’d really love to know the circumstances surrounding Laura Bush’s drunk driving incident. I assume you’re talking about the auto accident in 1963 when she was 17 that resulted in the death of the driver of the other car. According to the police report neither driver had been drinking, but no tests were performed. > **[Laura Bush's Fatal Accident](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/laura-bush-car-accident/)** > > While a teenager, future first lady Laura Bush caused the death of a classmate in a car accident. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/171 "2013-02-05T20:06:32Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I’ve been interested in this incident for several years. Do you have a theory other than mass hysteria or Farley Llewellyn? My only other theory is that there was maybe one real incident that made the papers, and then everyone started blaming their farts on the Mad Gasser. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/172 "2013-02-05T21:24:52Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > It’s all very clear when you chart it out. I am interested in your views, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/173 "2013-02-05T22:17:24Z")
[The Oakland County Child Killer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_County_Child_Killer) case because it directly affected me growing up. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/174 "2013-02-06T06:01:57Z")
For historical reasons, proof that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin of JFK (which is almost certain), his precise reasons, and exactly how he was able to able to fire the fatal shots. I’d also like to reconcile evidence that seems to contradict that. Finally, proof that the real reasons for Ruby killing Oswald are what he stated, and the reason Dallas police didn’t protect Oswald better (probably they simply didn’t conceive anyone would do what Ruby did). For my own curiosity, proof of the identity of Jack the Ripper (or if different people did the different murders, their identities) and the reasons the Ripper cut up the victims in the bizarre way he did. Were the letters written by him or hoaxers? What was the [writing on the wall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulston_Street_graffito) that was erased by order of Police Superintendent Arnold and Police Commissioner Warren? Did the Ripper write it, or was it unrelated to the case? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_E.Nixon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@Richard\_E.Nixon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_E.Nixon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/175 "2013-02-06T07:21:17Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > JFK assassination. > > Just to shut them all up. Even if a film turned up that showed Oswald killing JFK, the conspiracy crowd still would refuse to believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_E.Nixon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@Richard\_E.Nixon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_E.Nixon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/176 "2013-02-06T07:25:03Z")
Who was responsible for burning down historical buildings on Alcatraz Island during the Indian Occupation in 1970. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/177 "2013-02-06T07:32:05Z")
I’d like to know if the man who attempted to abduct my mom really was Ted Bundy. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/178 "2013-02-06T09:10:54Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > I’d like to know if the man who attempted to abduct my mom really was Ted Bundy. Could you share your mother’s story of what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/179 "2013-02-06T09:25:26Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Could you share your mother’s story of what happened? She was at a park in Seattle during the time that he was active, and she fit the description of his victims exactly (oddly enough, a few years ago a Criminology professor of mine was talking about Ted Bundy for some reason and mentioned that I fit the profile of his victims), and a man tried to talk to her then push her into his car. She screamed and screamed and there was a group of people some distance away, having a bonfire IIRC, so he must have been scared they would hear, and he gave up and drove off. It turned out the people didn’t hear anything though. I don’t remember all the details exactly, it’s been a lot of years since she’s said anything to me about it. I think she still doesn’t like to talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/180 "2013-02-06T13:17:37Z")
The true cause of the crash of [SAA 295 (the _Helderberg_)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295) - was it just an accident, or was it carrying dangerous armaments materials? And what happened to the ATC recordings? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101.md?page=10)