new and excited to be here

[Chocoholic]

Perhaps I can shed some light on the subject?

When one chose to alter information in the User CP one could change one's status from "Member" to "Senior Member". This option has since been removed. For a while I had "Member Extraordinaire". Alas.....

It was a board option, now removed, and after reading this thread, obviously for the better.

[dallasvic]

[quote=tvdinner;8862825]Hi Everyone! My name is Linda and I'm a true crime geek...I'm enjoying this site immensely.


:seeya: WELCOME!!!! I am sure you are going to love it here. Alot of NICE people and feel free to ask questions. Look forward to posting with you .We also have a CL club lounge.It's open discussion so stop by and chat awhile :patriot:

[Chocoholic]

ITA. BO is the only member I have on ignore. IMO, her signature is totally inappropriate, offensive and disrespectful to the memory of a wonderful woman who was taken from this world way too soon. RIP Tybee:rose:

I don't know BO, can't even say I've run across one of his/her posts. Tybee certainly doesn't deserve any disrespect.

[tv]

:seeya: WELCOME!!!! I am sure you are going to love it here. Alot of NICE people and feel free to ask questions. Look forward to posting with you .We also have a CL club lounge.It's open discussion so stop by and chat awhile :patriot: [/FONT]
Thanks for the warm welcome dallasvic! So far I'm finding this site very interesting with a lot of good information and great people. I look forward to posting with you too. :beer:

[Evening2]

I just found this place to introduce myself by hitting various links and trying to find my way around. I'm Evening 2, aka Eve2 and E2 and in one location I've taken on the name of Wackadoodle :lol: I've been studying the case and researching the McReynolds for ten years now. As most of you know, I began posting at Joshua 7 years ago and then moved on to another forum. I left that forum :eek: in February, and broke my right arm in March so have only recently been able to post anything anywhere.:mad: I chose CL after reading at many other places and I'm happy to be here. I'll be happy to "try" to answer any questions you may have regarding the McReynolds. There is an ongoing discussion on the ...Harp... thread. I hope to "see" everyone on one thread or another.

[imanewsjunkie]

I am having trouble finding information on Chandra Levy. Is there anything on the site about her case? I grew up in DC and was about to move home from college when she disappeared so I followed the investigation pretty closely when she first disappeared. I'm back in DC again, working in marketing, and the story is coming back into the news again since her mother was recently back in town to talk to the new police chief about the case. I'm curious to find some more reliable information about what is and isn't known about her death.

I kind of stumbled across this site looking for information-- there seems to be so much good information on here!

[Sturgeon_Moon]

I am having trouble finding information on Chandra Levy. Is there anything on the site about her case? I grew up in DC and was about to move home from college when she disappeared so I followed the investigation pretty closely when she first disappeared. I'm back in DC again, working in marketing, and the story is coming back into the news again since her mother was recently back in town to talk to the new police chief about the case. I'm curious to find some more reliable information about what is and isn't known about her death.

I kind of stumbled across this site looking for information-- there seems to be so much good information on here!

Chandra (http://boards.crimelibrary.com/search.php?searchid=52291) does get mentioned here frequently and there are many who followed the case.

imo

[Athena]

Hi Everyone! My name is Linda and I'm a true crime geek...I'm enjoying this site immensely. :D

Welcome to CL. The more the merrier!!! Look forward to posting with you. :)

[Athena]

Hello everyone. I am new to this board. Let me start out by saying that I have been a fan of true crime stories for years. I spent eight years working in law enforcement, so very little surprises me. I am excited about being part of the group.

Love you nic! Welcome to the board. Should be interesting with your background too!!!! :)

[dragonflyjoe]

i think that all the stories abiout bonannos are false but yes most are true they got a bad rap because of a snitch boss who was most respected than flipped to avoid life in prison.

[dragonflyjoe]

i think that all the stories abiout bonannos are false but yes most are true they got a bad rap because of a snitch boss who was most respected than flipped to avoid life in prison.
my uncle was acting boss after massino was prisoned and now my uncle is serving 20 for a bad rap.

[zeitgeist]

Hey guys. I'm new here (obviously). I've been into true crime, reading about it, watching it on Court TV, reading fictional books based on crime, etc., since I was a kid. I'm a huge horror fan (also since I was a kid) which is where that comes from. My favorite stories, both real and fictional, are usually centered around serial killers. It's odd, though -- I can read and watch the goriest stuff, but I can't bear to read/watch anything about rape or harming kids. I'm sure that would be telling to a psychiatrist, haha. Who knows what that means.

Speaking of, I especially love to get into the psychological side of crime -- why criminals do what they do, what their childhoods were like, etc. I hardly at ALL think a bad childhood should pardon a criminal, but it at least gives us some sort of insight into why they became the monster they are now.

Anyway, my name's Allison, I'm 22, and I hail from New Orleans by way of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice to meet you all! :seeya:

[Jadedblueeyes]

Hey guys. I'm new here (obviously). I've been into true crime, reading about it, watching it on Court TV, reading fictional books based on crime, etc., since I was a kid. I'm a huge horror fan (also since I was a kid) which is where that comes from. My favorite stories, both real and fictional, are usually centered around serial killers. It's odd, though -- I can read and watch the goriest stuff, but I can't bear to read/watch anything about rape or harming kids. I'm sure that would be telling to a psychiatrist, haha. Who knows what that means.

Speaking of, I especially love to get into the psychological side of crime -- why criminals do what they do, what their childhoods were like, etc. I hardly at ALL think a bad childhood should pardon a criminal, but it at least gives us some sort of insight into why they became the monster they are now.

Anyway, my name's Allison, I'm 22, and I hail from New Orleans by way of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice to meet you all! :seeya:

Nice to meet you too and you have come to the perfect site to keep abreast of many crime cases. We have those from the past still being debated and we have late breaking news on others. Enjoy and please post your thoughts with us on the case(s) of your choice.

imoo:seeya:

[Agentorange]

I have always been interested in crime and used to be a forensic sculptor but I have now moved onto other things as the job was a tad too gory at times and I used to have nightmares in the end.
I am also very intersted forensics, serial killers and unsolved crime.

[tv]

Hi agentorange, your former job sounds very interesting! I'm new here also but everyone has been very nice. I think you'll enjoy the atmosphere. :)

[Jadedblueeyes]

I have always been interested in crime and used to be a forensic sculptor but I have now moved onto other things as the job was a tad too gory at times and I used to have nightmares in the end.
I am also very intersted forensics, serial killers and unsolved crime.


Welcome!

Maybe from time to time you can share your expertise with us.

imoo:seeya:

[Sturgeon_Moon]

Just stopping in and checking out the new forum.

Very cool. Nice to see some old faces.

Happy holidays everyone! :seeya:Great avatar!

[Agentorange]

Welcome!

Maybe from time to time you can share your expertise with us.

imoo:seeya:

I will do my best :)

[Agentorange]

Hi agentorange, your former job sounds very interesting! I'm new here also but everyone has been very nice. I think you'll enjoy the atmosphere. :)

Hi
It's nice to know I am not the only new person around here.
Yes my job was very interesting and I had a few spooky encounters too, hence why I gave it up. I'm a scaredy cat.

[Blue Mermaid]

Hi
It's nice to know I am not the only new person around here.
Yes my job was very interesting and I had a few spooky encounters too, hence why I gave it up. I'm a scaredy cat.

Hello Agentorange and welcome. I'm a new poster here too, although I've read here for a long time.
Your previous job is very intriguing to me. Spooky encounters? Do tell...

[Agentorange]

Hello Agentorange and welcome. I'm a new poster here too, although I've read here for a long time.
Your previous job is very intriguing to me. Spooky encounters? Do tell...

There was one skull I was working on a few years ago, the person had been found in a make shift grave but there were no reports from the public of a missing person, no dental records or anything so the police had nothing to go on. From the skeletal frame, bone structure of the face I figured that she was definiteley a caucasian woman in her early 20's with a broken jaw and a fractured skull.
Anyway I started to get to work on resculpting her face and during the time I was working on her I started getting these weird dreams about receiving a phone call in the middle of the night telling me to go to my back door.
Whenever I went to my door it was unlocked even though I would lock it every night before I went to bed.
After about the 3rd time this happened I really started to think that I was being followed or that somehow somebody who had lived in my apartment before still had the key so I called a friend and decided to wait up for the person doing this. We sat in the hall lights off looking at the door and we heard the lock turn and ran to the door opened it but nobody was there at all, by this time I was really freaked out, my friend too so I had the locks changed just to be on the safe side.
Anyway next night my friend stayed over and I got the weird dream about the phone call and went to the door and it was unlocked again and this kept happening so I told the police but they could not find anything wrong with the lock and took my details and story.
Now here's the scary part. One night I stayed up late working on the womans face into the early hours when I heard the phone actually ring. I went to pick up the phone and heard a voice behind me and the TV was on. It was one of those late night B movies and this could have been a coincidence but the man in the film was talking to another man and said 'You killed your daughter didn't you? You had a copy of her key made and sneaked in the house in the middlle of the night and then something about trying to make his daughter out ot have a mental problem and forgetting to lock the doors and that the father dumped her body.
After that I gave the skull right back to the pathologist and never took on any more work. The phonecalls stopped and the door remained locked at night. I have never been so scared in my life I tell you.

[baked_tater]

Hi all, noob here, love this board.

I was hoping someone could direct me to the rules or requirements for book review writing, I cannot find it. :read:

Anyway, hello all, I am a 30 something single mom who enjoys true crime, and am glad to have found such a great true crime forum to post on! Looking forward to getting to know the posters here.

Since I read on average one true crime book a week or so, I would love to review the books I do read. I haunt the used book stores for my library and classic true crime, and the book stores cannot seem to keep enough new ones in stock for my liking!

Thanks for any help on the book reviews, everyone.

[One2Snoop]

Hi all, noob here, love this board.

I was hoping someone could direct me to the rules or requirements for book review writing, I cannot find it. :read:

Anyway, hello all, I am a 30 something single mom who enjoys true crime, and am glad to have found such a great true crime forum to post on! Looking forward to getting to know the posters here.

Since I read on average one true crime book a week or so, I would love to review the books I do read. I haunt the used book stores for my library and classic true crime, and the book stores cannot seem to keep enough new ones in stock for my liking!

Thanks for any help on the book reviews, everyone.

Welcome to Crime Library. :seeya: Here's the link you requested....

http://boards.crimelibrary.com/forumdisplay.php?f=420

[tv]

Welcome to CL. The more the merrier!!! Look forward to posting with you. :)Thanks Athena. :)

[Djeyli]

Hi all

Thanks to Fresh for letting me join the forum!

I have been a frequent, regular visitor to Crimelibrary over the last several years but have recently decided to become more involved in the forums.

I am a world traveller, crime writer and a bundle of other things. I hope that I can be a productive member of the forum.

Regards
James

[dallasvic]

Hi Everyone,:D

I just want to WELCOME all the new people.CL is a great place and there are alot of great people here. If you have any questions just ask everyone is willing to help and FW is great. If you have a problem FW will take care of it. :)

Again WELCOME :beer:

[Hey Paula]

my uncle was acting boss after massino was prisoned and now my uncle is serving 20 for a bad rap.

You shouldn't be posting "family business" on a message board.

I don't think Tony Soprano would like that.

:biggrin:

[Maybaby59]

There was one skull I was working on a few years ago, the person had been found in a make shift grave but there were no reports from the public of a missing person, no dental records or anything so the police had nothing to go on. From the skeletal frame, bone structure of the face I figured that she was definiteley a caucasian woman in her early 20's with a broken jaw and a fractured skull.
Anyway I started to get to work on resculpting her face and during the time I was working on her I started getting these weird dreams about receiving a phone call in the middle of the night telling me to go to my back door.
Whenever I went to my door it was unlocked even though I would lock it every night before I went to bed.
After about the 3rd time this happened I really started to think that I was being followed or that somehow somebody who had lived in my apartment before still had the key so I called a friend and decided to wait up for the person doing this. We sat in the hall lights off looking at the door and we heard the lock turn and ran to the door opened it but nobody was there at all, by this time I was really freaked out, my friend too so I had the locks changed just to be on the safe side.
Anyway next night my friend stayed over and I got the weird dream about the phone call and went to the door and it was unlocked again and this kept happening so I told the police but they could not find anything wrong with the lock and took my details and story.
Now here's the scary part. One night I stayed up late working on the womans face into the early hours when I heard the phone actually ring. I went to pick up the phone and heard a voice behind me and the TV was on. It was one of those late night B movies and this could have been a coincidence but the man in the film was talking to another man and said 'You killed your daughter didn't you? You had a copy of her key made and sneaked in the house in the middlle of the night and then something about trying to make his daughter out ot have a mental problem and forgetting to lock the doors and that the father dumped her body.
After that I gave the skull right back to the pathologist and never took on any more work. The phonecalls stopped and the door remained locked at night. I have never been so scared in my life I tell you.

Hi Agentorange...and welcome to CL...Hope you enjoy the time you spend here...I'm still new, but have met a lot of great people here...

That has to be one of the spookiest stories I've ever heard... :eek: and I don't blame you one bit for giving up that job...I think I would have done the same thing!

Hope to see more of your posts...and more of your stories if you're so inclined...

Trish :)

[Sturgeon_Moon]

I have always been interested in crime and used to be a forensic sculptor but I have now moved onto other things as the job was a tad too gory at times and I used to have nightmares in the end.
I am also very intersted forensics, serial killers and unsolved crime.I hope you are nice.

[Blue Mermaid]

Hi Agentorange...and welcome to CL...Hope you enjoy the time you spend here...I'm still new, but have met a lot of great people here...

That has to be one of the spookiest stories I've ever heard... :eek: and I don't blame you one bit for giving up that job...I think I would have done the same thing!

Hope to see more of your posts...and more of your stories if you're so inclined...

Trish :)

Wow, Agentorange... what a story! I don't blame you for giving that job up either! :eek:

Again, welcome and I too look forward to your posts!

[One2Snoop]

I hope you are nice.

:confused: Sturgeon Moon - what a strange thing to say to a newbie. How about just saying welcome to Crime Library if you have nothing better to say?

[One2Snoop]

There was one skull I was working on a few years ago, the person had been found in a make shift grave but there were no reports from the public of a missing person, no dental records or anything so the police had nothing to go on. From the skeletal frame, bone structure of the face I figured that she was definiteley a caucasian woman in her early 20's with a broken jaw and a fractured skull.
Anyway I started to get to work on resculpting her face and during the time I was working on her I started getting these weird dreams about receiving a phone call in the middle of the night telling me to go to my back door.
Whenever I went to my door it was unlocked even though I would lock it every night before I went to bed.
After about the 3rd time this happened I really started to think that I was being followed or that somehow somebody who had lived in my apartment before still had the key so I called a friend and decided to wait up for the person doing this. We sat in the hall lights off looking at the door and we heard the lock turn and ran to the door opened it but nobody was there at all, by this time I was really freaked out, my friend too so I had the locks changed just to be on the safe side.
Anyway next night my friend stayed over and I got the weird dream about the phone call and went to the door and it was unlocked again and this kept happening so I told the police but they could not find anything wrong with the lock and took my details and story.
Now here's the scary part. One night I stayed up late working on the womans face into the early hours when I heard the phone actually ring. I went to pick up the phone and heard a voice behind me and the TV was on. It was one of those late night B movies and this could have been a coincidence but the man in the film was talking to another man and said 'You killed your daughter didn't you? You had a copy of her key made and sneaked in the house in the middlle of the night and then something about trying to make his daughter out ot have a mental problem and forgetting to lock the doors and that the father dumped her body.
After that I gave the skull right back to the pathologist and never took on any more work. The phonecalls stopped and the door remained locked at night. I have never been so scared in my life I tell you.

:seeya: Welcome to CrimeLibrary Agentorange - thats certainly a creepy story. I hope you'll share more in the future regarding your work with crime victims.

[One2Snoop]

You shouldn't be posting "family business" on a message board.

I don't think Tony Soprano would like that.

:biggrin:

LOL Is that where he was going with this? :cool: :read:

[zeitgeist]

Hey, nice to meet you! Thanks for the nice greeting.

[sincere]

thanks everyone.

[dallasvic]

Hey, nice to meet you! Thanks for the nice greeting.


Hi Z,
-+WELCOME:seeya: There are alot of great people here and fill free to ask question everyone is will to HELP!!:beer: Me personal , you can pm me when ever you like.:seeya: Later

[Luke Davis]

Frequently, a new member will want a link to what I think is common knowledge. It is getting harder to fulfill the request especially in the Natalee Holloway forum.

Many links are in old threads and the threads are very long. The SEARCH feature only allows going back a year.

Or perhaps someone knows an easy way to search a thread that is 3 years old and a 10,050 posts long?

[attorneywan2be]

Frequently, a new member will want a link to what I think is common knowledge. It is getting harder to fulfill the request especially in the Natalee Holloway forum.

Many links are in old threads and the threads are very long. The SEARCH feature only allows going back a year.

Or perhaps someone knows an easy way to search a thread that is 3 years old and a 10,050 posts long?


Hi Luke..it's a good question..you're right I don't think there is a way to do such search within CL system..I use google..I would search for example for my username and keywords related to the subject I'm searching for...then I click "cached"....

[One2Snoop]

Hi Luke..it's a good question..you're right I don't think there is a way to do such search within CL system..I use google..I would search for example for my username and keywords related to the subject I'm searching for...then I click "cached"....

Thats what I do too. Good advice AW2B. :beer:

[Luke Davis]

Thanks to both of you I just tried it and it worked perfectly. I do get a few extra links but it works very well.

I should have thought of that because I frequently use that for image search when I want to post a photo, avatar or smiley I have posted earlier.http://sheknows.com/graphics/emoticons/thanks3.gif

[Luke Davis]

Hey guys nice to be here at the crime library I found this site the other day while looking for some info about Jimmy Hoffa...anyway I am a college aged guy from Alabama thanks for the infoCheck out the Natalee Holloway forum. It would be good to get the view of someone from Alabama.

[Livia]

Check out the Natalee Holloway forum. It would be good to get the view of someone from Alabama.

Very true! And it's great having another Southerner aboard! (Well, okay, the Yankees around here are really surprisingly nice and downright civilized!!! :D )

I like the serial killer cases and the cold cases too. Actually I like pretty much everything!!

Have a great time, this is a really cool forum, and oh BTW--have you found Jimmy yet? :biggrin:

[CelticAussie]

G'day all how are you doing , I am a 35 year old Australian bloke from the North of Australia
I am mainly interested in reading true crime stories , I have an interest in decyphering why close personal witness's to crime do not come forward at the time to stop things from esculating , this interst comes from personal experience from when I was a child so yeah its all good ...be well all talk to you soon ...Jake

[aldred]

Hi, my name is Tomas. I'm from Sweden. I've been interested in crime/criminals/criminology for so long that I can't remember when it began but I guess 1972/73 could constitute a start as I learned to read at that time.

Read about the 17yo freak that raped an infant. If the guy's a certified pedophile he should be kept locked up until he poses no threat to any other child. I don't know very much about the US prison system but I think that there isn't yet a perfect place to put freaks away at. I don't believe in retribution. It's destructive.

One idea that I've been nursing for some time is "the maximum security society". A village, of some sort, situated in a place so far away from other people that it would be impossible to leave. A place where some of the freaks that society has created could live and work and be subjected to research. I think most freaks are not criminally sophisticated enough to pose any danger to guards or co-prisoners. Supervision could be done electronically and via a gps system that track every person within the village and goes off only when inmates stray to far from their designated area. Electrocution momentarily stunning the person to avoid further flight... the possibilities on that front seem basically endless to me.



:seeya:

[dallasvic]

:seeya: Welcome to CL ! You will love it great people. If you have a question about anything feel free to ask everyone is will to:seeya: help.

[aldred]

Thanks for the welcome!

I have a tendency to just keep writing out what's on my mind. Only after that I'd applied the post did I see that there were better places to inject my opinions in; and that I will.

This is the funniest smiley that I've ever seen! :seeya:

[dallasvic]

Thanks for the welcome!

I have a tendency to just keep writing out what's on my mind. Only after that I'd applied the post did I see that there were better places to inject my opinions in; and that I will.

This is the funniest smiley that I've ever seen! :seeya:
:punch: How About these ? Truly if you have any question just ask:biggrin:
:seeya: Later

[dallasvic]

G'day all how are you doing , I am a 35 year old Australian bloke from the North of Australia
I am mainly interested in reading true crime stories , I have an interest in decyphering why close personal witness's to crime do not come forward at the time to stop things from esculating , this interst comes from personal experience from when I was a child so yeah its all good ...be well all talk to you soon ...Jake
:seeya: WELCOME TO CL. You are going to love it here. Lots of GREAT people and lots to talk about. If you need help ask anyone ,everyone is willing to help:beer:
:seeya: Look forward to posting with you

[dallasvic]

G'day all how are you doing , I am a 35 year old Australian bloke from the North of Australia
I am mainly interested in reading true crime stories , I have an interest in decyphering why close personal witness's to crime do not come forward at the time to stop things from esculating , this interst comes from personal experience from when I was a child so yeah its all good ...be well all talk to you soon ...Jake


Hi CA,

I wanted to invite you to our CL club lounge.Here is the link.
http://boards.crimelibrary.com/showthread.php?p=8873896#post8873896

Stop by and meet some GREAT people you will LOVE it there!

[Luke Davis]

Hi all

Thanks to Fresh for letting me join the forum!

I have been a frequent, regular visitor to Crimelibrary over the last several years but have recently decided to become more involved in the forums.

I am a world traveller, crime writer and a bundle of other things. I hope that I can be a productive member of the forum.

Regards
James

Don't just stand there, start posting.:seeya:

[attorneywan2be]

Hi all

Thanks to Fresh for letting me join the forum!

I have been a frequent, regular visitor to Crimelibrary over the last several years but have recently decided to become more involved in the forums.

I am a world traveller, crime writer and a bundle of other things. I hope that I can be a productive member of the forum.

Regards
James


:seeya:

Welcome aboard...looking forward to reading your posts...:)

[starlite]

Hi to everyone, just a few facts about myself to get acquainted with all of you.

I'm a senior citizen granny, no degrees in anything,but applying logic and lots of common sense to life has always gotten me by very well.I've been a true crime buff since I was a teenager,and thats been many years ago.I may not post alot but I love to read what others post and will always think through what they say.Anyway, I look forward to being here.

[been there]

Goodmorning,

How is everything? This is my first post here.
My first true crime book was Helter Skelter. I was mesmorized.
Saw Ann Rule last night. I think she is one great lady. :)

[hOTwIREd]

Hello, my nickname is Hotwired (which, due to my 'caps lock' being on when I was registering looks a bit strange).

I mainly joined to be able to browse the forensic and CSI threads, although I see there are many other threads that I will have to make time for!

I was a forensic scientist for twelve years before switching jobs to Scenes of Crime examination (a cut in salary but well worth it for the more challenging work - and getting outdoors more often). At the forensic laboratory I examined exhibits relating to chemistry and biology disciplines - offences against property (toolmarks, glass, paint, footwear marks etc) and the person (hair, blood, semen and fibres (both natural and manmade) etc). I attended crime scenes (mostly arsons and violence against the person scenes).

I have been soco for well over ten years and have never had a quiet day.

I look forward to reading the comments made on the threads and, if I feel I have anything to contribute, join in on occasion.

Thank you for activating my account and allowing me to join the forums.

[koawally]

:D Hello everyone!!! I'm soo happy they have this now... I look forward to meeting people... I love reading true crime... I'm in the process with my local police department, Which I look forward to being accepted into the academy..If anyone's been to an academy please let me know how your experience was???

Hope to hear from all of you!!
My niece is in the acadamy and she LOVES it...Congratulations to YOU!!! It's a GREAT field...lots of fun...lots of advancement and educational opportunities...what more could you ask for...ENJOY :O)

[koawally]

Hellooooooo Everyone:seeya:
GREAT to be here {{BIG HUGS}}

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[hOTwIREd]

I posted an introduction somewhere else and have just found that this thread is obviously the place to post a 'Hello'.

I am still getting to terms with navigating around the boards, there are so many people posting that the 'new posts' list is always a couple of pages long!

My interests are SOCO/CSI and forensic articles.

I look forward to reading the articles and contributing to the discussions.

[Mojave]

Hey Guys!

I know I've already jumped into a few conversations, but I thought I'd hop in and introduce myself. I am a 30-some year old housewife from the Antelope Valley, California. If you are wondering where that is, it's about 60 miles north of Los Angeles and a great place to go if you like joshua trees and tumble weeds.

I love crime stories and read this site all the time, as well as the Smoking Gun. I think I've seen every episode of The New Detectives and Forensic Files more times than I can count. Body of Evidence is pretty good too. Maybe I am morbid, but I like reading about criminals and what they are thinking when they commit some of these crimes. Reality is definitely a lot more bizarre than fiction.

Anyway, that is me. I look forward to some great discussions.

[FDInLaw]

I posted an introduction somewhere else and have just found that this thread is obviously the place to post a 'Hello'.

I am still getting to terms with navigating around the boards, there are so many people posting that the 'new posts' list is always a couple of pages long!

My interests are SOCO/CSI and forensic articles.

I look forward to reading the articles and contributing to the discussions. We are sure enjoying your insight on Nona's forum! You add a lot!

:seeya:

[thefragile7393]

Hello all, glad to be here! For some reason, for much of my life, I have had a strong interest in unsolved cases of all types...."Unsolved Mysteries" was one of my favorite shows.....even though half the time it freaked me out.

My husband can't figure out why unsolved cases and websites such as the Doenetwork hold any fascination for me. I can't either, but I am glad to find I'm not the only person out there who is into all this!

I don't claim to even be an amateur sleuth, I just have a great interest, so I don't know how much, if anything, I can contribute. There are several cases that have caught my interest over the years and I am continuously reading up on them, hoping for new information. These are Tara Calico, Jacob Wetterling, Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin (I'm convinced these two are related somehow, IMO), Marlene Santana, Tammy Lynn Leppart, and Sharon Marshall.


I'm 27, have a beautiful one year old son, married, work in an environmental lab. Also have one geriatric silver tabby cat named Walter Matthau. I love documentaries, natural and holistic medicine, reading....sleeping even.....

I hope to know more of you!

Lori

[marstan]

I'm new to the board and just wanted to say hello. I read crime stories, watch the news and participate on a few other true crime sites. The majority of the time, I just read, read, read about current and old crimes that are not yet solved.

[hOTwIREd]

We are sure enjoying your insight on Nona's forum! You add a lot!

:seeya:

Thank you, I will certainly see you soon - so much catching up to do.
It is a fascinating thread.

We sure do. I'd like to see you around more!;)

:)
I start my 'early shifts' this morning, so I should have more time in the evening to get online.
I have been reading the thread every day and the frequent updates are very educational (...and thorough... and plentiful).

[intrigued]

There was one skull I was working on a few years ago, the person had been found in a make shift grave but there were no reports from the public of a missing person, no dental records or anything so the police had nothing to go on. From the skeletal frame, bone structure of the face I figured that she was definiteley a caucasian woman in her early 20's with a broken jaw and a fractured skull.
Anyway I started to get to work on resculpting her face and during the time I was working on her I started getting these weird dreams about receiving a phone call in the middle of the night telling me to go to my back door.
Whenever I went to my door it was unlocked even though I would lock it every night before I went to bed.
After about the 3rd time this happened I really started to think that I was being followed or that somehow somebody who had lived in my apartment before still had the key so I called a friend and decided to wait up for the person doing this. We sat in the hall lights off looking at the door and we heard the lock turn and ran to the door opened it but nobody was there at all, by this time I was really freaked out, my friend too so I had the locks changed just to be on the safe side.
Anyway next night my friend stayed over and I got the weird dream about the phone call and went to the door and it was unlocked again and this kept happening so I told the police but they could not find anything wrong with the lock and took my details and story.
Now here's the scary part. One night I stayed up late working on the womans face into the early hours when I heard the phone actually ring. I went to pick up the phone and heard a voice behind me and the TV was on. It was one of those late night B movies and this could have been a coincidence but the man in the film was talking to another man and said 'You killed your daughter didn't you? You had a copy of her key made and sneaked in the house in the middlle of the night and then something about trying to make his daughter out ot have a mental problem and forgetting to lock the doors and that the father dumped her body.
After that I gave the skull right back to the pathologist and never took on any more work. The phonecalls stopped and the door remained locked at night. I have never been so scared in my life I tell you.



I just read this and it scared the Holy Bejesus out of me!!!!!!

[dallasvic]

WELCOME To All of you:seeya:

Alot of you might not know me. I have been away awhile, but I sure look forward to posting with ya ll.
CL is a GREAT place. I call everyone here my second family.;)
If anyone needs any HELP feel free to pm me or just to chat or vent I am here and everyone here at CL are willing to help. I know first hand because when I joined I asked a question and someone sent a reply pretty much saying I was STUPID.
Many members sent Pm's and talked me in to staying.
So PLEASE vent to someone and do not let someone run you off. We are like a family:) here.

LUV All Of you

Your friend Dallasvic:seeya:

[samanthajane13]

Welcome back, Dallasvic!!!

I remember you!!!

Hugs-
Donna

[samanthajane13]

And welcome to all the noobs, too!!!

[Parker]

Well, I guess I'm one of those so thanks. I'll try not to make too many mistakes. :D

[FDInLaw]

Well, I guess I'm one of those so thanks. I'll try not to make too many mistakes. :D

WELCOME! :seeya:

[samanthajane13]

I try my best to said a big Hi to the newbies, but I've been pretty busy chasing down news stories and updates.

I think we should have a Welcome Committee to watch out for newbies and let them know we're glad they've joined our community!

Any volunteers???

[FDInLaw]

I try my best to said a big Hi to the newbies, but I've been pretty busy chasing down news stories and updates.

I think we should have a Welcome Committee to watch out for newbies and let them know we're glad they've joined our community!

Any volunteers??? I'll jump on the welcome wagon! :hat:

[samanthajane13]

That's GREAT, FD!!!

Thank so much!! I'll try to keep an eye out for newbies when I'm not posting new stories.

Can we get a couple of others???

[susie31023]

I guess you can count on me when I'm here if that helps Donna:biggrin:. After all we mustn't forget to say hi to all newcomers:seeya:. Love you~Suz

[samanthajane13]

Glad to have you help out, Susie! :biggrin:

How's our little sweetie doing?

And how is the rest of the family hanging in???

[susie31023]

Glad to have you help out, Susie! :biggrin:

How's our little sweetie doing?

And how is the rest of the family hanging in???

Last time I talked to Bran he was doing good. The rest of us are hanging in there and trying to enjoy our time with him. I am at home now had some Dr. appt's. I had to go to but will be going back after I get them all cleared up. Thanks again for all of your hard work on the candle thread. It means more than you know. Love you~Suz