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Category: Craig Alaska

Strange Scenes: A Select Retrospective

August 3, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There are truly strange moments during most trials. Sometimes, they end up on the floor, forgotten as the trial plows…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Judge Thomas Schulz, Ketchikan, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Plot Thickens, First a Little, Then a Lot

July 7, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Richard Olmstead had testified before two Grand Juries that John Peel resembled a man buying regular gas on the day…

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About A Killer: One of Those Debates

July 3, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Winter 1992 was a pretty heady time. Butcher, Baker had just been published. It was selling like wildfire right out…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, The Investor, What Happened In Craig

Revealed: A Man With A Troubled Past

July 2, 2020 admin 1 Comment

Jim Robinson was no innocent. He had a very troubled past. The son of well-to-do trucking company owners, Robinson –…

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The Third Man: Strangest By Far

June 30, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The third “surprise” witness-to-be was Jim Robinson, the owner of Craig Auto. It was Robinson who was shooting the shit…

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Murder in Craig: Wandering in the Wilderness

May 14, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In the first three days of his April 1982 testimony, Sgt. Jim Stogsdill played the role of chronicler, taking over…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, Craig Alaska, Jim Stogsdill, Judge Thomas Schulz, Mary Anne Henry, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

Quarantine: Lima Flags To Fly Over Alaska

May 13, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When Lorrie and I visited Craig in 2019, one highlight was a visit to the venerable Craig Inn. One of…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved, Craig Alaska, Culture, Ketchikan, Klawock Alaska, Prince of Wales Island, What Happened In Craig

Prince of Wales: Back to Regular Programming

April 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Going through my photo collections, cuz you know I’m social distancing. Found some cool videos. Sharing this way because I…

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Crime Scene Investigation Takes the Stand

April 8, 2020 admin Leave a comment

After a brief foray into other matters, we return once more to the story of the F/V Investor. In this…

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Posted in: Alaska's Worst Unsolved Mass Murder, boat fire, Craig Alaska, Mark Coulthurst, Phillip Weidner, What Happened In Craig

The Things You Didn’t Do

April 2, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Defense attorney Phil Weidner started by having Trooper Anderson write out a list of things he could have fingerprinted —…

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What Happened in Craig

On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire—until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small children, were missing…

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