Cell 95: ‘Where she was didn’t have cameras … You have a thirty-gallon trash can in the inmates’ cell that gives her access to a plastic bag. If she was in as much pain as she said she was in, I just don’t see how she could have tied that perfect – very perfect – noose.’ ibid. family
‘Step out or I will remove you … I’m gonna yank you outta here … You are under arrest … I’m gonna drag you outta there.’ ibid.
‘That man [arresting rozzer] slapped her. You can hear it.’ ibid. lawyer
‘You are about to break my wrist! Can you stop?’ ibid. on arrest
‘The destruction of evidence on this family when they [rozzers know they [family] were about to bury her. You don’t release a body if there’s more tests that you need on that body.’ ibid. lawyer
‘I don’t think there’s ever been an issue like this.’ ibid. mother
‘There are uneducated people who are hell-bent on self-extermination. I am not one of them. I am into building up my kings and queens. So for me, Black Lives Matter. ibid. Sandra’s activism
‘I am here to change history.’ ibid.
‘Say Her Name!’ ibid.
‘She had scrapes on her upper right side of her back.’ ibid. autopsy
‘Here is a guy who should clearly have been charged with assault. Battery … ’ ibid.
Trooper Encinia is fired. The Grand Jury begins to investigate the Walter Country Jail. ibid. caption
‘Evidence of deep bruising … someone has put their knee into her back.’ ibid. autopsy
‘We know that someone’s spirit can be broken.’ ibid. autopsy
‘Everyone was acquitted of wrong doing.’ ibid. television news
‘The jail were filled out in a way that should not have been filled out. They were turned in with false information.’ ibid. rozzer’s apologist’s admission
‘She was hung from a trash-bag. Well, the problem with that trash-bag is is that it didn’t have her fingerprints on it … In fact it didn’t have her DNA on it.’ ibid. lawyer
The family settles for $1.9 million and a prison or jail reform and police de-escalation training. ibid. caption
Police officers around the country you need to hear my voice – Tell the Fricking’ Truth. ibid. Charles Witherspoon, ex-rozzer
‘No, we didn’t go back there and tie a bag around her neck, but it is our responsibility to take care of her. ibid. R G Smith, sheriff
The Sandra Black Act is now law in Texas, mandating state-wide reforms to increase prison inmate safety. Police de-escalation training was removed from the bill. ibid. caption
‘I think we have to ask at what point do what should be journalistic decisions become marketing decisions.’ Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, interview O J: Made in America
Blanche, I’m telling you, your house is on fire again. Black Widow Murders 1993 starring Elizabeth Montgomery & David Clennon & John M Jackson & Grace Zabriskie & Bruce McGill & Mark Rolston & Guy Boyd & John Philbin et al, director him to her
Bigotry and insanity are different. At least my mother thought so. Alex Gibney, ‘Crazy, Not Insane’, Dr Dorothy Otnow Lewis, psychiatrist, Sky Documentaries 2021
Examining Mr Franklin was as close as I would ever come to examining Hitler. ibid.
Could I get that way? Could anyone? I look back on the many killers I have come to know in the past four decades. There are diagnoses I make now that I didn’t even know existed because of my own ignorance, because I didn’t ask the right questions. ibid.
The homicidal kids were much more likely to have been abused. And they were much more likely to have signs of organic impairment – brain dysfunction. ibid.
My daughter Gillian says, ‘Mom, you’re the only one who does group therapy with one person.’ ibid.
Was Arthur Shawcross crazy when he murdered his victims and consumed their genitalia? Of course. He had to be. Insane? Not necessarily. ibid.
Bit by bit I was beginning to see a very different story in Bundy’s family life. One that would upend the myth of pure evil. ibid.
I think that there is a ‘Bundy state’ where he did not do any of those murders. In fact, he referred to the person who killed, he called that ‘the entity’ … He did at times seem to become his [abusive] grandfather. ibid.
There’s loads of them. There’s immigrants in the back but they’re all lying on the ground. Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers, lorry driver’s 999 call, BBC 2021
39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in Essex. The victims were discovered at 1.40 this morning. ibid.
One of Britain’s biggest murder investigations. ibid.
That admission from Robinson suggests he’s part of a larger organised criminal gang. ibid.
By the 1920s Greenwood is this incredible prosperous community. People referred to it as Black Wall Street. Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre, woman, History 2021
The worst single incident of racial violence in American history begins: this wall of white people start moving towards Greenwood. They are carrying pistols and shotguns but also carrying cans of gasoline and matches. ibid. dude
They had bombs dropping from the air. ibid. dude #2
Not one of those men what participated in the race riots were ever brought to justice. ibid. dude #3
We just dumped bodies of human beings, of patriots, of veterans, of teachers, of husbands, of wives, of children, in mass graves. ibid. dude #3
140,460. Driven by their darkest urges, sadistic predators stalk their victims in an effort to satisfy their need to kill. The horrible deeds done by serial killers gives us a glimpse into the minds of humanity’s most disturbed individuals. But what is it that separates so-called normal people from those who have an insatiable desire to take a life? The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e26: Serial Killers
Was Napoleon murdered? … Napoleon suffers a lonely death in exile … In his last will and testament Napoleon makes an astonishing claim … He claims he has been poisoned by his captives. Conspiracies Decoded s1e6, Discovery 2022
In 1984 homosexuality was legalised in NSW. By 1986 AIDS had gripped the gay community. The fear of AIDS spread across Australia. The Sydney Murders: Deep Water, Sky Crime 2020
In the ’80s and ’90s there was clearly an epidemic of anti-gay and anti-lesbian violence. It was commonplace. ibid. Sue Thompson, former Gay & Lesbian consultant NSW police, captions
Despite David identifying two of his attackers, no-one was ever charged. ibid.
In 1990 three youths were found guilty of Richard Johnson’s murder and five of manslaughter. They became known as the Alexandria 8. ibid.
‘They told me the police car and the officers involved that night belonged to a troubleshooting squad.’ ibid. witness to attack
In November 2014 the NSW Minister for Police stated that no evidence has been found to implicate police in the assault. ibid. caption
Evidence went missing and did anybody care? ibid. victim’s relative
‘The deputy coroner has slammed New South Wales police for not properly investigating the deaths of three gay men in Sydney in the 1980s.’ ibid. TV news
In 2016 the NSW police announced they are reviewing 88 deaths to explore how many might be gay-hate cases. ibid. caption
January 2021: Olly had been stabbed just metres from the home he had grown up in … Digital evidence from mobile phones would lead to a murder trial. Two boys aged 13 and 14 when Olly was killed were convicted of murder. A 13-year-old girl was convicted of manslaughter. Because of their ages their identities are protected. Panorama: A Social Media Murder: Olly’s Story, BBC 2022
A series of unexplained deaths near Chicago in 1982 starts a nationwide panic. The victims are connected by one frightening detail: ‘It looks like all these people took Tylenol and died that day.’ History’s Greatest Mysteries s3e12: The Chicago Tylenol Murders
Who actually committed the Chicago Tylenol murders? ibid.
Tests performed on capsules confirmed the investigators’ fears: Cyanide. ibid.
1982: Media coverage of the Chicago Tylenol murders is constant and frenzied.
Investigators finally receive … ‘a ransom letter at the Johnson and Johnson offices.’ ibid.
Police have a potential suspect: James William Lewis in custody. But can they prove he is the killer? … ‘His alibi says he was in New York’ … In October of 1983, one year after the Tylenol killings, Lewis is tried for extortion and convicted. He serves 13 years of his 20 year sentence. ibid.