I mentioned in a previous post that for a while I had a preoccupation with true crime novels which were both entertaining and scary. For some reason the more recent biographies of the crimes committed by serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer did not scare me but the old, unsolved Jack the Ripper … Continue reading »
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100 places I want to go #4: Alcatraz
Ever since my morbid fascination with true crime stories during my teenage years (I’m sure I single handily sent Ann Rule’s kids through college) I’ve been equally interested in American prisons. They just seem to have more colourful histories than those in Canada and what prison has more colour than Alcatraz? History The island, 1.5 … Continue reading »
