“I loved my mother very much.” I suppose one can become addicted to just about anything. In the case of Jack Gilbert Graham: it was fraud with a side of revenge. Raised an Orphan Jack Gilbert Graham was born in January of 1932. His mother’s name was Daisie. She was married 3 times. Her first […]
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– by stephen zimmerman Published in DoorIsAJar Literary Magazine, Summer 2023, Issue 27 I also write crime thrillers! Check out The Missing and The Holiday Killer ⬅back to the blog
“The situation with AI training and copyright is indeed complex…” AI or Artificial Intelligence is big news right now. It’s also big business. And it’s accused of one of the most egregious heists in modern history. The Background At the center of the conversation around AI is a particularly shadowy application of it called LLM
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A word before we begin… It is my long-standing practice to refrain from showing any kind of graphic or potentially disturbing images on my true crime blog. However, since this crime story captured the world’s attention first through pictures, I do not believe it can be told without using any if the photos associated with
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Criminal Profiling In the late 1960’s, the FBI was desperate to get a handle on the growing phenomenon of the serial killer. Yet-to-be-caught serial killers such as Ed Kemper and Henry Lee Lucas were actively killing, while eluding arrest — both terrifying the public and frustrating law enforcement. Indeed this era, peaking in 1989, would
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“I am still here. Like a spirit roaming the night, thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping …” The Son of Sam: a name that seems so ordinary, yet is forever linked to murder, terror, and and the devil. Fictional Childhood David Richard Berkowitz was actually not the Son of Sam’s birth name. He was born Richard David
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– by stephen zimmerman Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.1 Inspired by the writing prompt “dust” from one of my favorite people on Twitter: Katelyn Buxton. ⬅back to the blog
“The real problem is to define when human life is worth living and when it has to be eradicated.” His victims called him the Angel of Death. Others called him “absolute evil, only playing the part of a human.” People have argued he was worse than Hitler. His name was Josef Mengele. Young Mengele Josef
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Looking for light in my favorite place. – by stephen zimmerman Inspired by the writing prompt “light” from one of my favorite people on Twitter: Katelyn Buxton. ⬅back to the blog
Hybristophilia Hybristo what? The tongue-twister of a word describes romantic attraction towards someone who has committed outrageous, violent, and horrific crimes — the likes of serial killers and mass shooters. And it’s not a subconscious attraction. The fans and lovers of these monsters are fully aware of the crimes they committed. And in most cases,
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