38 minutes ago, marmalade said:

Does Jinger even know who Mel Gibson is? 

HEY SUGARTITS.

Does Jinger even know who Mel Gibson is? 

33 minutes ago, Columbia said:

He was more than big. He was their "scholar in residence."

He was also best man at Doug's & Beall's wedding:

2 hours ago, Howl said:

I think he was big with Doug Phillips back in the day. 

He was more than big. He was their "scholar in residence."



He spoke at the big history conferences and Titanic events, went on the European and Greek tours. He had stuff for sale all over the catalog. He and Joe Morecraft were Doug's right hand men at a lot of those big events.

On 3/7/2024 at 1:30 PM, WhatWouldJohnCrichtonDo? said:

I was curious about the fellow inmate Creech was convicted of murdering in 1981, the murder for which he received this death sentence. (His previous death sentence for 2 murders in 1974 was reduced to life in prison, because of a 1979 supreme court ruling about the unconstitutional nature of the Idaho law of the time.)

I found an article from 2019 on East Idaho News. Apparently the sheriff and county prosecutor at the time believed that Creech was a danger to fellow inmates.

Reportedly the other inmate, David Jensen, attacked Creech first. 

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Court documents say David Dale Jensen attacked Thomas Creech with a sock filled with batteries.

Creech was able to take the weapon away from Jensen, and it was that same weapon Creech would later use to beat Jensen to death.

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Creech went on to claim self-defense in the incident, but the prosecution argued he went above and beyond self-defense.

There are a lot more colorful details in that article than the more recent ones have had. Including Creech admitting to at least 26 murders, including some for "satanic cult worship rituals". It gave me the impression that Creech was really unstable, at least back in the 1980s. That isn't how his wife and prison friends describe him now, but I can't imagine trusting him, personally. 

I was watching some YouTube videos of the Darrell Brooks trial today.  Both the judge and prosecutor described that fornicate stick Brooks as pure evil and a danger to the community - part of the reason he should die in prison or be subjected to the death penalty.  (Unfortunately Wisconsin doesn't have the death penalty).  As I said before an adult having to spend the rest of his or her life in prison is far worse than the early release they'd get if the state ended their lives, but I do believe there are a handful of crimes when the death penalty is warranted.  Both in the Brooks case and in the Creech case.