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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 10, 2021 17:20:22 GMT -5
Tomorrow is sadly the 20 year-anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. I know this is selfish of me but two things I've thought about lately- but I feel they're underrated- it was such a beautiful day in NYC and weather-wise was going to be a beautiful day before the planes hit the twin towers. In some ways perhaps it would have been even worse had been a rainy day or humid day, perhaps the flames burn even faster even more lives lost etc.. but I'm still reminded of how something so horrible happened on such a nice day. The other is that I miss the World Trade Center- they were somewhat controversial as aesthetically some thought they were ugly- but I still miss seeing it in the skyline as a reminder of the city and what it built and I miss visiting the roof deck, where on nice days you could actually be on the roof and not just behind glass. I'll be a little more expansive than I have in the past in that I was in college that day. I was a freshman. My philosophy professor announced to the class that one plane hit Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. Since this was philosophy class, one student asked "is that morally right?" And we all laughed- not because he or we were jerks but in the moment- like many thought- it didn't seem that big a deal- like a small plane accidentally crashed into it and caused some damage. It wasn't until my second class that word got out that a second plane hit Tower 2 (and that the first plane wasn't a small plane) that it was obvious this was intentional and a terror attack. And even back then, Osama Bin Laden was on the top 10 list and I immediately knew he had something to do with it. Living in New York, it was- obviously- total chaos. Cell phones were still flip phones back then, and I'm not sure if it was that reason or something to do with the WTC but I had to use a payphone on campus to call my parents as my Nokia flip phone wasn't working. Subways were shut down and I had no idea how I was going to get home, eventually I found it easier to just stay at my Aunt's place who was only a local bus ride away instead. I didn't know how to get there exactly though and wound up getting on the wrong bus- getting yelled at by the bus driver because my toe was slightly over the line on a crowded bus (but considering what was happening that day I can't exactly blame him for being stressed out or care I was getting yelled compared to what other people were going through). This was also pre-Facebook and basically pre-social media so it was also a scary time because of rumors and misinformation- some people made it sound like all of downtown Manhattan was ablaze while others claimed every Senator was killed at the Capitol. They had tvs rolled out in front of a campus building we all crowded around and watched and I remember a security guard watching with a grin on his face- it wasn't because he found it funny- but a grin of disbelief. It was pretty emotional and terrifying at the same time at age 18 and still essentially a teenager that tried to hide his emotions, it did get to me. It's hard to believe it's 20 years later, but I also think the younger generation who were either born too young to truly remember 9/11 or were born after it can't appreciate how life and world-altering it was. I do admittedly think about how the world would be different- for better or worse- if 9/11 never happened- would Obama still become President, would I eventually have to take my shoes off to go through airport security anyway, would I be the same person I am today- my good qualities and bad qualities- and have the same views and values- good and bad qualities? This isn't the Marvel Universe and there aren't alternate timelines though. I think we still haven't gotten over 9/11, and we never should, but we as a society need to start reacting the way John Walsh fueled his loss and rage into starting AMW. I'm not naive, I don't think crime racism etc... will ever be truly eradicated... but we can at least make ourselves into a more peaceful society with less crime and less racism- even if we never achieve utopia. At home, racial tensions and the problems at airports were bad enough, but abroad, I was more upset about all the interventionism that took off in the early 00-Agents' Decade. Back in my late preteens, I was functioning more like a primary grader where it counted, but I knew, even that far back, that I didn't want my country to be at war. Then, throughout the late '010s Decade, many public figures from Tronald Dump Sr himself to some far bigger warhawks who've been plaguing our political system all New Millennium long were saying the quiet parts out loud during interviews. They talked about retaining the oil or reaping the profits from the poppy fields in Afghanistan. More evidence came out around the same time, explaining why the Pentagon kept moving the goal posts after Saddam Hussein was captured, or after it seemed like the Taliban had been initially toppled, or after Bin Laden got killed in Operation Neptune Spear. The Pentagon acted like they were afraid of an insurgency, then the Pentagon acted like we needed to be there to keep the peace, then it was eventually revealed that the main purpose of the wars halfway around the world was to benefit Halliburton, Chevron, Purdue Pharma, and some tech companies whose products were made of lanthanides and other rare metals. All that foreign policy aggression is the first thing that comes to mind when I picture how the 9-11-001 plane bombings reshaped United Statish culture. Once again although I sort of started it both times this week, I'd still prefer the political tangents of our off-topics in daily chit-chat go to the politics thread, but I sadly do agree with everything you just said. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 11, 2021 18:37:53 GMT -5
Tomorrow is sadly the 20 year-anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. I know this is selfish of me but two things I've thought about lately- but I feel they're underrated- it was such a beautiful day in NYC and weather-wise was going to be a beautiful day before the planes hit the twin towers. In some ways perhaps it would have been even worse had been a rainy day or humid day, perhaps the flames burn even faster even more lives lost etc.. but I'm still reminded of how something so horrible happened on such a nice day. The other is that I miss the World Trade Center- they were somewhat controversial as aesthetically some thought they were ugly- but I still miss seeing it in the skyline as a reminder of the city and what it built and I miss visiting the roof deck, where on nice days you could actually be on the roof and not just behind glass. I'll be a little more expansive than I have in the past in that I was in college that day. I was a freshman. My philosophy professor announced to the class that one plane hit Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. Since this was philosophy class, one student asked "is that morally right?" And we all laughed- not because he or we were jerks but in the moment- like many thought- it didn't seem that big a deal- like a small plane accidentally crashed into it and caused some damage. It wasn't until my second class that word got out that a second plane hit Tower 2 (and that the first plane wasn't a small plane) that it was obvious this was intentional and a terror attack. And even back then, Osama Bin Laden was on the top 10 list and I immediately knew he had something to do with it. Living in New York, it was- obviously- total chaos. Cell phones were still flip phones back then, and I'm not sure if it was that reason or something to do with the WTC but I had to use a payphone on campus to call my parents as my Nokia flip phone wasn't working. Subways were shut down and I had no idea how I was going to get home, eventually I found it easier to just stay at my Aunt's place who was only a local bus ride away instead. I didn't know how to get there exactly though and wound up getting on the wrong bus- getting yelled at by the bus driver because my toe was slightly over the line on a crowded bus (but considering what was happening that day I can't exactly blame him for being stressed out or care I was getting yelled compared to what other people were going through). This was also pre-Facebook and basically pre-social media so it was also a scary time because of rumors and misinformation- some people made it sound like all of downtown Manhattan was ablaze while others claimed every Senator was killed at the Capitol. They had tvs rolled out in front of a campus building we all crowded around and watched and I remember a security guard watching with a grin on his face- it wasn't because he found it funny- but a grin of disbelief. It was pretty emotional and terrifying at the same time at age 18 and still essentially a teenager that tried to hide his emotions, it did get to me. It's hard to believe it's 20 years later, but I also think the younger generation who were either born too young to truly remember 9/11 or were born after it can't appreciate how life and world-altering it was. I do admittedly think about how the world would be different- for better or worse- if 9/11 never happened- would Obama still become President, would I eventually have to take my shoes off to go through airport security anyway, would I be the same person I am today- my good qualities and bad qualities- and have the same views and values- good and bad qualities? This isn't the Marvel Universe and there aren't alternate timelines though. I think we still haven't gotten over 9/11, and we never should, but we as a society need to start reacting the way John Walsh fueled his loss and rage into starting AMW. I'm not naive, I don't think crime racism etc... will ever be truly eradicated... but we can at least make ourselves into a more peaceful society with less crime and less racism- even if we never achieve utopia. Eerily, weather-wise it was exactly what it was like 20 years ago, I'm hoping that's a positive sign for the future. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 16, 2021 22:33:01 GMT -5
Just wanted to say I recommend Only Murders in the Building on Hulu.
It's a comedy/murder mystery starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. A man in their swanky apartment building dies by suicide and all three basically become accidental friends when they all come up with the theory he was actually murdered and they start a podcast about it.
Haven't finished the entire series yet but so far it's enjoyable and lighthearted way that it makes of us true crime sleuths and our obsession with true crime podcasts etc.. (there's also the odd couple angle with Gomez being the millennial trying to solve a mystery with two crazy but well-meaning boomers).
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Post by HeadMarshal on Oct 28, 2021 18:13:51 GMT -5
Well after waiting seemingly forever, the Los Angeles Police Department has finally revamped their website! www.lapdonline.org/I'm trying to see what they plan on doing as far as a "Most Wanted Section". If you search "Most Wanted", you will see fugitive profiles from the old website. I'm assuming they may or may not be transferring those profiles over, or hopefully updating out-of-date case statuses. I'll keep my eye on this. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Nov 23, 2021 7:35:21 GMT -5
I apparently jinxed it when I said in the Eugene Palmer thread that my dad was the same age and in good health as he's had a new set of health issues recently.
My dad actually had a kidney cancer scare in late 2018/early 2019 (ironically they did his surgery on the same week as the debut of In Pursuit), but they detected it and took care of it right away, and he felt fine in the years since afterwards. So I still considered him in great shape despite that.
Still, because of the scare and even before this, it's been rough since even though we grow up with the knowledge that our parents are going to die one day, and we ALL are going to die one day, it wasn't until that kidney cancer scare that I had to deal with the issue of my father's mortality (Ok well he worked in the financial district and I honestly thought he died on 9/11, but that was one pre-social media and smartphone era day where there was no way to verify information and it seemed like everyone around me had died), and it's still been a struggle coping with the reality before even this. I don't want to jinx my mother also but she's 12 years younger than my dad, so in theory, I won't have to face her mortality for at least another 10 years. I mean it should have hit me earlier, but it wasn't until this decade that the reality has set in.
Just wanted to give a warning if I disappear from the forum anytime in the next year, it's likely related to my dad's health issues. In theory, he could live another, 5, 10, even 15 years, but I just wanted to give an explanation that I didn't abandon the forum if I'm suddenly inactive and whether it is 5 10 or whatever if I'm suddenly inactive it's likely due to family stuff and/or vacations on a happier note and not because I'm no longer devoted to our mission and getting justice for crime victims.
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Post by Scumhunter on Nov 24, 2021 5:45:33 GMT -5
Thanks for the like toptenhunter, I'll remember you as the only one who gave a sh** (just kidding everyone else, I understand it's a heavy topic  ) This is only a somewhat lighter note since I'm once again discussing television and streaming but on a heavy subject, but another show I'm getting to is Dopesick, also on Hulu, although I haven't finished it all, it's very intriguing. It's about Purdue Pharma and the opiod epidemic and how they lied and manipulated the public when it came to Oxycontin and how addictive and harmful it could be when not taken in moderation. Some of the characters are fictional, but it's still based on real events and some of the characters are playing real-life people involved in the saga (someone actually plays James Comey- who I'm going to be honest not sure if it's intentional or not but they made him look like a moron- he thought the U.S. Attorney's Office was investigating Purdue chicken). But it's interesting to see and also quite infurating and disgusting to see what Purdue Pharma was able to get away with. I guess that's why- not that I'm condoning it- why I get a little frustrated here on the forum with war on drug fugitives- when I see pharmacies like Purdue which are basically like legal cartels doing just as much if not more damage to the American public- Oxycontin is still technically legal as far as I know although a lot more regulated now and so uncontrollable when you're addicted to it, yet marijuana which although can be harmful if you do stupid things like drive while high- is so less harmful and only became legal recently. But yeah, ironically I was just about to cancel my Hulu subscription a few months ago since I wasn't really watching anything on it but they've been really stepping up their game with their original programming lately. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 31, 2021 15:27:27 GMT -5
Wishing everyone here a happy new year! Obviously 2021 was just as crazy as 2020. (Selfishly it wasn't a bad year for me, but for society just as crazy). So I don't want to jinx it but saying hopefully 2022 will be better but in theory things can't get worse, right? LOL.
Sleuthing-wise though we saw the return, albeit possibly short-lived, of America's Most Wanted, and with that and the final return of In Pursuit, we had 17 total weeks of fugitive shows this year, which is the most we've had since 2012. We also saw some great captures and resolved no-known suspect unsolved cases.
Forum-wise, I'm pretty hopeful we can have a kick-ass 2022. I never reveal things publicly, but although I stress you should not contact us and call crime stoppers or whoever is handling a case, I feel our forum will potentially help in solving some cases, including some AMW cold cases, so I'm crossing my fingers there.
Wishing the best for everyone in 2022. May all your dreams come true or at least one of them!
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Post by Scumhunter on Jan 26, 2022 19:13:22 GMT -5
Watching Jeopardy and the FBI Ten Most Wanted list was one of the answers lol (the question was something like in 1950 the FBI created this list to publicize wanted fugitives).
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 9, 2022 18:52:24 GMT -5
I checked the crimecon lineup in Vegas for this year and it is heavy on Nancy Grace, me talking about the short-lived AMW reboot reminded me. I know Grace is a little more popular in the general true crime community than with AMW fans, but she is still somewhat controversial even in general. I have no interest in going to CrimeCon this year based on this. (I went in 2019, but they only had like one or two Nancy Grace events- I never get why people think we want more Nancy Grace).
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Apr 9, 2022 19:21:06 GMT -5
I checked the crimecon lineup in Vegas for this year and it is heavy on Nancy Grace, me talking about the short-lived AMW reboot reminded me. I know Grace is a little more popular in the general true crime community than with AMW fans, but she is still somewhat controversial even in general. I have no interest in going to CrimeCon this year based on this. (I went in 2019, but they only had like one or two Nancy Grace events- I never get why people think we want more Nancy Grace). I was going to go to CrimeCon this year because it’s close to me this time around, but I don’t want to drive 6 hours to see Nancy Grace, of all people, so yeah, that’s my reason why I don’t want to go either. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 9, 2022 19:30:34 GMT -5
I checked the crimecon lineup in Vegas for this year and it is heavy on Nancy Grace, me talking about the short-lived AMW reboot reminded me. I know Grace is a little more popular in the general true crime community than with AMW fans, but she is still somewhat controversial even in general. I have no interest in going to CrimeCon this year based on this. (I went in 2019, but they only had like one or two Nancy Grace events- I never get why people think we want more Nancy Grace). I was going to go to CrimeCon this year because it’s close to me this time around, but I don’t want to drive 6 hours to see Nancy Grace, of all people, so yeah, that’s my reason why I don’t want to go either. Well if you're single, it is heavily female attended, just saying lol. (I'm single by choice, but if I was looking, hahaha). But they have other events too, but when I went, I felt it still had a small-community-esque feel with somewhat of a niche audience, and now it seems like it's turning into this "big names in true crime" and like a true crime celebrity meet and greet as opposed to just putting out the best events possible. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 12, 2022 11:54:29 GMT -5
I'm obviously aware of the mass shooting (which should also be categorized as a terrorist attack regardless of the heritage of the currently unknown suspect) in Brooklyn in the subway. Thankfully I was already at work. Will update the site once appropriate but hopefully they catch the person before there's a need to make a thread.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Apr 12, 2022 17:51:27 GMT -5
I'm obviously aware of the mass shooting (which should also be categorized as a terrorist attack regardless of the heritage of the currently unknown suspect) in Brooklyn in the subway. Thankfully I was already at work. Will update the site once appropriate but hopefully they catch the person before there's a need to make a thread. We are glad your okay Scumhunter, and that’s a very messed up situation regardless of how anyone slices it and dices it, my prayers are with the victims and hopefully as of this posting we keep it at 0 casualties. |
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Apr 13, 2022 21:42:16 GMT -5
Ever since the Covid 19 pandemic started 2 years ago now, myself as I’m pretty sure with everyone else on the forum, that life has been significantly altered in some way or another, and I can definitely say that it has for me.
Before 2020, I was living back east working in retail, and as the pandemic raged on, I began to feel more exhausted mentally until I got to my breaking point, the area, the people I knew only needed me when they need something and so I left my retail job and the East Coast, and decided move out to the West Coast in late 2020, living out of my 25 year old Jeep, taking odd jobs in Washington, Oregon, and California, (mostly California) since then.
I know many people will say that this nomadic lifestyle is silly or is borderline homelessness, but I enjoy it, I love it, and I chose it because it gives me the opportunity to be alone, find myself, and be in places where I don’t know anyone, and also to live the beautiful life out west because we only live once, so we gotta live everyday like it’s our last.
Also this explains why I’ve depoliticized myself, I’ve noticed I have become a hell of a lot more happier due to this and the move out west.
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 14, 2022 5:22:13 GMT -5
That's awesome! I want to move to California also one day lol.
Also I noticed there were a lot more replies and people asking for opinions on things than usual yesterday but I caught up at work. I promise to update or respond to every thread hopefully today but it might be delayed.
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