Forty years ago today: N.Y. gun clubs offer $200 bounty to those who kill...
April 13, 1977: New York pistol and rifle clubs with 5,000 members offered $200 to any robbery or assault victim who shoots and kills his or her attacker. “The object, obviously, is to encourage...
View ArticleFrom the police blotter: Woman wears motorcycle helmet in Mustang as dog runs...
“SUSPICIOUS—Received a call Tuesday that a woman was sitting in a Mustang wearing a motorcycle helmet and a white dog was running loose outside the car. The driver had bloodshot eyes, said she fell...
View ArticleForty years ago today: Two more murdered by Son of Sam, who uses that name...
April 17, 1977: Eighteen-year-old Valentina Suriani and Alexander Esau, 20, were shot and killed at 3 a.m. sitting in a car in the Bronx near the Hutchinson River Parkway. Four bullets were fired into...
View ArticleFrom the police blotter: The old 911 hang up
“911 HANG-UP—Report at 1:18 p.m. Sunday of a 911 hang-up call from the Grand Oaks Town Homes. Officers checked the area, but didn’t locate anyone.” —Brainerd Dispatch, Brainerd, Minn. The post From the...
View ArticleForty years ago today: Deputy inspector heads operation to catch Son of Sam
NYPD Chief of Detectives John Keenan held a City Hall press conference to name Deputy Inspector Timothy Dowd to head Operation Omega, the group tasked with catching the .44-caliber killer. Dowd took...
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Forty years ago today: ‘Star Wars’ released
May 25, 1977: “Star Wars” was released. The film cost $11 million and made $1.55 million in its first weekend. It would go on to take in $460 million in the U.S. (I would see it a month or two later at...
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Vote for A BLACK SAIL in Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award competition
A BLACK SAIL is nominated for the Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award given by the Killer Nashville mystery conference. Which means you can vote, if you are so moved. Follow the link. Mysteries are...
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Son of Sam writes to Breslin
June 5, 1977: The Daily News published a letter from serial killer Son of Sam to star columnist Jimmy Breslin. The letter’s opening included: “Hello from the cracks in the sidewalks of N.Y.C. and from...
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Forty years ago today: David Berkowitz arrested for Son of Sam shootings
August 10, 1977: David Berkowitz, a 24-year-old postal worker, was arrested in Yonkers for the Son of Sam shootings in which six young people were murdered and seven wounded. He was traced through his...
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Seat belt, sir?
Gerold Benally was arrested on Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. at the intersection of South Lake Street and West Broadway Avenue in Farmington for alleged safety belt use required and open container. —Farmington...
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