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study idfk
#would u give him macdonald fry?#jeff the killer#jeffrey woods#jtk#creepypasta#crp#fanart#myart#:3#he looks like a fucked up cat
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I don't think his mouth was THAT fucked up but this is great regardless ^^
Gonna start uploading the drawings and stuff i did in the meantime that i was gone tho i will try to stay here this time since my twitter is gone...anyway
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Fanart of a scene from Pastraspec Jeff the killee rewrite where a character uses their phone flashlight to see something in a blackout then ends up seeing him (this is what i remember sorry my memory is weak rn)
its one of my fav drawings... i rlly liked some of the details i did
i will post some edits i made with different colors and such
and more
#jeff the killer#creepypasta#pastraspec#jeff the killer rewrite#creepy#pastra rewrite#Jeffrey Woods#Carpenters Landing#The Ghost Stalker#Bruce Macdonald
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The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
NYT Article.
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Q: How many of the 100 have you read? Q: Which ones did you love/hate? Q: What's missing?
Here's the full list.
100. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson 99. How to Be Both, Ali Smith 98. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett 97. Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward 96. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman 95. Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel 94. On Beauty, Zadie Smith 93. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel 92. The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante 91. The Human Stain, Philip Roth 90. The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen 89. The Return, Hisham Matar 88. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 87. Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters 86. Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight 85. Pastoralia, George Saunders 84. The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee 83. When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamin Labutat 82. Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor 81. Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan 80. The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante 79. A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin 78. Septology, Jon Fosse 77. An American Marriage, Tayari Jones 76. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin 75. Exit West, Mohsin Hamid 74. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout 73. The Passage of Power, Robert Caro 72. Secondhand Time, Svetlana Alexievich 71. The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen 70. All Aunt Hagar's Children, Edward P. Jones 69. The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander 68. The Friend, Sigrid Nunez 67. Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon 66. We the Animals, Justin Torres 65. The Plot Against America, Philip Roth 64. The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai 63. Veronica, Mary Gaitskill 62. 10:04, Ben Lerner 61. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver 60. Heavy, Kiese Laymon 59. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides 58. Stay True, Hua Hsu 57. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich 56. The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner 55. The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright 54. Tenth of December, George Saunders 53. Runaway, Alice Munro 52. Train Dreams, Denis Johnson 51. Life After Life, Kate Atkinson 50. Trust, Hernan Diaz 49. The Vegetarian, Han Kang 48. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi 47. A Mercy, Toni Morrison 46. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt 45. The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson 44. The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin 43. Postwar, Tony Judt 42. A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James 41. Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan 40. H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald 39. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan 38. The Savage Detectives, Roberto Balano 37. The Years, Annie Ernaux 36. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 35. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel 34. Citizen, Claudia Rankine 33. Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward 32. The Lines of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst 31. White Teeth, Zadie Smith 30. Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward 29. The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt 28. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell 27. Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 26. Atonement, Ian McEwan 25. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 24. The Overstory, Richard Powers 23. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro 22. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo 21. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 20. Erasure, Percival Everett 19. Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe 18. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 17. The Sellout, Paul Beatty 16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon 15. Pachinko, Min Jin Lee 14. Outline, Rachel Cusk 13. The Road, Cormac McCarthy 12. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion 11. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz 10. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson 9. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro 8. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald 7. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead 6. 2666, Roberto Bolano 5. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 4. The Known World, Edward P. Jones 3. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel 2. The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson 1. My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante
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Hello. If you have a PDF, website, or video where I can read or watch any of these plays, can you please share with me? I will owe you my life.
Frozen by Bryony Lavery (1998)
Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatchet (2006)
Or, by Liz Duffy Adams (2009)
August Is A Thin Girl by Julie Marie Myatt (2008)
This Is For You, Anna by MacDonald, Khuri, White, Rubess, Nichols, Jordão (1983)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit (1960)
Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner (2013)
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (2003)
#theatre#drama#scripts#scriptwriting#frozen (1998)#bryony lavery#compleat female stage beauty#jeffrey hatchet#or (2009)#liz duffy adams#august is a thin girl#julie marie myatt#this is for you anna#oh dad poor dad mammas hung you in the closet and im feelin so sad#arthur kopit#stupid fucking bird#aaron posner#intimate apparel (2003)#lynn nottage
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i listened to 20 minutes of podcast on jeffrey macdonald before being rendered unconscious. i passed out for like 6 hours and had a delirious dream where i was in a canadian hotel and my best friend was diet soda.
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Announcing Xenopoem contributors for 2025:
Achim Szepanski, Alec Ivan, Ananya Balike, Andrew Macdonald, Andrew C. Wenaus, Claudia Kindrachuk, Charlene Elsby, Charalampos Tzanakis, David Roden, Daniella Misyura, Daniel Lukes, D.M. Mitchell, Gary J. Shipley, Germán Sierra, Jamie Giles, Jay Leblond, Jeffrey Grunthaner, Justin Isis, Manuela Buriel, Matt Leyshon, Matthew Kinlin, N. Casio Poe, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Piotr Bockowski, Ryan Madej, Sakuya Shirato, Vanessa Sinclair, Zak Ferguson, Zoetica Ebb
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A couple of weeks ago I asked about people’s favorite book or books they read this year. Between Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and discord, I have a list of 123 books in no particular order that my friends and family loved this year. If it was a series then I listed the first book. Each star is an additional recommendation. I haven’t read all of these, they may or may not reflect my personal opinions, though my favorite books are on the list too. The most recommended books were How Far The Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler, one or all of the Murderbot books by Martha Wells, and Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, because if there’s one thing my friends have in common across platforms, it’s that you’re all nerds (affectionate). Enjoy, and I hope you find your new favorite book!
Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes de Mez
The Soul Of An Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
The Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
My Hijacking by Martha Hodes
Longhand by Andy Hamilton
Babel by RF Kuang*
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff*
Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
I Lost My Tooth! by Mo Willems
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
How Far The Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler**
Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett*
I’m Stuck by Julia Mills
Entangled Life by Martin Sheldrake
Iris by Eden Finley
Hot Vampire Next Door by Nikki St. Crowe
Devil of Dublin by BB Easton
Tied by Carian Cole
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld*
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
From Blood And Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Where I End by Sophie White
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
Yellowface by RF Kuang
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
North Woods by Daniel Mason
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin*
The Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt
Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning by The Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Love In The Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa*
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Prophet by Sin Blache and Helen MacDonald*
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki**
System Collapse by Martha Wells***
The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine*
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers*
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
The Lazarus Heist by Geoff White
The September House by Carissa Orlando*
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Mistletoe and Mishigas by MA Wardell
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
The Last Smile In Sunder City by Luke Arnold
The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoe Playden
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Manywhere by Morgan Thomas
Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby
Loot by Tania James
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
All Systems Read by Martha Wells
The Once and Future Sex by Eleanor Janega
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner*
The Door by Magda Szabo
Fluids by May Leitz
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Lieut. John Irving, R.N. of H.M.S. "Terror" in Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic regions a memorial sketch with letters
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Raven the Pirate Princess by Jeremy Whitley
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Slewfoot by Brom
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr
500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles
A Line In The World by Dorthe Nors
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Glitter and Concrete by Elyssa Maxx Goodman
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Tender Is The Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The Tragic Menagerie by Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (translated by Jane Costlow)
The 100 Years Of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
Precise Oaths by Paige E. Ewing
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
#favorite books#favorite books of 2023#books#books and reading#what we read this year other than fanfic
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Jess Watches // Wed 16 Oct // Day 383 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll
Star Trek: Prodigy 2x04 Temporal Mechanics 101
Although separated by decades, the Infinity and the Voyager crews band together to save Gwyn's life. A mysterious messenger reaches out to Gwyn.
IMDb: Erin Macdonald, who plays Dr. Erin in the Temporal Mechanics 101 instruction guide Dal us watching, is functionally playing herself as she is the science advisor for all modern Star Trek.
Call the Midwife (with mum) 9x04
Nonnatus House welcomes four male junior doctors to live and work among the midwives while Fred tries to help a sick man whose home is to be demolished.
No offense to pigeon man, but why build up the introduction of male doctors only to barely feature them and then have them leave after one episode? Not necessarily a complaint as the show doesn't really need them anyway.
Derry Girls (rw with mum) 3x04 The Haunting
James's driving skills are put to the test as the gang set off in a van full of hooch and high hopes to an adult-free house in Donegal. The Quinns visit a local psychic in the hope of making contact with a much-loved family spirit.
To all the lesbian farmers in my area, I am available.
Burn Notice (rw with L) 1x09 Hard Bargain
A house-sitter's fiancée has been kidnapped, and Sam guilts Michael into a rescue while he's negotiating with a D.C. bureaucrat to stop the burn notice.
IMDb: While chasing Lucio after the mall scene, Michael is seen being hit by a car. This resulted in a real injury for actor Jeffrey Donovan.
Also, IMDb: Keen viewers will notice a sharp cut after Sam says "Thanks Mike. It's just Photoshop." This is because no matter how many times they tried to keep the scene going after that line, Jeffrey Donovan could not help but lose himself laughing at how Bruce Campbell delivered it. Eventually they just picked the scene up from after the line.
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Hi! Saw the ships post, decided I'd give it a go.
I am straight, but supporting and go by she/her, maybe she/they, 16 year old, junior and taking cosmetology college classes, female standing at 5'7 and I have hazel eyes, really extremely light freckles only on the bridge of my nose, full lips, and an diamond/oval shaped face. I have a resting depressed face, and to some people sometimes I give off a "bad attitude/attitude problem". Usually to guys (from what I have been told) I am cute, or some have said I'm hot. I had my ears pierced but the holes are closed up, so I wear clip on earrings. I have a somewhat hourglass, on the smaller side body, I have been told my wrists and ankles are very small, small boobs, smaller butt, and I'm toned and I have long legs and thighs on the thicker side. I'd say I'm around 130 lbs. I have dirty blonde thick hair that rests on my breasts (couldn't think of a less awkward but as detailed as possible description), I have long outgrown curtain bangs and outgrown layers. My style is unique; I love layering skirts and dresses and sweaters and I love beanies and hats, and I always like to wear my black converse with granny-patterned-type socks. And it tends to be darker colors of clothing that I like. I love necklaces, rings and bracelets. My perfume is Pink Cashmere. I am an Aries and into astrology and crystals and spirituality, the paranormal and Christianity. I also vape. I'm kind of a chill person, but I can be loud/expressive at times. People rub off on me easily, for example, I tend to say things I've heard other people say, if I'm around them enough, for example my classmate says "period slay" and I started to say it. I tend to be the big sister of the friend group and the friend that has everything and ready for any situation type friend. I also make suxcxdal jokes. I like to draw when I have the motivation to. I love music, like can't go a day without listening to it, and I usually go for a walk for about 30 mins a day listening to music and sometimes at college I walk around the campus with one earbud in if I don't have anyone to talk to. I can play a *little* piano, but all I can play is fucking Old Macdonald. My last resort on Netflix to watch is true crime docs, I did have a Jeffrey Dahmer phase, I was extremely interested in his case, I did find him a bit attractive too, but disclaimer, I am NOT glorifying/praising him. He's a horrible person that happens to be a bit attractive. I also am a horror movie fanatic, my favorites have to be the Conjuring movies and the Insidious movies. And, of course, I love AHS. I think I might have ADHD, I get told that sometimes. I do have anxiety as well. I am mentally slow sometimes, and I struggle with focusing at times. Oh also I am a psychic and I can see spirits. I am extremely clingy, and I have mommy and daddy issues. I am very, very, very hxrny, I hate to admit it, I always make dirty jokes if I'm comfortable with someone. I love my guys emo/grunge, doesn't give a shit type mentality, clingy, touchy, possessive, protective, knows his manners, tall, mentally unstable, scraggly looking, veiny hands, big hands, and, yes of course, hxrny.
That would be me:)
Also thank you if you read my literal book.
Hello my angel! How are you?
Thank you for sending! You are very beautiful and I find you a interesting person. If you want to chat, then lets go hahaha
So at first I thought about Jimmy Darling, because of your personality, but then, when you talked about what you want in a guy everything made sense .
YOUR LOVE STORY WOULD BE WITH.... ‼️
* drum sound * 🥁🥁🥁
KAI ANDERSON
There's no need to mention your physical appearance, because you're perfect and he would love you anyway. I feel like he would love your unique style and since he thinks he is God himself, he would easily become interested in spirituality. You would talk about the meaning of crystals and, although he was sometimes reluctant when it came to the subject, he would listen carefully and make observations. The only thing he would probably joke about was the signs hahaha. If you asked him to make an astral chart, he would laugh in your face, but in a funny way hahaha .
As you are horny, you like possessive, mentally unstable boys, Kai would be the perfect man for you. He wouldn't let anyone touch you without you giving permission. He would always be analyzing his surroundings and worried about you and your day, just to protect you. If you make jokes about suicide, that would be another reason to justify this choice. I see you both laughing about a serious topic, but for some reason you found it funny. Oh another thing, idk your sexual preferences, but good lord, that man would be horny 24/7 he makes very clear in the season Cult that he likes puśsÿ and with you wouldn't be an exception. His big and veiny would grab your wrist and he would tease you endlessly, until he drove you crazy. Hands on the waist, on the back of the head, on the thighs, on the groin, on the neck and in the hair. Also he would use your psychic habilities to his crimes and watch criminal doc with, just for fun or to improve his plans.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING MY LOVE ❤️
#ahs coven#ahs fandom#american horror story#kyle spencer#ahs cult#ahs hotel#ahs murder house#evan peters#kai anderson#james march#tate langdon#shipping#matchups#violet harmon
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A dozen victims of dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein have filed a lawsuit against the US government, alleging that the FBI enabled his sex trafficking operation to continue for over two decades.
The victims, whose names are not public, allege the FBI had received tips about Epstein’s behavior as far back as 1996 but did nothing with the information.
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Rentaghost - BBC One - January 6, 1976 - November 6, 1984
Children's Comedy (58 episodes)
Running Time: 30 minutes
Stars:
Anthony Jackson - Fred Mumford (1976–1978)
Michael Darbyshire - Hubert Davenport (1976–1978)
Michael Staniforth - Timothy Claypole (1976–1984)
Betty Alberge - Mrs Sheila Mumford (1976–1978)
John Dawson - Mr Phil Mumford (1976–1978)
Edward Brayshaw - Harold Meaker (1976–1984)
Ann Emery - Ethel Meaker (1976–1984)
Christopher Biggins - Adam Painting (1977–1984)
Molly Weir - Hazel the McWitch (1978–1984)
Hal Dyer - Rose Perkins (1978–1984)
Jeffrey Segal - Arthur Perkins (1978–1984)
William Perrie and John Asquith - Dobbin the Pantomime Horse (1978–1984)
Lynda Marchal - Tamara Novek (1980)
Sue Nicholls - Nadia Popov (1981–1984)
Kenneth Connor - Whatsisname Smith (1983–1984)
Aimi MacDonald - Susie Starlight (1984)
#Rentaghost#TV#Children's Comedy#BBC One#1970's#1980's#Anthony Jackson#Michael Darbyshire#Michael Staniforth#Betty Alberge#John Dawson#Edward Brayshaw
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Hey! I wanted to know your opinion on Jeffrey Macdonald. Do you think he is innocent or did he actually murdered his family?
I actually know nothing about this case. What are your thoughts?
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I was recently rewatching the Marc Smerling documentary series A Wilderness of Error, based on the book of the same name by the famous film director Errol Morris, about the Jeffrey MacDonald murder case. Up front I will say it is my opinion that the physical evidence in this case and inconsistencies in oral testimony from a variety of observers point ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ to Jeffrey MacDonald as the guilty party. After multiple unsuccessful appeals including to the Supreme Court who refused to hear the case, it is also clear that the legal system views this decision to be correct. Still society wants to peer into the ‘unmarked space’ of the event itself. Society it could be said is unreasonable. Perhaps society likes to entertain unreasonable doubts. One could call the entertainment of such doubts the ‘unmarked space’ or the horror implicit in modern society. This is often expressed as folklore or the stories we tell ourselves about terrible events that include both the true crime tales as well as the urban legends (or other modern non-oral / non-traditional media forms such as horror films and documentaries). Such events as the MacDonald murders become like scars rippling over the surface of the unmarked space as far as society can observe, and they will never fully heal. Society likes to pick at its most sensational and lurid scars. Ultimately all we have is the physical evidence and the testimony of those involved or connected to this case. While such evidence may satisfy the legal system, this is simply not satisfying from the human perspective, from the perspective of ‘the folk’, forever outside of these social subsystems like the law. The court has made its decision but somehow for such cases of wild destruction of innocent life this is never enough. The folk are restless! We want to see what lies at the heart of these dark woods, the mysterious empty hole at the bottom of the dark well. Absent a full confession, we want to peer into Jeffrey MacDonald’s heart and see if he is really a monster or not…
Fiction (and horror) like Twin Peaks solves this problem of the monstrous heart concealed within the mundane world of ordinary life by making it supernatural. The unmarked space becomes a supernatural other and in many ways this is a more satisfying view of the unknown (unmarked) space than human efforts to accept this terrifying uncertainty. We want to see the reality of what is hidden by the dark woods of the human heart, what lies beyond the limits of human knowledge and society’s scribblings in the form of legal opinions.
The other connection I have to this case is more personal. As a law student circa 2012 while interning at the DOJ I did legal research and wrote a short memo for Brian Murtaugh, who is the famous Asst. US Attorney who has dogged this case from its beginning and who successfully has repelled the appeals by MacDonald. At the time, I was excited to work on such a famous case - I saw Fatal Vision as a kid and was obviously interested in the outcome of MacDonald’s appeal. My memo was on a somewhat obscure and not so important issue regarding the Jimmy Britt story - Britt’s story turned out to be a lie as detailed in the documentary I would note. I will admit I didn’t understand who Brian Murtaugh was when I worked for him, and I now regret that I was too ensconced in my own law school worries to really appreciate it. Having read more about Murtaugh now I wish I had been more aware. I recall I misspelled the name MacDonald as “McDonald” in my memo and only noticed it later after I’d already turned it in. It was only a minor error in a sense - this memo was not going to the judge after all, but still I wish I had been a more thoughtful student. Sometimes in our youth we misunderstand the opportunities given to us and only feel it full force much later. I am not now an active member of the State Bar (so if you need legal advice all I can say is “hire an attorney” haha) but this legal training and my experience in law school certainly inform my views on society and the unmarked space.
My review below of the documentary series about the MacDonald case:
“We are compelled by narratives, much more by narratives than by evidence. Evidence invariably takes second fiddle to narrative,” says Errol Morris, in the final episode of the documentary series Wilderness of Error. Besides the specific folkloric phrase ‘second fiddle’, is this all really about folklore (stories, rumor, gossip and innuendo even)? Earlier in the last episode Morris suggests that the more people get involved in a story the more it turns into a mess, which cuts against folkloric stories that have survived over thousands of years. To quote Morris exactly, he says, “This may prove a different kind of principle, that if you wait long enough and you involve enough people in telling any story, you’re gonna end up with a mess on your hands.” From the perspective of a legal matter, in the short term (of half a century!) perhaps this is true. It may be that over longer historical timeframes the stories tend to solidify in structure due to certain significant features (“motifs”) that are memorable or more recognizable. Morris is the emperor here no doubt, and he may have no clothes. I think the director here mostly treats Morris with kid gloves, to continue the metaphor. There is only one point (and not until the final episode) where there is a direct challenge to Morris’s narrative, and the famous director does admit he ‘doesn’t know’ the truth. There are many other pieces of evidence (such as the blue pajama top and the blood evidence) to which it would have been more challenging for Morris to respond, but these items are mentioned but delicately sidestepped in the way this is put together. If you look at the disconnected pieces of this documentary objectively, it is not inconclusive. I also would want to say the only reason that various critics call it ‘inconclusive' is that heaven forbid any shadow be cast upon the darling Errol Morris! This movie destroys Morris, but in a subtle way that allows for, shall we say, ‘plausible deniability'. At the end of this, after watching the video interviews with Helena Stoeckley, there is little denying that she was likely delusional, or at best easily suggestible at the hands of Prince Beasley or others interested in a meal ticket from the MacDonald case. All the other evidence marshaled in favor of MacDonald’s innocence is either outright fabrications (as in the Jimmy Britt tall tale) or else unsupported by any corroborating (physical) evidence. The follow-up interview with Errol Morris after the last bit with Stoeckley describing the alleged intrusion on the night of the murders is awkward to say the least. Her story fails to match MacDonald’s version of events and also does not conform to the physical evidence. Like many visionaries, Mr. Morris can't seem to admit he was wrong, but more importantly, he will never admit that the system he seems to abhor so much was actually right.
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have been playing Cine2nerdle lately and Find Nemo is an underrated win conditon because I don't think many people really think about how many actors you can link to pixar movies. forget Tom Hanks to Toy Story, Trainspotting takes you to Brave with Kelly Macdonald, Drive takes you to Finding Nemo with Albert Brooks, Get Out takes you to Toy Story 4 with Jordan Peele OR Finding Nemo with Stephen Root and that's one nobody ever sees coming in case you've already run out of Jordan Peele links by then, Michael Keaton in Cars and Toy Story 3, Keanu Reeves in Toy Story 4, Jeffrey Wright and Sam Worthington in The Good Dinosaur, Willem Dafoe in Finding Nemo, lure someone into Christopher Nolan's filmography and that's an easy Michael Caine in Cars 2 for you, Ian Holm, Will Arnette and Peter O'Toole in Ratatouille, Christopher Plummer in Up, Galaxy Quest can take either take you to any Toy Story with Tim Allen, WALL-E with Sigourney Weaver OR the Cars franchise with Tony Shaloub, IT takes you to Luca with Jack Dylan Glazer. you got Bill Hader in Inside Out, Maya Hawke and Ayo Edebiri in Inside Out 2, Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul, any Avengers movie takes you to Incredibles with Samuel L. Jackson OR Lightyear with Chris Evans OR Onward with Chris Pratt AND Tom Holland, not to mention Michael Giacchino is a pixar regular as well as an MCU regular, but oh no you played a David Fincher movie no worries Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross scored Soul. ohh you think I can't link french movies to pixar like i didn't know Adele Exarchopoulos is in Inside Out 2, all your Christopher Guest movies take me to Elemental with Catherine O'Hara, oh you played Amores Perros or Y Tu Mama Tambien and thought I didn't know Gael Garcia Bernal is in Coco? Oh Blade Runner whatever will I do oh wait Edward James Olmos also in Coco bitch
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NYT's Best Books - 21st Century A book from the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Fiction)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Non-fiction 304.809 WIL)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Fiction)
2666 by Roberto Bolano (Classics)
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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (Fiction)
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The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (Non-fiction 973.931 WRI)
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The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante (Fiction)
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Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon (YA Non-Fiction YA 362.408 SOL)
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Fiction)
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Fiction)
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut (Fiction)
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Transit of Venus in Leo from July 31 2024 to August 25 2024 – Beneficiaries
Jeffrey MacDonald. Image Credit: Google Images Venus is transiting now in Leo, starting from 31 July 2024. The transit will continue till August 25 2024. Leo belongs to Sun. Sun and Venus are mutual enemies. Therefore, Venus is uncomfortably placed in Leo. Leo has three Nakshatras (Star) namely Magha-1, 2, 3, 4, Purva Phalguni-1, 2, 3, 4 and Uttar Phalguni-1. Magha Nakshatra (Star) belongs to…
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