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In recent weeks it has come to my attention that certain parties are using my ghost stories and those of my contributors as references for their own commercial enterprises. If you or someone you know is writing a book on ghosts in the Pacific Northwest, PLEASE DO NOT!!! copy or use the following stories or any other materials within this website as references. Jefferson Davis (25 April 2003)
Here are some buttons which will take you to an archive copy of the last years of the "What's New" section I began in 2001.
Links to Videos at Youtube Posted 20 January 2010 Weird Oregon is at the Printers!!! Posted 20 January 2010 I Will Be in Tri-Cities from 3 - 5 March 2010 Posted 30 January 2010 I will be at Norwescon from 1 - 4 April 2010 Posted 30 January 2010 I will be in Hillsboro, OR on 18 May, Talking About Jack the Ripper Posted 30 January 2010 I am Updating My Haunted Tour Guide. I Need Information on Haunted Holiday Places Posted 30 January 2010 I Need Help Finding Haunted Roads Posted 30 January 2010 Timeless Crimes Posted 30 January 2010 Paranormal Conference in Port Gamble, WA Posted 30 January 2010 Mount Hood Ghost Conference 23 - 25 April 2010 Posted 31 Jan 10 Tri-Cities Speaking Schedule for Weird Washington Posted 28 February 2010 NORWESCON Panels Posted 28 February 2010 Tri-Cities Visit: A Splendid Success Posted 6 March 2010 PLEASE PROTECT OUR CEMETERIES Posted 5 March 2010 Author Event in Vancouver, Washington, on 15 April 2010 Posted 21 Mar 2010 Ghosthunter Getaway at the Grand Lodge, on 24 April 2010 Posted 13 March 2010 Appearance on UFONAUT Radio/KPAM 860 am. Posted 29 June 2010 Appearance on KPAM 860am Travel Show Posted 29 June 2010 Link exchanges: Posted 29 June 2010 Paranormal Conference in Yakima, Washington 10 - 12 September 2010 Posted 29 June 2010 
Links to Videos at Youtube Posted 30 January 2010 I have participated in some interesting, and less interesting projects over the past few years. I have some links on this website to some very low resolution videos here on this website. I have had some feedback from folks wanting larger images, especially of the firewalk. So please visit my selection on Youtube If the link does not work, my profile is named: ghostguy01. I have about a dozen videos posted on a variety of subjects. They include: Why Firewalk? Visit Bruce and Brandon Lee's Graves The Spouting Horn Restaurant in Depoe Bay Gravity Hill near Prosser, WA Visit to Stonehenge in the Gorge Weird Washington Greetings Interviews on Weird Washington
Weird Oregon is at the Printers!!! Posted 30 January 2010
Finally. Despite the economy, despite my own lack of a clear work ethic, despite the objections of our editing team to my demands for more time, because I do not have a clear work ethic; Weird Oregon made its way through the final editing sessions. It is approved and at the printers now. I hope for a release in late April or early May. I am very happy with the way the whole book turned out. I hope you are too. If you liked Weird Washington, or are interested in the subject of this book, please check back over the year and I'll have updates and a Weird Oregon website up and online. According to www.barnesandnoble.com the release date for Weird Oregon is supposed to be 4 May 2010. At the date of this web posting, they are offering a preorder discount from their website. Or you can wait for the May release. My co-author Al Eufrasio and I like to do public events. At this time, there are no events scheduled for the release of Weird Oregon. If you are interested in having us appear in your area, please contact the events person at the Barnes and Noble near you. Medford Lloyd Center Clackamas Town Ctr Mall Jantzen Beach Washington Square Jantzen Beach
I Will Be in Tri-Cities from 3 - 5 March 2010 Posted 30 January 2010 On 3 - 5 March 2010 I will be in Tri-Cities as a guest of their library system, talking about Weird Washington. And perhaps investigating Gravity Hill again. We look forward to your visit. We have set up a tentative schedule to see if this will work for you:
I will be at Norwescon from 1 - 4 April 2010 Posted 30 January 2010 This year Norwescon 33 will be the first week in April in the Seattle area. I will be there, hopefully on some panels as well as signing books. I'll updated as I know more. Any costume suggestions?
I will be in Hillsboro, OR on 18 May, Talking About Jack the Ripper Posted 30 January 2010 On 18 May 2010 I will be at the Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, at 527 East main Street, Hillsboro, OR. Probably starting at 7:00 pm. I will be talking about Jack the Ripper. Detail will be updated on their website as we get closer to the date.
I am Updating My Haunted Tour Guide. I Need Information on Haunted Holiday Places From Holiday Ghost Hunters Posted 30 January 2010 Despite the economy, many of you have continued buying books, including some of mine. I am nearly sold out of my Haunted Tour Guide to the Pacific Northwest, and am revising it now. I need to find new haunts in the Northwest, and I hope many of you can help me. I am looking for public places, like restaurants, hotels, theaters, parks and other locales that have a reputation for being haunted. Most importantly, if you know of any of these places first or second hand, the management has to be ghost hunter friendly!!! If you know of any properties that SAY they are haunted to attract clientele, please let me know, so I don't put the wrong places in the guide. Like the original tour guide, I am looking for locations in lower British Columbia as well as Washington and Oregon. Thanks!
I Need Help Finding Haunted Roads Posted 30 January 2010 This winter I am trying to get more paranormal related television production companies to come to the Pacific Northwest; the most haunted region in the United States. (Or so I tell people.) I have spoken with a producer who is working on a television show that visits haunted roads or streets. They are looking for places with ominous names, like, Route 666, or something else eerie. If you know of a place that has a spooky name, like Dead Man's Curve... which happens to be haunted, please let me know. I'll put together a list of locales, with known information, and we'll see if we can't come out to film you your street. Thanks for visiting and your suggestions.
Timeless Crimes Posted 30 January 2010 Just a bit of background on the Jack the Ripper talk I will be giving later this year. In addition to researching the paranormal, I am a historian and archaeologist. I give EDU-TAINMENT presentations on the paranormal year round, as well as talks on what I call Timeless Crimes. These are historic crimes that thrill and chill us, and still remain unsolved. They include Jack the Ripper, the Lizzie Borden Murders, and the Salem Witch Trials. I am currently researching other talks on unsolved Hollywood Murders, and Haunted Hollywood. If you know of any places in Los Angeles, please let me know. Below are some details of the Jack the Ripper and Lizzie Borden murders:
Jack the Ripper
From 31 August to 4 November 1888, an unknown killer, nicknamed Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of Eastern London's Whitechapel district. He is perhaps the most famous serial killer in history; but why? Most people believe that he killed five women, others put the death rate at nearly a dozen. They are known collectively as the Whitechapel Murders, and they took place from 1888 to 1891.
Annie Chapman, after her body was washed and cleaned. She did not look quite so nice before. He savagely disemboweled and literally dismembered his last victim, Mary Kelly.
He then disappeared from history. Did he stop on his own? Was he caught for another crime? Did he die, or move away? Was it Jack's violence, the occupation of his victims (Prostitutes) or the fact that he was never caught that fascinates historians? Every year at least one book is published on Jack the Ripper, and every decade or so, someone unveils a new, breakout book, with yet another suspect. By my count there are over a score of possible suspects tagged by historians.
I am fortunate to have some very interesting and well educated friends. One friend is Philip Hutchinson, scholar, actor, and Ripperologist. He leads regular Jack the Ripper Walks of London. He also leads ghost tours of his home town of Guildford. Philip and his co-author Robert Clack wrote one of the best, recent books on Jack the Ripper: The London of Jack the Ripper: Then and Now. It was available from Amazon.com but not for much longer . It is so popular that after a bit less than one year, it is out of print. Hopefully multiple protests will persuade the publishers to issue a second printing.
They took me around London, where we visited many of the murder sites, and other locations that Jack and his victims visited, ate at or lived. Above is Mitre Square, where the police discovered one victim, on the "double event." It was an amazing experience. I hope to bring that to others when my Timeless Crimes lecture series begins.
Lizzie Borden
The current owners have gone to a lot of pains to get the right furniture. While most of the Borden furniture was sold or wore out over the years, there are many historic photographs of what it looked like, and the owners found some closely matching items. You have to look carefully to tell that the beds, couches, and other furniture are not original to the house. They do have some items owned by the Bordens, including a sewing machine, dresses, and small items. And pictures of the Bordens decorate the walls.
The original picture of Abby Borden's body
The guest bedroom as it is today.
There is a gift shop in the barn behind the house. It is not the original barn, but is a recreation. They sell everything from Lizzie Borden shot glasses to shirts, to videos. It was interesting seeing how many videos have been produced on the house and Borden family. They also give tours of the house. What saves this from being cheesy (like some other historic haunts) is that everyone I met who was associated with the Borden B&B are entirely serious about what they do. They all know enough to write books on the subject, and some have. They all have their own theories about what happened, and are happy to share them with visitors. Oh, and the house is haunted. Go figure. It seems at least once a month the entire house is booked for a ghost hunter group. Most guests stay for that reason. And I may have had something paranormal happen to me. Or, maybe not. Readers of this article will make their own judgments.
One of the features of the John Morse room is a dress worn by Elisabeth Montgomery in a Lizzie Borden movie in the 1970s. I had taken some pictures in that room, and then moved to Lizzie’s room. I noticed that the autofocus control on my camera was turned off. I cursed a bit, and started to take my pictures over again. I went back to the Morse room, and started taking pictures again, starting with the dress. When I pressed the shutter button, it cycled open and close several times, maybe 5 or 6 times in a fraction of a second. I have a function on my camera where if I hold down hard on the shutter button for longer than one second, it will take multiple pictures. I did not press down long enough to engage that function. I tried again, being careful to hold down on the button only long enough to take one picture. The same thing happened again; I held down for a fraction of a second, and the shutter opened and closed several times. It happened a third time. I tried the usual things to reset the camera. I shut the camera down, then turned it back on. Same malfunction. I tried turning the multiple picture function off, no change. I even took out the batteries for a moment. Being a man, I also shook them, listened, and sniffed them before putting them back in the camera. It still malfunctioned. The shutter opened and closed multiple times with each picture. And I noticed something else odd. When I tried reviewing the pictures that had just been taken, there were none stored on the memory card. My wife was with me on this trip. She said something that might have appeased any angry spirits. “Abby,” she said, “please let us take pictures in here.” And after that, the camera worked like it always had. Now the only thing I can think of that might have interfered with the camera’s function was the heat. I had locked the camera in the car for an hour or two, and the outside temperature was over 80 degrees. It was hotter in the car. This might have interfered with the camera. By the same token though, if the heat had affected the camera, how come it had not malfunctioned before. I had been taking pictures for 15 or 20 minutes without any problems. And one final incident that only added to the lore of the Lizzie Borden house. A little later in the day, I had to use the restroom on the second floor. This room had been a linen closet, and had a shuttered window that looked out over the main street. When I went into the restroom, the window was open, as were the wooden shutters. I saw two men standing in the front yard, taking pictures of the house. One said, “take some pictures of the second floor too.” Not wanting to be featured in their family album while relieving myself, I closed the shutters. I heard a loud whisper, if that is possible. “Dad! I saw the shutters close, just as I took a picture of the second floor window. Maybe Lizzie doesn’t like having her pictures taken.” I heard the sound of camera shutters clicking several more times.
Paranormal Conference in Port Gamble, WA Posted 30 January 2010 I was recently contacted by a representative of one of the many paranormal groups in Washington. Already people are planning conferences and conventions. Here is part of the message she sent me: My name is Colette Talkington-Pfaehler and I am the founder of BlackWolf Paranormal. Our team has been honored to be asked to help collaborate on a ghost conference which will take place this October 29th-30th in Port Gamble, WA. There are accommodations on the grounds called Guest Houses which do house their own spirits as well. The conference is going to involve some ghost walks of the town, talks about how to be a paranormal investigator, what to do once you have gathered information from an investigation, equipment, protocol of doing investigation, etc. etc. It should prove to be a great and informative weekend. Other groups that are involved besides BlackWolf Paranormal are Neil McNeil from Evergreen Paranormal, Silent Voices (this person only does EVP work) and Olympic Peninsula Paranormal Society. For any further questions you may have or information you may need, please do not hesitate to contact me at blackwolfparanormal@embarqmail.com. You can also visit www.portgamble.org for more information about Port Gamble, WA.
Colette Talkington-Pfaehler
Mount Hood Ghost Conference 23 - 25 April 2010 Posted 31 Jan 10 For those of you who have attended the Rose City Paranormal Conference in the past, it has changed somewhat in organizers and location. It had been put on by the Trails End Paranormal group, until Last year when they began reorganizing with the Cascade Geographic Society. The conference moved to the slopes of Mount Hood. This year, the conference will remain near Mount Hood, and includes many other partners. Please visit their website for more information about activities, costs, etc.
Tri-Cities Speaking Schedule for Weird Posted 28 February 2010 Here is the tentative schedule of events for the days of 3 - 5 March 2010 in Tri-Cities.
Wednesday 3 March 2010 12:00PM
– Visit Kennewick Library, Potential Media Interviews,
Kennewick Library
1620 S. Union Street Kennewick,
WA 99338
Phone: (509) 783-7878
West Richland Library
3803 W. Van Giesen West
Richland, WA 99353 Phone:
(509) 967-3191 5:00PM
– Meet the Authors
Benton City Library
810 Horne Drive Benton
City, WA 99320 Phone:
(509) 588-6471 7:00PM
– Weird Washington Presentation
Prosser Library
902 7th St. Prosser,
WA 99350 Phone:
(509) 786-2533 Thursday,
March 4, 2010 6:00AM
– KVEW TV 8:00AM
– GapWest Radio 12:00PM
– Meet the Authors Othello
Library 101
E. Main Othello,
WA 99344 Phone:
(509) 488-9683 7:00PM
– Weird Washington Presentation Kennewick
Library
1620 S. Union Street Kennewick,
WA 99338 Friday, March 5, 2010 ?
NORWESCON Panels Posted 28 February 2010 It is still a bit early to know what panels I will be on, if any. I signed up for ten. Some I am not qualified for. So this will be interesting. Come see me make a fool of myself? My specific events are:
THURSDAY 1 APRIL 2010 Thursday, 8-10 pm, Grand Ballroom 1 - Art Show Reception Thursday, 9-midnight, Presidential Suite (1360) - Small Press Party FRIDAY 2
APRIL 2010
Friday, 9pm - 2am - Maxi's - Weird Tales party at Maxis - 9pm to 10pm is exclusive for Pros only SATURDAY 3
APRIL 2010
Tri-Cities Visit: A Splendid Success Posted 6 March 2010
Tri-Cities is the home of Kennewick Man, and one of two nuclear waste reservations in the U.S. Most people who know me, know that after all these years I have had some bizarre experiences when on the road. That was not true in this case, it was what an author event should be, but seldom is!!! Everyone was fantastic!!! Especially our guides, Michael and Kate. They did the driving, intros, and did not slap us down when we got too enthusiastic. We did two television interviews, two radio spots, and one newspaper interview. I only hope they ask us back a second time. We had author introductions at several of the libraries. People from the West-Side of the state do not know how small in terms of population the Tri-Cities is. And their library system, the Mid-Columbia Library System, provides services to many smaller communities outside of major cities of Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick. We even drove out to little Othello, and yes, I made eveyone in the van listen to my very bad quotations from Shakespeare. Our largest event was in the Kennewick Library. We decided to do a talk, show on Weird Washington... the Lost Tales. After all the work we put in, the editors had to remove some stories, articles and photographs. So I believe we treated our audience to an interesting show and discussion. The auditorium seated 250 people, and we had standing room only, and many people just shook their heads and went home when they saw how crowded everything was. Afterward we spent over an hour signing books and answering individual questions from people. It was invigorating, and humbling. Everyone was polite. Even some of the people who were a little bit less than happy with Weird Washington. Please see the article below.
PLEASE
PROTECT OUR CEMETERIES
Posted 5 March 2010
Over the past few days, my Weird Washington Co-Author Al Eufrasio and I have been in the Tri-Cities area of south central Washington. We have been talking about our book, Weird Washington. If any of you have read Weird Washington, or any of the Weird book series, they have a certain formula, relating to content. One major component of the books is a chapter entitled, Cemetery Safari. This chapter is devoted to odd or unusual cemeteries, whether they have celebrities buried within, or unique markers, or legends surrounding them. In the Tri-Cities area there is a cemetery known locally as the Baby Graves Cemetery. There are many legends surrounding it, talking of ghosts, spirits, vandalism, and a dangerous cemetery guardian. It had become a part of the local high school student’s rite of passage to visit the graveyard. I have always tried to act ethically about issues when I write a book or story. Someone can be legally free to write something, but what about the moral or ethical fallout after writing a story on a location. In planning Weird Washington, we debated the Baby Graves Cemetery before deciding to write about it. For several years, there had been many stories about the cemetery on the Internet. The same was true locally, as far as word of mouth. It was some kind of rite of passage for high schoolers to go visit there on their prom nights. Our hosts from the local library commented on that when Al and I arrived. Not the vandalism, just going out there. In the end, my reason for writing the article was to help things. I suspected that the place had been vandalized in the past, and that there was no haunt going on there. By dispelling the urban legend, and exposing the facts, I increased the public profile of the cemetery. I believe this increased the protection for it as well. Cemetery vandals operate in secret, by having more people on that road, their opportunities are limited. It also brought the cemetery into the local consciousness. It is an opportunity for the community to rally around the location, rather than have it be ignored as something other than a curiosity. When Al and I arrived in Tri-Cities a few days ago, the local newspaper interviewed us, and wanted to take some photographs of us in the cemetery. I did not remember how to get there. So they called a local source, who gave them directions. The cemetery was not locked, and there were no NO TRESPASSING signs. I would have never gone in, if there had been. I saw something touching. There were several offerings left by caring people. There were stuffed toys, and someone had left a small coin on one of the grave stones. Would this have happened if I had not written the article? We'll never know. According to two ladies who confronted me at a speaking event last night, I was wholly or partially responsible for vandalism at the cemetery. I don't feel that way. I am sorry for their problem; however it existed before I wrote about it. And I helped things. I don't know how many people I dissuaded from vandalism by telling the truth, dispelling the urban legend. I am sure, more than I 'encouraged' by my article. That does not help with the feelings of the people who I spoke to last night. I mentioned more than once in the cemetery chapter, and the article on the Baby Graves; be respectful of the dead. So I ask anyone reading this note to remember that. Be respectful of the dead and the places where they rest. If you see someone vandalizing a cemetery, report them to law enforcement officials. For your own safety, don’t hang out in cemeteries at night!!! Please don’t collect souvenirs! Just remember that you are going to die some day, so in the spirit of good karma, treat the dead the same way you hope your remains will be treated in the future. If you live in the Tri-Cities area, I encourage you to unite together in an attempt to preserve the Baby Graves Cemetery, to help protect it in the future. Thank you
Author Event in Vancouver, Washington Posted 21 Mar 2010 On 15 April 2010, I will be a the Vancouver Barnes and Noble, at 7700 NE 4th Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, with Kim Derting, author of The Body Finder, as part of their educator appreciation program. Follow this link to learn more.
Ghosthunter Getaway at the Grand Lodge, on 24 April 2010 Posted 13 March 2010 I have been asked by several people to plan some kind of an informal event, where people can simply meet and talk about the paranormal, travel, and the unusual. These are Ghosthunter Getaways. Usually I contact some haunted venue, and plan events or talks, and get some kind of special room rate. In this case, I did not have time. I'll be at the Grand Lodge Hotel in Forest Grove on 24 April. Since this is not an officially sponsored event, we won't have the exclusive use of any of the meeting rooms, however I bet there is some nook where we will establish ourselves. If anyone wants to come out just for part of the day, or overnight, you would be welcome. I will arrive around 1 PM. Possible subjects of discussion will be ghosthunting techniques, psychic phenomena, the history of the Grand Lodge itself, and what else?
Appearance on UFONAUT Radio/KPAM 860 am. Posted 29 June 2010
Earlier this month, I appeared on the online and radio program, UFONAUT Radio. This show is hosted by Jesse Randolph, who has been at it for several years; chasing down theories about UFO sightings and abductions, as well as secret government research programs. Recently UFONAUT Radio has been broadcasting on 860am, KPAM radio, every Saturday night from 9 - 10pm. I have provided a link (below) that should take you to the KPAM weekend schedule, with buttons for the various shows, including UFONAUT Radio.
A few weeks ago, Jesse departed from the usual search in the sky (or under it?) to look into ghost hunting. It is one of those interesting facets of the search into the unknown or hidden that most people who are interested in ghosts and associated earthly spookiness are not interested in UFOs, and vice versa. I have seen some pretty heated arguments between ufologists and paranormalists about the issue. Lots of words like idiot, fool, simpleton and other four letter words are usually thrown about in these gatherings. Fortunately Jesse, though primarily interested in UFOs is genuinely interested in the science behind ghost hunting and has an open mind about the possibility that something happens to us when we die. He was just a bit curious about my opinion on the television aspects of paranormal research. We had a great hour long discussion about the haunted history of Portland, about the science behind ghost hunting, television shows, and other side topics. We had a great time, it was very easy going with some jokes as well as serious discussions. And we both got to do imitations of other ghost hunters on television. At this time, the interview is available as a free download from Jesse's affiliate www.UFOTV.com. If you follow the link, you will arrive at the website's store, where the file is listed as a free download, for now. There is no telling how long it will be there, so download while you can. You may find some other interesting items you would like to buy? I will see about getting permission to post it the website here, though at 15 megs in size, we might have some problems.
Appearance on KPAM 860am Travel Show Posted 29 June 2010 Along with the release of Weird Oregon, there has been an upswing in tourism interest about paranormal and odd things. So I was lucky enough to be asked to be a guest on KPAM 860's Travel Show, hosted by Pat Boyle. The show is broadcast both on Saturday and Sundays, between 8 and 9am. It was a quick ten minute segment but lots of fun. My wife and I are currently updating my Haunted Tour Guide to the Pacific Northwest. When it is finished, I hope to be back onboard. Regardless, I have been a long time listener to KPAM, and have enjoyed learning about new places to see. Visit the link below to see if they have some suggestions for you.
Link exchanges: Posted 29 June 2010
Title:- Paranormal Shop on the Web
Good afternoon, We are currently completely
overhauling our website and all of our links. I see that on your links
page for us the name Society was added and the link is broken. I would like to remain linked. Our proper
name is American Paranormal Investigations and we are still here in
Sacramento, CA. I have attached a .jpg image if you like
Hello: My
name is Martin Burns and I am the owner/webmaster of Ghosts! Are they real?
It is an open minded skeptics view of the paranormal and ghosts, what they are
and if they pose a danger to the living. The URL of the website is
http://www.openmindedskeptic.net/
. The purpose of my email is to request a link exchange with your
site.
Hi, G.H.O.S.T. - GHOST HAUNTING OBSERVATIONAL SCIENTIFIC TEAM - Vancouver, WA / Portland, OR
North
Sound Paranormal Research (NSPR), is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization
dedicated to the science, education, and research of the paranormal.
We are a group of paranormal investigators based in Snohomish County,
Washington. We are proud to serve Snohomish County and Western Washington
and we serve our clients absolutely free of charge. Craig Kerwood
Paranormal Conference in Yakima, Washington 10 - 12 September 2010 Posted 29 June 2010
Hello,
My name is Ellen Allmendinger and I am the President and Founder of The P.A.S.T. is Present Paranormal Investigations based in Yakima, Washington. On the weekend of September 10th to September 12th, 2010 our team, in correlation with The Committee for Downtown Yakima (CDY) and other local businesses, will be hosting the 1st Downtown Yakima Paranormal Conference.
Friday evening, September 10th, 2010, there will be a casual meet and greet for Pacific Northwest Teams and the Public to get to know each other.
Saturday, September 11th, will consist of various speeches, presentations and informational tools as well as manned and/or unmanned tables from various paranormal teams, businesses and authors. There will also be a lunch at a haunted location in Yakima and a tour in the evening.
Sunday, September 12th will consist of a casual breakfast.
The conference is open to the public, any paranormal investigation teams, and all are invited to attend the entire weekend or one day In order to make the conference more economically feasible for all we are working with the local businesses for donations, etc. allowing us to keep the presentations, speeches, etc. free of admission (with the exception of a canned good to be donated to a local food bank). Should you have time in your schedule and are interested in attending and participating feel free to call me anytime at (509) 945-9830, or e-mail me at ellenallmendinger@yahoo.com. We do have a website that is under construction but you may access it as well at www.PASTisPresent.Net
Thank you for your time, Ellen Allmendinger Founder & President of The P.A.S.T. is Present Paranormal Investigations
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The
other Timeless Crime in the New England states is the case of the murder of
Andrew Borden and his wife Abby in their home in 1892.
So
what better way to research a presentation on her than to stay in the house?
My
co-author Al and I spent Wednesday and Thursday, the third and fourth of
March in the thriving metropoliseseses
of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland. And some other outlying communities. Their
library system had a grant to bring authors to the community, and we were part
of the program. They had us come
out, and proceeded to take us on a whirlwind tour of the area. 
