Obsessed with True Crime discussion

New year, new chat thread. This group would not be the great group it is without all of you. Thanks for sharing your reads, your thoughts, your joys, and your sorrows. May 2019 be good to you.

Links to previous chats below:

2018 Chit Chat - Anything goes

Chit chat 2017

Chit Chat #2 -- Talk about anything

Chit chat

I really enjoy my (limited) involvement in this group. It is the first thing I look at when I log on my computer every morning. (GoodReads is my home page...)

I just stumbled across a second book on Will Lockett, so he has his own shelf now.

I just want to remind you guys that on January 26th a new lifetime movie is coming on and it’s called love You to Death and it’s on a Saturday night

Maria Ridulph has her own shelf now too!

Christine, what case is the Lifetime movie about?

Fishface wrote: "Maria Ridulph has her own shelf now too!

Christine, what case is the Lifetime movie about?"

Looks like Gypsy, the girl who killed her mother after a lifetime of abuse.

In other True Crime on Lifetime news...

Last night, tonight and tomorrow Lifetime is airing a 6 part documentary special on the sex crimes of R&B singer R. Kelly.

I watched the first 2 parts last night and it was extremely disturbing.

R. Kelly. Do I even know who R. Kelly is?

QUESTION: Why are some discussions 'closed'? Why are some items marked as "frozen" so that no new comments can be posted?

Helen Jewett and Oscar Slater have their own shelves now.

Yes your right Lady ❤️ Belleza and Fishface i’m sorry I confused you

I just realized there are now two (2) books on Frederick Deeming in the TC library, so I gave him his own shelf.

I removed the Original Night Stalker and East Area Rapist shelves; all those books are now under Joseph James DeAngelo.

Linda wrote: "QUESTION: Why are some discussions 'closed'? Why are some items marked as "frozen" so that no new comments can be posted?"

Because I locked them. If you want to discuss the subject you can start a new discussion or post a link to the subject so I can unlock it.

DO NOT PUT FICTION BOOKS ON THE BOOKSHELVES IN THE TRUE CRIME GROUP.

You know who you are. There will be consequences.

Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Linda wrote: "QUESTION: Why are some discussions 'closed'? Why are some items marked as "frozen" so that no new comments can be posted?"

Because I locked them. If you want to discuss the subject y..."

Well, I figured someone had locked or closed them, but my question was WHY do they get locked. I could understand if they were very old with no activity, but a couple of them I looked at (and would have probably commented on) appeared to be fairly new.

I'm very new here and just trying to understand things.

Linda wrote: "Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Linda wrote: "QUESTION: Why are some discussions 'closed'? Why are some items marked as "frozen" so that no new comments can be posted?"

Because I locked them. If you want t..."

Generally, if a thread is from last year say - 2018 chat thread, I locked that when the year ended. If a thread has 300 posts I will lock it and start a new thread. Also if a thread has not been commented on in a year I will lock it. Can you tell which discussion you mean?

Lucille wrote: "Lady B, you could have been a little more polite, or a little more considered in your response if your intention was not to be snappish, dontcha think? it wasn’t a challenge, it was a question.
It just makes the vibe of the group less welcoming ... if that even matters to you. I think a friendlier exchange makes for a more vibrant group. Just because our shared obsession is so grim, doesn’t mean the group has to be .. just sayin. "

That's it. I'm out of here.

Lucille wrote: "I feel ya, girl lol ."

Thanks, Lucille. I can usually figure things like software and websites out, having worked in HRIS for years, but, for some reason, am struggling a bit to get a full understanding of this one.

I am never comfortable with anything I don't have a good understanding of .... Enquiring minds want to know, ya know?

Wait, what? What just happened? You two need to kiss and make up!

Now I'm wondering myself. Is there some qualitative difference between closing a discussion and freezing it? I'm now picturing those heads in jars in cryogenic labs...

I think we need a new mod for this group. Apparently I am a psychopath

Nah. Moding another group on here taught me quick that some people are just impossible to please and tend to "fly off the handle", if you will, when things don't go 100% their way.

Yeah well I’ve been sobbing and I’m just a total loser. Nobody wants me to stay.

*offers hugs* Well, if it helps any, I'd like you to stay. Tbh, this is my favorite group, and you've gotta get at least some, if not all, of the credit for that since you're the mod.

Isn't being a psychopath one of the qualifications for this group?

Erin wrote: "Isn't being a psychopath one of the qualifications for this group?"

I thought so, then got scolded for it.

Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Yeah well I’ve been sobbing and I’m just a total loser. Nobody wants me to stay."

I don't really believe this, letting personal issues get in the way of being a rational human being.

Good grief .... Hard to believe my question generated all this. Very sad.

Linda wrote: "Good grief .... Hard to believe my question generated all this. Very sad."

I'm sorry I upset you. Like a wise woman just told me: "online discussions ... cut out so much information that you need to interpret what the other person is saying ... like tone of voice, facial expression, etc."

I was genuinely confused since I didn't think I had locked any recent threads. Normally threads are locked when there haven't been any new comments in a year or they have reached 300+ comments. The exception is the first of the year when I start new annual threads. 2019 reviews, chats, headlines etc.

Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Yeah well I’ve been sobbing and I’m just a total loser. Nobody wants me to stay."

If you were a total psychopath you wouldn't be sobbing!

Fishface wrote: "Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Yeah well I’ve been sobbing and I’m just a total loser. Nobody wants me to stay."

If you were a total psychopath you wouldn't be sobbing!"

Umm tears of .... joy?

**runs away cackling**

That's our Bel!

Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Yeah well I’ve been sobbing and I’m just a total loser. Nobody wants me to stay."

I just saw this so if you think no answer was a vote against you, you would be wrong. Of course no one wants you to leave. Apparently we had someone here that likes drama and just wanted to cause trouble. Havent seen one of those for a long time. Thanks for getting rid of her, Bel. (If it was indeed a female).

Koren wrote: "I just saw this so if you think no answer was a vote against you, you would be wrong. Of course no one wants you to leave. Apparently we had someone here that likes drama and just wanted to cause trouble. Havent seen one of those for a long time. Thanks for getting rid of her, Bel. (If it was indeed a female). "

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!

Christine wrote: "GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!"

***waves***

How’s everyone doing?

Christine wrote: "How’s everyone doing?"


I'm doing great. How are you?

As 45 recently put it, I'm trying to enjoy the ride.

Fishface wrote: "R. Kelly. Do I even know who R. Kelly is?"

Recording star with allegations of abusive relationships with underage girls.

Charming.

Day 21 of pretty much everyone I know either being furloughed or forced to work without pay. Part of my pension check came through on time, the other part was delayed but did eventually show up.

Every day I scroll through the reports of criminal activity/damage/vandalism in our national parks and it kills me. Much of this won't be reparable in any time frame that makes sense to human beings, and much of it won't even be discovered until things open up again.

I heard on the radio coming back from my last appt that Congress is frantically signing funding agreements to get various segments of the gummint up and running again. I was amused to hear them say "there have been 10 defections from the Republican Party," as if they were talking about Soviet citizens fleeing the USSR and pleading for asylum in our country.

That's important, because if Mitch McConnell will actually let the bills go to Trump for signature, but Trump vetoes them like he's threatened, there might be enough votes to override the veto.

As a Kentuckian I will tell you that you shouldn't depend on Mitch to do anything. He is useless.

#DitchMitch!

The one I'm reading now, Guilty By Popular Demand: A True Story of Small-Town Injustice, makes a fine addition to the Paranormal shelf. Weirdness on every page.

Specially for Fishy:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/570232...

K.A. wrote: "Specially for Fishy:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/570232..."


OK, that sounds pretty noxious even to me.

Joseph Franklin now has his own shelf.