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 == This, that and the other thing...... == 

 Yes. About the blog......its nothing special but seeing that there are a lack of ""sites"" dealing with this subject matter that aren't as I put in the introduction to it, distasteful, it kind of aims to fill the void. Compared to train wrecks such as this site here [], I think it has turned out rather well. While most of the stuff on that particular site is quite humorous to read, the proprietor's grammar and goofy comments leave a lot to be desired. 

 As for the blog introduction, it shouldn't be taken too seriously. While you and I can have a big laugh over somebody's body count or a father throwing some of his family over a cliff, some reader might get p'od that someone is making light of a mass murder that occurred in their particular town. Considering that the blog has had over 170 some views thus far, I'm surprised I haven't received a comment similar to the one I just mentioned. Its obvious that people are reading it, as I've checked the audience rating and have seen that people from Sweden, Indonesia Paraguay and Singapore are listed by pageview. That has to count for something, right? 

 In regards to William Coleman....you'll probably be seeing a lot of people going on to ""nutter alert"" that aren't on your list here, either because of low victim count or because of monetary gain. Its indisputable that Coleman wandered into a bar, threw gas around and was ultimately responsible for the deaths of 12 people, hence why he has an article on him. There are a few others that will be profiled eventually, such as Robert McField (we discussed him awhile back) and this new guy, James ""Bud"" Stone. As you can read here [] it looks like a robbery gone wrong. Seeing that Stone was the one executed for the six murders and nothing was ever done to his alleged conspirators, he might be profiled at some point. I haven't quite decided yet.  

 As for Earnest Lawrence, I remember seeing this [] article on him in the New York Times about a year ago. Since it was pure conjecture on the police's part that Lawrence offed everyone, I left him off my list. I've read the articles you've posted and I'm still unsure. The articles state that a few firearms and an ax were found in the home with spent cartridges, but only fragments of the bodies were found. Now, if a non-incinerated body was found with a gun in its hand or an ax in its possession, I'd be off the fence for sure. What if one of the Drew brothers mentioned in those articles wigged out about something and killed everyone, saturated the place in oil, lit a match and then offed themselves? There weren't any survivors, so that makes things even more difficult; even the illness Lawrence is alleged to have suffered isn't elaborated on. On the same token, I remember bringing this case to your attention [] that I found equally stymieing. According to this article, four witnesses even saw Peel rowing away from the burning ship. Eventually a few trials later, he was acquitted and walked away a free man. I remember our discussion on him, and he was never listed as he was acquitted. But, it begs the question.....who killed the eight people on the boat and set it afire? Peel certainly seemed guilty from the articles I've read on him, but as far as the courts are concerned, he isn't. Getting back to Ernie Lawrence, I suppose as far as history is concerned, it will remain a mystery, and seeing that the bodies were virtually ashes, modern forensic testing probably wouldn't help matters any. 

 As for your wondering about how you could contribute to the blog, you already have. With your findings on Biswas (no wonder I couldn't find anything on the sonovabitch, the article I posted had his name screwed up!), I can place a small addendum to the posted article stating your findings....the same goes for the Wychopen article from a few weeks ago. Hopefully with some of those other obscure old familicides, other people/readers/historians might come out of the woodwork and comment on facts that they might know that I don't. One of the obscure cases I look forward to writing about is Gilbert Twigg, who I found to be a very interesting read when I saw him on here. I might even e-mail the Kansas Historical Society or state archives to see if they have any pictures/articles on the man and his crime, as there isn't a alot to work from, other than the articles you have in the references section. 

 As for pictures, ""eye thank you"" an thousand times for Cevdet Yilmaz, who now (after nearly six years of searching) has two pictures! I was wondering what James Ruppert looked like, seei