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Creepy abduction photographs true or not ?

selton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:37:01 -0800

I read a true crime book some years back, I don't remember anything about the book except one story. My memory is hazy, but this is what I remember: some people were abducted in the USA. My memory tells me it was a mother and child/ren. I'm 99% certain it was an adult woman and at least one child even if they may not have been related. Now the very creepy part. Photos of these people were found in a public bathroom sometime later. In the photos the woman was tied up, perhaps a child was also in the photo I'm not sure. I'd like to verify if this story was indeed true or just made up by the author and I've tried googling many times without luck. I'm sure it has nothing to do with Harvey Glatman.

Help me get my cat back!

cachondeo45 — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:31:20 -0800

How do I keep my neighbor from catnapping my cat? My cat is an indoor / outdoor cat. He's super friendly and the whole complex (of about 40 units) loves him and plays with him and pets him regularly. I don't mind; he's an attention hog and he's pretty easygoing (for a cat). He usually spends the day outside and comes in around 6pm, snuggles with me as I work, and then sleeps at the foot of my bed. At least, that's been the pattern. (Oh and he scratches my front door when he wants to come in. And he also comes when I snap my fingers over the balcony. Smart cat.)

But lately one of my neighbors has been catnapping him. He's been spending nights at her house, or will be in her house for 1.5 or 2 days at a time. She says she can't get him to leave, which is B.S. because if you toss him out, he just kind of meanders around. He doesn't scratch or bite or anything, so it's not that difficult to kick him out if the need arises (like when he's not your cat). I think she just wants a cool cat. I guess she used to do this with another neighbor's cat before that neighbor moved. I have no idea how to handle this! I'm normally pretty friendly and I just kind of faked a laugh when she put him out this morning. But he's my cat, dammit! If she wants her own cat, shouldn't she head over to the Humane Society and pick one up? (Which is what I did, and I scored with my super great cat.)

Help!

Queer mexican kidnapper film?

Item — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:32:32 -0800

Please help me remember the name of a 1970's Mexican film about homosexual kidnappers. The only other details I remember are that the kidnapee was a young boy and that it took place in Mexico City.

I saw it at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin one afternoon in the spring of 2002. I'm pretty certain the screening I attended was the only one given and that it might've been part of a series of similarly themed movies. Or not.

rfid for overseas Americans?

sswiller — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:18:03 -0800

Could rfid chips implanted in Americans working in Iraq save them in the event they were kidnapped?