Edgar The Raven Says
Don't overlook the obvious! Simple reasoning lights up the darkest corners. Carefully thought through and written. The most surprising conclusions will prove convincing.
Please click on the page called "About Me" for the description of the remaining segments of the Lizzie Borden solution.
Please click on the page called "About Me" for the description of the remaining segments of the Lizzie Borden solution.
Famous Murders
The Lizzie Borden Mystery Part 1
Facts & Motives
- Closed Doors and Windows
- Emma’s Lack of Personality
- The Furniture Blockade
- Nature of the M.O.
- House Without Hallways
- Why Lizzie and Emma Switched Rooms
- Meaning of the Placement of Their Beds in Their New Rooms
- Why the Attack on the Father, Was Focused Totally on the Face
- Denial
- Upstairs Floor Plan
- Furniture Blockade
- Lizzie & Emma Switch Rooms
The Lizzie Borden Mystery Part 2
The Trip to Fairhaven & Why Lizzie Rented a Room
The Victims' Complacency Physical Proof That They Had No Apprehension How Lizzie Could Have Won by Killing Only One The first use of the recurring poker analogy. Don't fold, yet! That's no way to deal with it! (I'm gonna draw that analogy out 'til I'm called on it. Even then, I might just double down.)
The Titanic
Yes, This Title Is in the Right Category.Morgan scheduled to sail on it; cancels the day before. Coal supply on fire, before leaving Belfast for England.Most of the Firemen Bail Out at Southampton (152 of 160!) Outmoded, slow-responding rudder Poor rivets concentrated in key places. Lord Mersey wouldn't let the firemen testify. Warning of bergs never reached captain; signalman claimed he didn't remember whom he gave it to. Owner, Ismay, gave full speed order Ismay & Helmsman Survived.U.S. insurance inquest is cursory; not the Accepted Standard.The claim is paid.Morgan's behavior, afterward
Simpson-Goldman Case Part 1
Alert - Contains No Opinion Concerning Whether O.J. Simpson Was Involved. (This is more important than that answer.)
- Decapitation Was Attempted & Possible Reason (That Reason Implies That O.J. Did It.)
- Why One Glove Was Left on the Scene
- What Kato Really Heard
- Misunderstanding Arising From Evidence Planting, Complicated by the Verdict
- Compared to Straight Evidence, Planted Glove Would Not Have Contributed Much.
Simpson-Goldman Case Part 2
Possible Scenarios If Goldman arrived while the murder was in progress If the killer attacked without knowing of Goldman's presence If the killer knew of Goldman's presence before attacking If the killer & Goldman arrived very close in time Key Clue The Ice Cream Was Still Frozen.
The Mere Presence of the Ice Cream.
Australian Infant Part 1 of 2
- Dingoes
- Blood – Location & Amount
- The Parents Eliminated
- The Father, Independently?
- Logic Takes the Fall. ('If a Dingo Didn't Do It, the Mother Did.')
Historical Mysteries
How the Pyramids Were Built - Pt. 1 of 3
The shape and surface of the path from the quarry to the pyramid. Approach ramp & mudslide eliminated. Solution based on natural occurrences and techniques for harnessing them, vital to life in that area, at that time. The only mystery is how it was ever forgotten. (I had no answer in mind when I started writing this. My only purpose was to criticize the old story about the gangs pulling with ropes over their shoulders.)
How the Pyramids Were Built - Pt. 2 of 3
Another real forehead slapper! I promised to make the most surprising conclusions, convincing. The only surprise, here, is that it hasn't always been understood. The remarks in parentheses (Pt. 1) go here, too.
The Trojan Horse
Homer's horse story is a variation on a tactic that must have been used, somewhere, sometime after the Trojan War. Anyone might think of it, but it's precluded at Troy, by the technology of the time.
Why Shakespeare Wasn't
The demands on his time. His retirement seems related to the death of Edward de Vere. The rate Shakespeare staged the plays compared to the possible length of de Vere's career. He didn't work in a law office. He probably couldn't even write. Two arguments against his authorship are discarded. (I don't want a weak argument, posing as an ally!)Mark Twain's statements and those he quotes.