{"id":13656,"date":"2013-10-31T09:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=13656"},"modified":"2013-10-31T09:39:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:39:45","slug":"halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=13656","title":{"rendered":"Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halloween is here and I’m another year older.<\/p>\n

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Blowing out the birthday candles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember the 14-year-old boy who killed a teacher in Massachusetts earlier this month? Here’s a Halloween-esque detail<\/a> from a New York Times article:<\/p>\n

WCVB-TV, an ABC affiliate, citing unidentified sources, reported that the suspect killed Ms. Ritzer with a box cutter and then went to the movies, seeing Woody Allen\u2019s \u201cBlue Jasmine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ever wonder how many killers go to the movies afterward, either because they think it’s a good place to hide or because they’re psychopaths who feel no guilt and find it perfectly natural to do mundane everyday things after committing murder? Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in a movie theater after killing President Kennedy and a policeman; I’m guessing he was hiding. The kid in Massachusetts killed the teacher, drug her body into the woods near the school, had lunch at Wendy’s, then went to the cineplex at the mall. Psychopath.<\/p>\n

And then there are people who figure what the hell, let’s just go to the movies and do our killing there, two birds with one stone and all, like the guy in Aurora, Colorado last year. I’m sure a diligent researcher could find many other connections between movies and killers.<\/p>\n

Just imagine who or what might be sitting near you in a darkened theater. Makes you want to stay with people you know and trust, doesn’t it? I’m staying home with Donna, that’s for sure!<\/p>\n

Halloween birthdays of note:<\/p>\n