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(LA Times) Interesting Dime novels blamed in death of teenager. This *is* a repeat from 1909   (latimesblogs.latimes.com) divider line 34
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okami36
2009-12-05 03:52:49 PM
At least he didn't dowse himself in glitter and bite some girl...
 
Adingo8mybb
2009-12-05 03:54:08 PM
Escapes to Ky?

/so much fail...
 
JSieverts [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 03:54:24 PM
Kentucky had shores in 1909? Who knew?
 
#2 [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 03:56:37 PM
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

- Dorothy Parker, US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 03:56:41 PM
"Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.
 
NEDM
2009-12-05 03:57:29 PM
Damn. The kid swam across the Ohio River. That is actually kind of impressive.
 
ultraholland
2009-12-05 04:01:56 PM
JSieverts: Kentucky had shores in 1909? Who knew?

Young earth. The rest of the east coast had not developed at that time.
 
AppleDane
2009-12-05 04:03:31 PM
Yester-yesteryear: Dime novels
Yesteryear: Comic books
Yesterday: Video films
Couple of hours ago: Computer games

Tomorrow: iPhone Apps

/shakes the baby some more
 
belhade
2009-12-05 04:03:35 PM
Walker: "Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.

Huh. When I was that age I tried to burn down my school in the name of the Trashcan Man.
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2009-12-05 04:04:33 PM

Adingo8mybb

Escapes to Ky?

/so much fail...


He thought he was being slick.
 
grunthos
2009-12-05 04:04:56 PM
For those that think the world is going to hell in a handbasket due to any modern influence, go here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

The *very* next thing to be created after humans..was human insanity.
 
Phone_Answering_Monkey
2009-12-05 04:07:26 PM
Other suspects included marijuana cigarettes, the Charleston, and listening to The Jazz.
 
Genevieve Marie [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 04:10:47 PM
Walker: "Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.

Indeed.
 
neener neener
2009-12-05 04:25:49 PM
I wonder if they ever caught the kid.
 
okami36
2009-12-05 04:28:24 PM
neener neener: I wonder if they ever caught the kid.

By the time the found him, he was slathered with Kentucky jelly and impossible to hold.
 
Eimi [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 04:31:01 PM
chuck4455: "a dime novel hidden in the corn crib..."

/too obscure for you Iowa kids
//now get off my lawn

Sounds like you have trouble, my friend.
 
neener neener
2009-12-05 04:31:06 PM
Well, they did and the story is different:

PDF of newspaper article Dec 8 1909 (new window)
 
Oznog
2009-12-05 04:39:01 PM
Walker: "Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.

Dude, I'm a Dexter fan and I have TOTALLY been waiting for South Park to have a Cartman-as-Dexter episode. So far, I have left unsatisfied.
 
okami36
2009-12-05 04:44:11 PM
Eimi: chuck4455: "a dime novel hidden in the corn crib..."

/too obscure for you Iowa kids
//now get off my lawn

Sounds like you have tTrouble, my friend.

Right here, in River City?
 
MrFi5ter
2009-12-05 04:50:37 PM
Phone_Answering_Monkey: Other suspects included marijuana cigarettes, the Charleston, and listening to The Jazz.

I don't know you but I think I love you.

This article reveals a somewhat progressive mindset of the police and media for the time and place. They didn't just blame the nearest colored person and railroad them in court.
 
therhinodep
2009-12-05 04:51:38 PM
okami36: Eimi: chuck4455: "a dime novel hidden in the corn crib..."

/too obscure for you Iowa kids
//now get off my lawn

Sounds like you have tTrouble, my friend.

Right here, in River City?

With a capital "T".
 
ciocia
2009-12-05 04:59:01 PM
Not a bit surprized. Those types of books were considered a "corrupting influence" (translation: they showed kids doing exciting things without adults around to stop them). Some libraries even banned Horatio Alger dime novels for the same reason.
 
Roadogs [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 05:08:37 PM
Reckon James Hall had it coming.
 
numb3r5ev3n
2009-12-05 05:14:52 PM
belhade: Walker: "Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.

Huh. When I was that age I tried to burn down my school in the name of the Trashcan Man.

This. Back in the day, "popular novels" were considered to be a corrupting influence similar to the way that video games and violent movies are blamed for kids going off the rails in modern times.
 
okami36
2009-12-05 05:17:05 PM
AppleDane: Yester-yester-yesteryear: Dime novels
Yester-Yesteryear: Comic books
Yesteryear: Dungeons and Dragons
Yesterday: Video films
Couple of hours ago: Computer games

Tomorrow: iPhone Apps

/shakes the baby some more

FTFY
 
numb3r5ev3n
2009-12-05 05:27:17 PM
belhade: Walker: "Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.

Huh. When I was that age I tried to burn down my school in the name of the Trashcan Man.

Also" BUMPETY-BUMPETY-BUMPETY-BUMP.

/Oblig.
 
semiotix
2009-12-05 05:31:38 PM
Was he trying out Bevo? Trying out Cubebs? Trying out Tailor-Mades like a seegarette fiend?

/late to the picnic, but I'm going to have my fill of all the food I brought myself
 
keypusher
2009-12-05 05:32:44 PM
neener neener: Well, they did and the story is different:

PDF of newspaper article Dec 8 1909 (new window)

Williams accidentally Hall in the right temple? Yeah, I don't think so.
 
pizen [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 05:35:37 PM
therhinodep: okami36: Eimi: chuck4455: "a dime novel hidden in the corn crib..."

/too obscure for you Iowa kids
//now get off my lawn

Sounds like you have tTrouble, my friend.

Right here, in River City?

With a capital "T".

That rhymes with "P".
 
By-Tor and the SnowDogmatix
2009-12-05 05:55:58 PM
href="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4825592&IDComment=56433694#c564 33694">numb3r5ev3n: belhade: Walker: "Dexter" blamed for 17-year-old killing his 10-year-old brother

The media changes, the blame game stays the same.

Huh. When I was that age I tried to burn down my school in the name of the Trashcan Man.

Also" BUMPETY-BUMPETY-BUMPETY-BUMP.

/Oblig.

*shakes tiny fist*
 
grinderman
2009-12-05 06:37:12 PM
Where's the OLD NEWS IS SO EXCITING guy?
 
FlyingJ
2009-12-05 07:33:27 PM
wait til Jack Thompson tracks down Ned Buntline...
 
CruiserTwelve [TotalFark]
2009-12-05 09:14:47 PM
pizen: therhinodep: okami36: Eimi: chuck4455: "a dime novel hidden in the corn crib..."

/too obscure for you Iowa kids
//now get off my lawn

Sounds like you have tTrouble, my friend.

Right here, in River City?

With a capital "T".

That rhymes with "P".

That stands for POOL.
 
mikesum32
2009-12-06 08:01:53 AM
JSieverts: Kentucky had shores in 1909? Who knew?

Lakes and rives have shores.
 
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