Thread: Have You Known Any Murderers or Victims ?

There having been a couple of threads on murderers sane or insane here lately got me to thinking. About twenty five years ago I was driving down the street with my then girlfriend. I don't remember what brought it up but I was mentioning something to do with a couple of friends of mine who were convicted murderers.

She was sort of awed and repelled by this. She found it strange that I knew people who were murderers. It went downhill from there. I thought more about it and recalled that I knew nine convicted murderers and four murder victims. She told me that she had never known either perpetrator or victim and thought that I was "not a normal person". I guess you are judged by the company you keep.

In my defense I have never been incarcerated or guilty of a felony. I knew some of the fore mentioned through growing up in what I guess was a tough time and place. Others through my membership in the Ironworker's union. Let me hasten to add that 99% of the ironworkers I knew did not have criminal behavior in their past and were good hard working and honest men.

Some of these murders were committed as crimes of passion, some in barroom brawls that went beyond the intention of the perpetrator. Others were drug deals gone bad and in others I am unaware of the motive. All were convicted and one of the acquaintances of my youth died in the electric chair.

It is with some trepidation that I post this poll. I don't know whether my lady friend was right in that I am weird or if it is not abnormal to have known that many murderers and murdered ..... or any at all ?