The Wineville Chickencoop Murder House

Marc read the book called Nothing is Strange with You, The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott, because the murders covered in this book took place in Mira Loma about 3 miles from where Marc lived. In 1928, The town changed its name from Wineville to Mira Loma because of the stigma attached to the name after the crimes where discovered.

Only the street where the murders occured still bears the original name. Shortly after Marc read the book about the murder case, the Clint Eastwood film Changeling came out, portraying the horrific story of these murders from a differant angle. (We saw the movie recently---excellant!)

The actual house that Gordon Northcott (the boy killer) built and lived in still stands. It just sold after being in foreclosure for $95,000. We went there today, and it was a pretty creepy overcast day and knowing the history of the tiny farmhouse gave me chills. The property next door still has some of the Chicken Coop structures where the killings took place. The people that live there say that the area is haunted.

The photo on the top to the left, shows the house in 1928, after the gristly killings were uncovered. The bottom photo is from yesterday, the house still looks very similar, and alot of the fencing in the back of the property looks like it could be original. We walked down that little driveway yesterday, photo below.

I took my little doll Hoon, as she has a "changeling" hat like Angelina Jolie wore in the movie...plus my dolly looks sad like she knows what was at the house :(

"Well, thats my town"... Marc then drove me over to the little house where he had lived.

Who do you want to meet...?

Me and Marc were sitting on the porch tonite and I said "if i could, these are the people i would like to meet: LEONARD COHEN, RINGO STARR, BARACK OBAMA and CAROLE KING."

He said..."well, here's my picks: BOB DYLAN, CHARLES MANSON, AZHIPPIECHICK, STORMY and LITTLE MISS NO NAME."

My REPUBLICAN Dad

My dad has a picture of Reagan hanging proudly on his wall. He is an extreme right, hard core, blinders on, old white man Republican. He faithfully listens to Rush Limbaugh. He thought Sarah Palan was a"good choice". He is a Christian FOR the war. He says there is no such thing as Global warming and to prove it he will purposely sit in an idleing car with the air conditioner on while my mom is in the store. He thinks that by the year 2012 the Muslims will have taken over and are coming to kill him personally because he is a Christian. He believes marijuana is the Devil's weed. He sends me Obama hate e-mail weekly....you know those kind of chain letters spouting nonsence written by god-knows-who, full of untruths. He sent me a picture of Obama walking on water. He sent me a comparison chart to show how similar Obama and Hitler are.

It is really sad that he is so scared. A black man is President...Gays want to be married...what next!!!!!???!!! I try never to argue with him, there would be no point. I love him and I will just nod my head when he is talking. I see the dying Republican Party first hand every time I visit him...I only wish he could see me.

Follow me!!!

YaY---i have 4 followers!!! My husband really thinks this term is funny. So do I ;)

Today we had some "good" mail! Marc and i received our LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) badges. My husband put his badge on his hat, so I figured that a hat was a good place for Fishsticks badge! Of course, she may have to let me borrow it every now and then :)

I heard one of their officer's speak on the radio and really liked what he had to say.

Here is a link to their site:http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php

My First Blog---My First Post

I just got through filing for unemployment electronically. I am 48 years old, have worked since I was 13 ---and never asked for unemployment due to being "terminated". BUT...I am doing it now as the place I worked for is soooooooooooooo wrong about how they treat employees. My termination was completely due to the fact that I tattled on a manager who was openly putting down gays, openly talking sexually about girl co-workers and just an out~n~out jerk. The owner of the company himself humiliated me personally in front of other employees. Illegal workers far outnumbered US workers and it was just a downright shit place to work. Now I wait for ten days to see what the CA unemployment department has to say about my claim.

I now will go and clean the house and my mind ;)