tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post1207956188459466874..comments2024-03-03T07:03:51.665-06:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Murder is easy. And kind of wrong.Sherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-69892864693680140732013-08-02T21:53:45.255-05:002013-08-02T21:53:45.255-05:00Interesting piece. I had thought of the cases in q...Interesting piece. I had thought of the cases in quite that way before.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547403170785155048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-28844620423470772732013-08-01T23:45:08.027-05:002013-08-01T23:45:08.027-05:00Occasionally I go on a Discovery ID binge. My fav...Occasionally I go on a Discovery ID binge. My favorites are poisoners, and Doctors Gone Wrong, scenarios which occasionally overlap. But you know what is also endlessly fascinating? Financial crimes. American Greed is just mesmerizing, both in the way those crimes are perpetrated--and in the fact that, usually, the criminal and the victims are both equally avaricious. Other wise, the latter would have thought something like "25% above market return? What is he smoking?" I remember going with my mom to a meeting in which the speaker kept talking about "growing your business." As a college student, I kept wondering "but...where is the product? What am I making or selling? How can I bring people in if I don't even know what I'm doing?" I felt really stupid for not getting it....but if more people were that stupid, we'd have fewer successful Ponzi schemes. Anyway!! I would love to see someone really do a lengthy examination of what, precisely, was involved in the Baron Maupertuis case. They'd have to be good at math--and explaining math--which is why I'll never do it myself--but in the hands of the right person, it could be as exciting as any murder.<br /><br /><br />LeahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com