Rasma Raisters
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My passions are writing and creating poetry. I write for several sites online and have four themed blogs on Wordpress. Please follow me on Twitter.
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Looking Into His Angel Eyes Part 2
On trial for kidnapping On February 23, 1976, Ted was put on trial for kidnapping Carol DaRonch. Taking the stand Carol pointed to Bundy as the person who had attacked her. Ted himself said he had never seen the defendant but had no alibi as to his whereabouts on the day of the attack. Bundy was found guilty and sentenced on June 30th from one to fifteen years in prison with the possibility of parole. While in prison he was evaluated by psychologists and they concluded that Ted had a “fear of being humiliated in his relationships with women.” While Bundy remained in Utah State Prison investigators found hairs in Bundy’s VW that were found to be characteristically alike to Campbell’s and Smith’s hair.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Criminal
Killer Known As The Predator
A very difficult childhood Robert Garrow was born on March 4, 1936, near the village of Dannemora in upstate New York. His father was a mineworker and a heavy drinker taking out his frustration on his son. His mother Margaret Garrow was well known in Mineville and had a hostile, callous disposition. She was a cruel person who beat her children. There were times when Robert was beaten unconscious. He had no formal education and worked on neighboring farms from the age of 7 his pay being collected by his mother.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Criminal
Killer With The Clown Face
Chloroforming a victim and the torture On May 22, 1978, Jeffrey Ringall had returned home to Chicago from a winter vacation in Florida. Walking through New Town a popular area of Chicago his path was blocked by an Oldsmobile. The heavy-set man in the car started chatting with Ringall and finally invited him for a ride around town while sharing a joint. Delighted to be able to escape the cold Ringall got into the Olds. Halfway through the joint the man suddenly grabbed Ringall and shoved a rag doused in chloroform over his face. He lost consciousness and during moments of reawakening tried to decide what was happening to him only to be chloroformed again.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Criminal
Purple Bird Dreams
North America Being the largest North American swallow the Purple Martin can be found throughout temperate North America. These birds are very large and broad-chested. They have black beaks, legs and feet, stout, forked bills and long tapered wings.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Petlife
The Boston Strangler
Anna Slesers, an immigrant from Latvia lived in Boston at 77 Gainsborough Street. She was 55 years old and worked as a seamstress. Having finished dinner on the evening of June 14, 1962, she saw that she had enough time to take a bath before her son Juris arrived to pick her up for the Latvian memorial services held at her church that night. She put on the opera music of Tristan und Isolde and went into the bathroom. When Juris arrived he got no answer when he knocked on his mother’s door and becoming worried forced the door open. He found his mother lying on the bathroom floor with the cord of her bathrobe around her neck. Juris telephoned the police and his sister in Maryland to inform them of this tragic “suicide.”
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Criminal
Cats Say Meow
Devon Rex These cats have big ears and their bodies are thin. They look a bit unusual. They can quickly learn tricks and love to have their humans around. These cats are referred to as people-orientated snugglers that enjoy cuddling up to their owners at night and will wake them up with hugs, kisses and purrs of affection in the mornings. Devon's love to have cat toys tossed at them and ten-fold return the love their owners shower on them.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Petlife
Chocolate Heaven
Europe Sweden Kladdkaka is one of the most popular Swedish desserts. This delectable chocolate cake is prepared with eggs, cocoa, butter, sugar, and flour. During baking, the cake should always stay moist in the center while the outer layer should form a thin and crunchy coating.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Feast
When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Pizza Pie
California-style pizza is a combination of New York and Italian thin crust with toppings from California cuisine. Wolfgang Puck popularized this style of pizza. California-style pizza was invented more or less simultaneously in 1980 by Ed LaDou (the “Prince of Pizza”) and by pizza chefs working for Alice Waters at the Chez Panisse Café in Berkeley, California.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Feast
Majestic Trees
Silk Cotton Trees are Asian tropical trees, They have a straight tall trunk and their leaves are deciduous in winter. In the spring red flowers with five petals appear. The tree produces a capsule that when ripe has white fibres like cotton. These trees grow with huge twisting roots, made up of long, wavy, narrow planks. Their trunks have spikes to deter attacks by animals, Silk Cotton Trees are certainly an impressive sight to behold.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Earth
American Pasta Dishes
New York Chicken Riggies is an Italian-American pasta dish that comes from the Utica area in New York State. The dish is a delectable combination of rigatoni pasta, hot or sweet peppers, chicken, and a spicy, flavorable cream and tomato sauce. If you are travelling here you'll find almost every restaurant in Utica serves this dish.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Feast
Adorable Animals
On the Land The Red Panda has a soft red fur coat, the cutest fluffy ears, and a bushy tail. This panda grows only to the size of a domestic cat. It makes its home in Nepal, Burma, and central China living in mountainous forests. Most of its time is spent up in trees.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Petlife
