Reason First: Theodore Edward Coneys Spun a Web of Murder

Before the late Marvel creative minds behind Spider-Man conceived of this figure, there was another spiderman but he existed as no hero. Theodore Edward Coneys , in 1941, was definitely no Anne Frank either who’s fame would rise in the coming years. But he did take on the moniker “The Denver Spider Man of Moncrieff Place” and hid in an attic for nine months.

Coneys found himself in desperation. He sought the benevolence of a man named Philip Peters to persuade him to give him some money. Noticing that no one was home at the time, Coneys broke into the house. During his time making trips to the kitchen and the bathroom, Coneys had positioned himself like an arachnid, eating and roaming about the top level of the house.

In time, while on a run to the kitchen, Mr. Peters discovered Coneys and struck him with a cane. Coneys would take a pistol and a stove-shaker and bludgeon Mr. Peters to death. A neighbor would discover Mr. Peter’s remains. Coneys then took up residence in the attic once more, undetected by the neighbor or law enforcement.

Mrs. Peters had been accompanied by a housekeeper who heard weird sounds coming from the house following her husband’s death and they believed the sounds to be the effects of a haunted house.

But no one needed to question whether the place was haunted or not. Of course it wasn’t. But one vicious creature still occupied it. Police would be given a motive for arrest after Coneys peeked his head through the window of the attic. Coneys’ legs slid through the trapdoor. Police apprehended the murderer and he confessed to crime.

“The Denver Spider Man of Moncrieff Place” saw a life sentence at the Colorado State Penitentiary until he died at the age of 84.

In all of this, the mysticism should be spoken about. For the widow and the maid to declare the house haunted plays into the idea that they're actually ghosts and spooks. This hindered the investigation into Coneys because the two ladies could not see themselves traversing into a “haunted house.”

Mr. Philips sadly saw the wrong end of a handgun and a stove tool which led to his demise. His hospitality was unplanned, inadvertent, and unbeknownst to him. Coneys should have treated him justly by not living in his attic and then stealing his life. This nasty case brings to mind every irrational urge that someone could dream up in his head. To hide away in the attic of a former friend who had no clue about Coneys’ situation because he was not at home during the break-in, is truly bizarre and wicked.

Coneys could have found work. Yes, he dropped out of school. Does that mean that he couldn’t have become an autodidact and gained the rich knowledge of the world at the library? It's positive that the police enabled themselves to bring Coneys into custody. Like animal specialists who know how to handle venomous spiders, the police targeted and captured the “Denver Spider-Man.”

Coneys time on this earth was relatively long. He certainly lived past the average life expectancy for an American at that time. For a good chunk of that time, he could have actually served a purpose other than being a bloody murderer.

It gives one pause to wonder what is going on upstairs in the attic of houses across the land. Is it a squirrel? A raccoon? Maybe it’s some vicious killer lurking across the floorboards. (May the latter not be the case.)

In this case, Coneys showed that evil can live within someone who knowingly goes against the laws of logic and reason. His irrationality displayed a male not yet ready for maturity. While he was not expected to live very long from the outset, Coneys would suffer the consequences of his decision for decades.

The unknown and unknowable does not exist. So, for the story to be fully considered, it must be based on the facts of reality and the evidence which was made clear upon investigation. The police ruled the day once they trapped the “Denver Spider Man of Moncrieff Place.”