He seemed like such a nice man.

[Sxsnuf]

I've been acquainted with Tom for 15-20 years. He genuinely seemed like a kind individual. Always helpful and jovial, although he laughed at his own jokes, and they were never funny. Odd duck, I guess, but if this is true, I've been a poor judge of character. Maybe some of you folks aren't so bad after all?

https://www.kcci.com/article/thomas-popp-arrested-for-1983-murder-terri-mccauley/63413073

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[arakboss]

I've been aquatinted with Tom for 15-20 years. He genuinely seemed like a kind individual. Always helpful and jovial, although he laughed at his own jokes, and they were never funny. Odd duck, I guess, but if this is true, I've been a poor judge of character.

https://www.kcci.com/article/thomas-popp-arrested-for-1983-murder-terri-mccauley/63413073

Innocent until....

If he confesses or is found guilty, you may want to lose that 20ga he gave you.

 

[The Heretic]

Huh.

Met a guy once, a motorcycle mech of some respect in the Airhead (BMW "Airhead" Boxer engine, shaft drive bikes) community, known to be a bit quirky, but knowledgeable and skilled.

Sometime after I had met him, he tried to murder his wife by tying her to a chair and setting fire to his house. IIRC she escaped and he went to prison?

 

[Stomper]

Ted Bundy was supposedly quite nice, charismatic, etc....


Norman Bates was the same.....




That's why I always have a backup plan to kill everyone in the room, just in case.

 

[Member 53867]

Ted Bundy was supposedly quite nice, charismatic, etc....


Norman Bates was the same.....




That's why I always have a backup plan to kill everyone in the room, just in case.

I've met several people that worked at Kenworth when Gary Ridgeway was there. They all said he kept to himself and was "a little creepy."

I've never known anyone that turned out to be a murderer. But I've worked with two different people whose fathers were murdered (not by the same guy) here in Washington.

 

[Aero Denezol]

The most dangerous men are often the quietest most unassuming men.

The loudest man in the room is usually just seeking attention. Dangerous people don't seek attention. Only stupid people do.

 

[Bobbygun]

I went to school with a guy that's in a Texas prison right now for murdering his grandma when she caught him stealing from her. He was stupid, and evidently dangerous as well.

 

[TKB]

When I lived in Newport News, Virginia we had a house on the Warrick river right across from Fort Eutis. My Dad was an Army officer there. There was a training area there for the guys going to Vietnam. After the solders got done practicing and left we would collect the dud hangernaids that they had thrown. I gave one to this guy that I befriended in Highschool. Never thought anything about it until he came into math class with the hangernaid in one hand . Said he couldn't take it anymore and tossed the hangernaid onto the teachers desk. All the kids in the class either hit the floor or ran out of the room including the teacher. The hangernaid was of course a dud. I never saw Wayne again and the teacher was fired for leaving the kids in danger. Wayne never said where he got the hangernaid from. A good lesson to me. I too might of been expelled and there might of been repercussions from this toward my Dad and his career.

 

[RVTECH]

Long ago one of the high profile serial killers in the So Cal area turned out to be a neighbor of some friends of my parents we learned about after having moved to Oregon.

If recall they reported the same thing - nice guy, unassuming and no issues.

 

[Alexx1401]

Ted Bundy was supposedly quite nice, charismatic, etc....


Norman Bates was the same.....




That's why I always have a backup plan to kill everyone in the room, just in case.

One of my Wife's older siblings used to bring Ted to their home. Her parents liked him and were shocked when it later became known who and what he was.

 

[Catbox]

My wife's mother knew and temporarily housed a man named Roland.

It turns out he is now a convicted murderer and other things and now is living down in the state pen for the rest of his life.
I believe his acts were done before the MIL let him stay with them for a while.

Creepy bubblegum.

I was little when the Green River Killer was active and living just outside of Seattle at the time.
I can remember seeing that stuff on the news.
Then we moved to Tigard in 1984 and it turns out he dropped a body or two in Tigard on the backside of Bull Mountain at that time as well.
When I read that in the book by Ann Rule, it blew my mind that the world was so small.

 

[Stomper]

My wife's mother knew and temporarily housed a man named Roland.

It turns out he is now a convicted murderer and other things and now is living down in the state pen for the rest of his life.
I believe his acts were done before the MIL let him stay with them for a while.

Creepy bubblegum.

I was little when the Green River Killer was active and living just outside of Seattle at the time.
I can remember seeing that stuff on the news.
Then we moved to Tigard in 1984 and it turns out he dropped a body or two in Tigard on the backside of Bull Mountain at that time as well.
When I read that in the book by Ann Rule, it blew my mind that the world was so small.

Small world, my wife was a casual friend of Ann Rule before she (Ann Rule) died. My wife LOVES pursuing and learning about that serial killer sheite... definately more of a "chick-thing".


That's why she (my wife) would NEVER live in WA state (the serial-killer capitol of the USA).... she says, "it's too stabby".

LOL!

 

[OregonRider]

I'm in a small club. I've known two.
My best friend in high school became a member of a biker club in Texas. He'd did time for the murder of a rival gang member. Rumor was that he took the fall for someone else.

The second guy (also a biker) I met on a long road trip. Met at a gas station in Idaho. We were going to the same area in Oregon so we rode together. I followed him to his trailer out in the country & spent the night. The next day I rode on.

I read about him in the paper a few months later. He grabbed a rifle and shot at a trespasser that was at his gate about 100 yards away. Supposedly to warn him off. Nope. Killed him.

The moral of the story, beware of Harley dudes.

 

[Koda]

Few years ago 3 doors down the homeowner had a roommate that murdered him, cut him up to fit in the freezer, and wore his clothes to make people think all was normal coming and going. The house has sold since then, not certain I want to tell the new owners the story.

 

[The Heretic]

I'm in a small club. I've known two.
My best friend in high school became a member of a biker club in Texas. He'd did time for the murder of a rival gang member. Rumor was that he took the fall for someone else.

The second guy (also a biker) I met on a long road trip. Met at a gas station in Idaho. We were going to the same area in Oregon so we rode together. I followed him to his trailer out in the country & spent the night. The next day I rode on.

I read about him in the paper a few months later. He grabbed a rifle and shot at a trespasser that was at his gate about 100 yards away. Supposedly to warn him off. Nope. Killed him.

The moral of the story, beware of Harley dudes.

Kind of. A close friend of mine (recently deceased) was all about HD bikes and hung out with HD bikers. Never felt threatened by him.

OTOH, my ex had a female friend who married a scumbag who hung out with a guy who did time in prison, reportedly for murder, and they were into HD bikes. *shrug*

My ex and her family were the ones I should have been beware of; her brother (a guy I hung knew from HS, but increasingly detested) died in prison 4 years ago, serving a 50 year sentence for molesting his daughter. Her father (my ex-FIL) was an alcoholic (a mean one) child molester who liked to run bicyclists off the road with his pickup in the hills behind west Salem - he died of liver failure. Her mother was wacky too. And yes, my ex, was/is wacky as well. I was really stupid as a teen; there were clues that family was off-kilter, but I ignored them.

 

[Stomper]

Kind of. A close friend of mine (recently deceased) was all about HD bikes and hung out with HD bikers. Never felt threatened by him.

OTOH, my ex had a female friend who married a scumbag who hung out with a guy who did time in prison, reportedly for murder, and they were into HD bikes. *shrug*

My ex and her family were the ones I should have been beware of; her brother (a guy I hung knew from HS, but increasingly detested) died in prison 4 years ago, serving a 50 year sentence for molesting his daughter. Her father (my ex-FIL) was an alcoholic (a mean one) child molester who liked to run bicyclists off the road with his pickup in the hills behind west Salem - he died of liver failure. Her mother was wacky too. And yes, my ex, was/is wacky as well. I was really stupid as a teen; there were clues that family was off-kilter, but I ignored them.

C'mon, you didn't ignore the clues, you were distracted by her..... "talents".

 

[monks]

Huh.

Met a guy once, a motorcycle mech of some respect in the Airhead (BMW "Airhead" Boxer engine, shaft drive bikes) community, known to be a bit quirky, but knowledgeable and skilled.

Sometime after I had met him, he tried to murder his wife by tying her to a chair and setting fire to his house. IIRC she escaped and he went to prison?

Maybe she was mean to him. That's what I tell my wife every time we're watching one of those murder shows where the man kills his wife. Keeps her in line, lol!

 

[The Heretic]

C'mon, you didn't ignore the clues, you were distracted by her..... "talents".

Both (kind of) - I ignored the clues because I was a stupid, foolish horny teenager.

I've paid for that foolishness all of my life. But at least I don't have to suffer having her around anymore, so the cost has gone down over time.

 

[orygun]

Few years ago 3 doors down the homeowner had a roommate that murdered him, cut him up to fit in the freezer, and wore his clothes to make people think all was normal coming and going. The house has sold since then, not certain I want to tell the new owners the story.

There are things people don't need to know.

 

[Koda]

There are things people don't need to know.

Thats kinda my take on that story. Someone bought the house and its just superstition if it mattered what happened in the house prior but if they dont know they they dont have to move.
Maybe if I get to know them better and dont like them I will tell them the history. lol...
(so far all my neighbors are great folks).