Post by foxmulder on May 9, 2018 22:12:32 GMT
I was born in 1990 in New York City. I have lived for the majority of my life here. I have not traveled much; the furthest south I have ever been was Florida and that was as a child and the furthest west I've ever been is Pennsylvania. Later in the year I will be going to New Mexico, but that will be my first time outside of the East Coast.
Part of the study, or the picture, or the whatever you wish to call it of the EAR/ONS story is California in the 1970s and 1980s. EAR from what I have read used geography to his advantage, and the haunting memory of the crimes seems as much culturally ingrained in the areas he targeted as it was criminal. People speak about the importance of NorCal, SoCal, Goleta, Sacramento. I understand these are all different communities and locales. But being so far away, both in time, and physical distance, from EAR/ONS' crimes, it seems so alien to me. Reading the thread about how the Santa Barbara people likely suppressed knowledge of the crimes has me asking a favor of you:
Could you tell me about California in this time? The culture? What were the towns he 'hit' like - were they 'good' neighborhoods or 'bad'? Where I live, everything one could ask for - at least ten different restaurants, five or so fast food places, public transportation, several clothing stores, a video game store, multiple Delis and 99 cent stores, all are within literally five minutes' walking distance. The particular area I live in is both small town-esque (in that you're likely, if you go out often enough, to run into someone you know at least once a week outside) and yet has the anonymity of a big city.
But what about the areas EAR hit? Were they small town? Might multiple victims, for example, have known each other or known of each other before the crimes? What was the attitude toward EAR's crimes, and given 1970s communication, how far did news of his crimes spread from where he committed them? Was there really a sense of terror in entire neighborhoods because of him?
And what about when he became ONS? Did anyone here who was alive and in CA at the time believe ONS and EAR to be the same as of 1986?
Lastly, what is it about California from the 1960s to 1980s that seem to breed so many killers? Zodiac, Bundy, EAR/ONS and quite a few others (along with so many unsolved missing persons' cases) - it seems like California was infested with deviant scumbags at that time - but why? Why were the 70s-80s in general such a peak time for serial murder?
Part of the study, or the picture, or the whatever you wish to call it of the EAR/ONS story is California in the 1970s and 1980s. EAR from what I have read used geography to his advantage, and the haunting memory of the crimes seems as much culturally ingrained in the areas he targeted as it was criminal. People speak about the importance of NorCal, SoCal, Goleta, Sacramento. I understand these are all different communities and locales. But being so far away, both in time, and physical distance, from EAR/ONS' crimes, it seems so alien to me. Reading the thread about how the Santa Barbara people likely suppressed knowledge of the crimes has me asking a favor of you:
Could you tell me about California in this time? The culture? What were the towns he 'hit' like - were they 'good' neighborhoods or 'bad'? Where I live, everything one could ask for - at least ten different restaurants, five or so fast food places, public transportation, several clothing stores, a video game store, multiple Delis and 99 cent stores, all are within literally five minutes' walking distance. The particular area I live in is both small town-esque (in that you're likely, if you go out often enough, to run into someone you know at least once a week outside) and yet has the anonymity of a big city.
But what about the areas EAR hit? Were they small town? Might multiple victims, for example, have known each other or known of each other before the crimes? What was the attitude toward EAR's crimes, and given 1970s communication, how far did news of his crimes spread from where he committed them? Was there really a sense of terror in entire neighborhoods because of him?
And what about when he became ONS? Did anyone here who was alive and in CA at the time believe ONS and EAR to be the same as of 1986?
Lastly, what is it about California from the 1960s to 1980s that seem to breed so many killers? Zodiac, Bundy, EAR/ONS and quite a few others (along with so many unsolved missing persons' cases) - it seems like California was infested with deviant scumbags at that time - but why? Why were the 70s-80s in general such a peak time for serial murder?