The Invisible Edge: January 2010

Thursday, January 28

Tuesday, January 26

Postcards from the Edge #33

Anybody want to start a knife fight?

Monday, January 25

Souvenir shops sell the wackiest things.

Friday, January 22

Douglas Sirk's Underbelly #13

Dope peddlers that look like housewives, in 1951. And ladies, reading the paper that closely could hurt your eyes.

Thursday, January 21

Wednesday, January 20

An Aristocratic Air About Them

Tuesday, January 19

And once again...

... fifth wheel Rudy Nesbitt ruins everyone's good time. Way to go Rudy!

Monday, January 18

The Sixties Woman...

...emerges from the pool perfectly dry.

Thursday, January 14

Sunbathing or Dead: You Make the Call.

Wednesday, January 13

The Sixties Woman...

...isn't threatened by a younger, leggier sixties woman.

Tuesday, January 12

Cary Johannesson, 18, on trial for murder, 1958, Los Angeles, CA. On April 4th, 1958, Cary picked up Phyllis Meltzer, aged 15, at her house in Reseda for a date, bought a case of beer then proceeded to rape her and choke her to death. He had been arrested the year before for battery when he choked another girl who managed to fight him off. This time, he told police, "Once I started choking Phyllis I thought I'd better go through with it because I didn't want to go to jail again. I guess I kind of get a thrill out of choking a girl." He later said that he "thought about trying to revive her but I didn't want to touch her again... I don't trust myself alone with a girl."

His trial concluded with a whopping seven minute jury deliberation before returning a verdict of "guilty" on the charge of 1st degree murder.
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Source: Los Angeles Times Daily Mirror blog.