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Appeals Court Overturns Murder and Kidnapping Conviction in Etan Patz Disappearance
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The judges’ decision echoed ProPublica’s reporting from 2013 that raised questions about the veracity and legality of suspect Pedro Hernandez’s confessions in one of the most famous missing child cases in U.S. history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-conviction-overturned-murder-kidnapping?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Update! I'm delighted that my " by : Exploring a Campus " one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) via is now a candidate for October 2025. It's a good fit for the most haunting month of the year.

Hangsaman is psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a dark Gothic mystery; a critique of gender roles, family dynamics, & higher education; a meditation on trauma & mental illness; a fictional answer to a real-life , & an ancestor of today’s storytelling.

More info here: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2249/

Pictured is the banner for Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson: Exploring a Gothic Campus Mystery with Signum University. The background image is of a woman's face in profile with the wind whipping her hair.
Pictured is a Kindle cued up to read Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman, propped against a reproduction of New England headstone illuminated by a candle.
Pictured is the opening page of the novel Hangsaman with a Dark Academia pin (showing a classical bust encircled by a snake) resting on it.