Tag: homicide

Narratively

Confessions of a Journalist Haunted by a Double Killing

Thacher Schmid

Three years ago this week, a couple named Nate and Cassy were brutally stabbed to death, and I soon began reporting their story. I now realize it will never leave me—for reasons you might not expect. THACHER SCHMID “The ‘Insane Pirate’ Drifter and the Double Killing at the Fourplex” — my third piece for Narratively — began to torment me after I took on the assignment. Whether I’m writing about housing, the lack of housing, or a bloody double homicide in a basement, a sense of place is crucial. And this place I spent so much time investigating just has an ominous feeling to … Continue reading Confessions of a Journalist Haunted by a Double Killing

Adbusters

Belize (Adbusters)

Thacher Schmid

This is a piece I wrote about Belize, a tiny Central American nation with a horrendously high homicide rate, for Adbusters, a graphic art-oriented, activist magazine published out of Vancouver, B.C. My own trip to Belize in 2000 was marred by a double homicide right outside my hotel room, which may or may not have been connected to my friend’s wallet being stolen that same night — after we went to the only disco on Caye Caulker. Luckily, the thief left my friend’s passport, otherwise we might still be there. Continue reading Belize (Adbusters)