Category: Robert Wone

"There's Daggers in Men's Smiles."

The Bard, And A New Look At An Old Puzzle Much of the work here has been of an evidentiary nature, trying to sort through facts as they’re known to piece the puzzle together and find the truth of Robert’s…

It's A Date…

Two Weeks Before Robert Wone’s Murder… Three years ago this week, on or about July 19, 2006, Robert began making plans to stay the night at a friend’s house in Washington, DC.   Last month Paul Duggan wrote in the…

The Old Stone House

For Sale:  History  Tasked with tracking a number of properties, the Real Estate Editor has the busiest job at wmrw.com.  Of course there’s the site of Robert’s murder, the previous home of the defendants, 1509  Swann Street; the 16th Street apartment they lived in after the murder and the McLean…

Bumped

Let’s Take It From the Top… Last night’s comment from MaNonVa caused quite a stir.  It was an  intimate portrait of the Swann Street housemates including Sara Morgan.  We’re very thankful for the contribution. It dovetails with other sketches we’ve seen…

Mean Streets

A Spike in Murders?  Hold a News Conference Three years ago this past weekend marked the anniversary of the announcement of the “crime emergency” in the District of Columbia.  On July 11, 2006, twenty days before the murder of Robert…

Pursuit of the Truth

Why Robert Wone Could Not Remain Silent in the Face of Injustice – And Why We Won’t This July marks three years since Robert Wone was named general counsel of Radio Free Asia; a post he held for less than…

Hoodwinked

Visiting the Gayborhood We’ve had a sighting!  Shortly after lunch hour on Thursday, July 2, one of our outgoing defendants was spotted on 14th Street NW between S Street NW and U Street NW. Our intrepid investigative reporter nearly collided…

Old Europe

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome, Come on in Mord… Murha… Murder.  Here are a couple offerings from across the water on this uniquely American holiday.  German media blogger Stefan Niggemeier and the Finnish crime blog murha.info both noticed the Washington Post and New…

Saturday Showcase

Neatness and Originality Count More than likely within the 4,000 comments posted here lies the key that may unlock the mystery behind the night of August 2, 2006.  We’re still trying to configure the ideal theories page here that will…

Search Tools

The Blogosfear WordPress stats are limited but one feature shows incoming Google searches. Paul Duggan’s Washington Post series and Tim Arango’s piece in the New York Times triggered all sorts of search terms we saw in the dashboard. In the wake of all…