Determined to find something not well known yet intriguing
enough to give me things to write about, I turned to Seriously Strange on
youtube – a series which tells eerie stories from throughout history.
The majority of my ideas came from the “real life superheroes” episode, mainly because these stories are much more recent and less gruesome as the majority of the true stories featured in his videos.
Marvin Heemeyer
I’ll spare you the details on this guy’s life story, but he drove around in an armoured bulldozer shooting people. That’s both interesting and will be interesting to research how and why he decided to make it.
https://youtu.be/4Fr5XEl5i-8?list=PLQKlHp9A8xVTGoLtJePs8WnZpJs6xkB2o&t=37
From this I could research his motivations and write a piece focused on how he managed to create this weapon as well as trying to find out what was going through his mind as he carried out his plans.
The majority of my ideas came from the “real life superheroes” episode, mainly because these stories are much more recent and less gruesome as the majority of the true stories featured in his videos.
Marvin Heemeyer
I’ll spare you the details on this guy’s life story, but he drove around in an armoured bulldozer shooting people. That’s both interesting and will be interesting to research how and why he decided to make it.
https://youtu.be/4Fr5XEl5i-8?list=PLQKlHp9A8xVTGoLtJePs8WnZpJs6xkB2o&t=37
From this I could research his motivations and write a piece focused on how he managed to create this weapon as well as trying to find out what was going through his mind as he carried out his plans.
Jon Burge
One of the biggest examples of police brutality, something that can be linked with topical discussions of recent cases in the news.
https://youtu.be/9khwxN1E5vE?list=PLQKlHp9A8xVTGoLtJePs8WnZpJs6xkB2o&t=371
Joseph Konopka
A computer hacker turned terrorist, who recruited people into his organisation under the guise
“Dr Ch@os”
A case that can be linked into more recent examples of hacking as a criminal tool, as well as recent discussions on national safety compromising privacy.
https://youtu.be/4Fr5XEl5i-8?list=PLQKlHp9A8xVTGoLtJePs8WnZpJs6xkB2o&t=180
François Duvalier
A former doctor who became president of Haiti and eventually went on to start a reign of terror fuelled by his secret police and fear caused by his practice of voodoo
https://youtu.be/4Fr5XEl5i-8?list=PLQKlHp9A8xVTGoLtJePs8WnZpJs6xkB2o&t=308
this piece can either be focused on him, his son Jean-Claude, or his eventual overthrowing. A very interesting yet unknown part of history, which could create interesting more historical based pieces.
Hopefully I should have chosen my idea by next week, in which case any of these ideas I haven’t used feel free to develop and use how you want.
this piece can either be focused on him, his son Jean-Claude, or his eventual overthrowing. A very interesting yet unknown part of history, which could create interesting more historical based pieces.
Hopefully I should have chosen my idea by next week, in which case any of these ideas I haven’t used feel free to develop and use how you want.
