Talk:Charles Starkweather

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Anyone want to finish this article because its missing alot of detail

--- This article is neglecting much of Starkweather's history, such as additional homicides (Robert Colvert, for example). Anyone have some good sources to flesh this out? -- Kaszeta 18:19, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Well, at least in the case of Robert Colvert, I know the article is pretty well fleshed out now, since I talked with a relative of Robert Colvert. I'll try to fill in some of the details the relative gave me. -- Kaszeta 23:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
The paragraph about 7 of his murders was deleted by an anonymous user. I replaced the paragraph but I haven't cross-referenced it or anything. --suburbancow 02:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

In this article, Caril Ann Fugate year of birth is given as 1944, and year of parole is 1976. In Caril Ann Fugate article, year of birth is 1943, and year of parole is 1977. Which is the right one ? Jay 11:20, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

I am also questioning the veracity of the claims/ presentation of Caril Ann Fugate as an innocent victim in this article - I've seen multiple accounts that she was not only present/ but participated in the murders of her family, as well as the murder of Carole King. Also, while young, her actions in the immediate days after the murders of her family members strongly suggest collaboration in these crimes. This angle should be further explored. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.2.92 (talk) 02:58, 23 September 2007 (UTC) FWIW, Starkweather is also mentioned in the Movie "The Frighteners" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/). -- Anon

Caril was born on July 31, 1943. I found the date in Earl Dyer's book, Headline Starkweather. MrNWA4Life 03:03, 18 February 2006

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[edit] Linda Starkweather?

The last line in this article used to say "No relation to Linda Starkweather." Anyone know who this person is? There's no article on a Linda Starkweather on Wikipedia, and a Google search throws up numerous Linda Starkweathers, but no one I'd say is definitively the one refered to.

I've removed it for the time being for those reasons, and partly because (looking at some of that user's other edits) I'm tempted to say it was just vandalism. g026r 05:52, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Someone changed Charlie's date of birth. His date of birth is 11/24/1938, not 11/25/1938. A total stranger paid for his tombstone in December 1970 and got his birthdate wrong. MrNWA4Life

[edit] My "Labor Of Love"

This took quite some time to do but I finally finished it. There are some lists of executions on Wikipedia, some lists include a state's complete list of executions. Some, like Nebraska, only list the post 1976 executions. I got the full, complete, list of all 34 Nebraska executions (14 from when they were carried out by the various counties, the other 20 by the State). And for both Charlie and John Joubert, I included the link from their page to the list. I just hope nobody messes with it now. Enjoy! MrNWA4Life

[edit] Charlie's "Mugshot"

Hate to break the newws, but the pic of Charlie is not his mugshot. What kind of jail would take a mugshot of someone with a cigarette hanging from their mouth? None, it didn't happen. This pic (which is the most famous pic of Charlie) was taken by photographers after being brought back to Lincoln. Charlie's actual mugshot can be found on this page: [1] and the pic itself is here: [2] Perhaps someone could get the Lincoln Sheriff's Office to provide a better scan?MrNWA4Life

This entry states that Caril was not home when her sister was killed, yet the entry for her states that she made lunch while her sister was killed. Which is it?

[edit] Edit to "Impact On Culture" secton

It was previously stated in this section that in Stephen King's "The Dark Half", the character George Stark's name was inspired by Starkweather. The character was actually named after Richard Stark, pseudonym of novelist Donald E. Westlake. See character list on King's official site:

http://www.stephenking.com/pages/works/Dark_Half/characters.php —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.97.90.98 (talk) 23:53, 17 September 2007 (UTC)


re:Stakweather (band) A friend and I formed a duo in 2001 called Starkweather and wrote around twenty songs. We had intended to write and record an album about Starkwethaer and Fugate. This was never completed, though three songs were written and recorded. We are not "notable" but I have included this here for those who may be interested. www.myspace.com/starkweatherforyou. Mary Harper 11:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism that I cannot repair

There's some vandalism on this page, near the end of the article. Someone wrote some nonsense about chuck norris on it, but for some reason I cannot delete this segment of the text. If I click the edit button it does not show up in the text, as is it's not there, but it is.

Can someone fix this and if possible tell me how it's done? Damn vandals, don't they got better things to do. --Marjolijn 17:08, 2 Januari 2008 (CET)

[edit] Conflicting information

"The two stayed in the house for six more days" under 'Other Murders'.

Caril Fugate's article says they stayed for seven days.DanTheShrew (talk) 11:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] people related/same last name as starkweather

taylor starweather and her family —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.205.197.230 (talk) 01:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)