Easter Sunday massacre

It's been about 46 years since the day of the Easter Sunday massacre. The story revolves around a man named James Ruppert. 



                                                        

                                                        The Ruppert house

James Urban Ruppert was born on 12th April, 1934 in Hamilton, Ohio. 

He is said to have a troubled childhood.  His father, Leonard had little to no affection for him and his older brother Leon repeatedly toldty, use to repeatedly tell Rupert, that she regretted his existence and wished for a daughter instead. 

In 1947,  Leonard Ruppert, James's father died and Leonard jr.  became the head of the house. It is said that James was constantly picked on by his older brother. He was apparently treated poorly at his home. 

All these left an impact on James. At school he was a poor student, he was hardly getting past. He had a few to no friends. It is known that he dated a few times in his life. 

James resented his brother. The reason behind this definitely begins when his brother used to pick on him. Later in life, Leonard jr. got a college degree on electrical engineering while James dropped out of college after two years of joining. Leonard jr. married one of James's ex-girlfriend Alma. Alma and Leonard jr. ha eight children together and were happily married. They lived in their big family house near to their parental house. On the other hand James was unemployed, sometimes did odd jobs and lived with his mother at the age of 41.

He was also an alcoholic.

His mother had expectations from him since he is a 41-year-old. His little problem with alcohol got so out of hand once that his mother threatened to get a restraining order against him. On top of all that, James owed money to his mother and brother. 

March 29th, 1975. It was James's birthday and he was witnessed practicing shooting with a. 357 magnum along the banks of The Great Miami River in Hamilton. He was later seen in a bar, where he talked to a employee, Miss Wanda. She said James seemed depressed and talked about feeling pressurised by his mother's wishes. He left the bar briefly at 11:00, saying he had a problem to solve but later came back at around 1:30 and said his problem was not solved yet. 

   

    10 of the victims of the Easter Sunday massacre. 

March 30th, 1,975. It was an Easter Sund and his wife, along with their eight children, came to visit Charity. 

While James was sleeping off his night of drinking in his room, the kids were playing around while the others prepared for there lunch. 

At around 4:00pm, James came down to the kitchen, with a loaded . 357 magnum, two.22  Handguns and a rifle. 

At that moment, Charity, Leonard jr. , Alma along  with three children David, Terresa and Carol.  James shot and killed them all. Then later he proceeded onto the living room where he killed his remaining nieces and nephews, namely, Leonard III, Ann, Micheal, Thomas,  John. 

So in total he killed 11 people. The entire massacre was done in about 5 mins. Leaving out one kid, the others where shot twice, to ensure that they are dead. 

James waited for a few moments before calling the police. 

The policy describes the scene as the "slaughterhouse" since everything was covered with blood. Blood was dripping off the wall, the carpets were soaked with blood. 

James refused to say anything to the police and was uncooperative. He made it clear he will plea for insanity. 

   James Ruppert at the time of his arrest. 

His initial trial was held in Hamilton, Ohio. The three-judge panel found him guilty of 11 murders and he sentenced to life imprisonment. 

Later a mistrial was supposed to be concluded in Findlay, Ohio as it was claimed he will never receive a fair trial in Hamilton. 

In July 1975,  a second trial started since new evJames'e and witnesses a surface drget shooting was surfacing. In that trial, he was found guilty of 11 murders and he received 11 life sentences. 

In 1982, a new trial was issued where he was found guilty of 2 murders and not guilty for the other 9 murders on the basis of insanity and was given 2 life sentences. 

In December 2019, James was held in the Franklin Medical Center in Ohio. In 1982, he was granted a hearing before the parole board but his release was denied. Later in 2015 he was again in a hearing before the parole board but his release was again denied. 

His next hearing is scheduled for 2025 when he would be 90 years of age. 

 

James Ruppert, 2015

 2025 is not far from now. Do you think he will be released? Does a evil like him deserve to get released? Do you think he was made into a devil by his own family? 

Let me know. 

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Criminal world EP- 1 "Youngest serial killer?!!"

           Kids are known to be the purest beings on earth. A child is known to be incapable of doing anything inhumane, cruel, or anything that might remotely hurt anybody ever. They are known to have the innocence of a rose, not tainted. 

But in this case, this information was bunked by a thousand miles, since the hands of this child were tainted with blood. 

Amardeep Sada was born in the year 1988 in the begusarai district in bihar, India. He was the older child of his parents. The family later moved to the Mushahari district in Bihar, India, where other members of the Sada family resided. The family was extremely poor and spent most there days in extreme poverty.  Sometime in late 2005 or early 2006, the family welcomed their second child, Amardeep's younger sister. Her name Or birthday is kept a secret. 

Amardeep was known to an odd duck in his village. People found his behavior to be icy. 

On May 30, 2007, a call was made to the Bhagavanpur police station in Bihar by the villagers of the Mushahari district. The villagers told the police that they have captured a deadly killer and that the police must immediately arrest that killer. 

The police went down to the village to find that the villagers captured an eight-year-old kid. 

When the villagers questioned, they said that eight years old killed a six-month-old girl named khushboo, who was Amardeep's neighbor's daughter. 

Allegedly, the mother of khusboo, Chun Chun Devi, left her sleeping six months old girl, in the front yard of a primary school. She then went home to do some chores and when she came back her daughter was missing. Some reports said, that some villagers saw Amardeep with Khushboo. Although this can't be confirmed. 

Later when the villagers asked Amardeep about Khusboo, he confessed to the crime of murdering the baby without showing any remorse. He said, that he saw khubsoo lying in the front yard of the school and he picked her up and took her to an empty field. There he strangled her and later beat her face with a brick multiple times. Then he buried her fragile dead body in the field and covered the area with leaves. 

The villagers then called the police to hand him over. 

When the police questioned him, he confessed to the police again without showing any remorse. The police arrested the eight-year boy after he confessed and took him to the police station. 

At the police station, he kept giving icy glares to the police officers. Some officers said that the glares gave them chills and it definitely didn't feel like an eight years old child's gaze. 

At the station, Amardeep confessed that Khusboo wasn't his first victim. 

His first victim was his six-month-old maternal cousin. He said that he took the baby from the house and took her to a field, killed her strangulation, and buried her body. He similarly killed his cousin as Khusboo. 

Amardeep's second victim was his eight-month-old sister. She was sleeping on her mother's lap when Amardeep came and cradled her, picked her, and went outside. Amardeep took her to the same field and bashed her face repeatedly with a brick until she stopped breathing. Then he buried her body among dirt and leaves. Later, when he returned home without his sister, the parents questioned him and confessed to killing his sister and his cousin. He even took his family to the place where he buried the body.

Amardeep's family knew about his killing spree and they didn't say this to anybody in a lousy effort to protect him and told everybody that the disappearance of Amardeep's sister and cousin was a "private family matter".

He showed the places he buried the bodies. 

By the time, the police arrested Amardeep, his parents fled the village. 

During the questioning, Amardeep showed no remorse for the killings and said that he was hungry and wanted to eat biscuits. 

The police asked a criminal psychiatrist to check on Amardeep because they suspected that he was mentally unwell. 

The psychiatrist said he was a "sadist". It basically means that Amardeep felt joy in his killings. Some other experts said that he suffered from what is known as a " Conduct disorder ", a mental state where the patients feel gratification from inflicting on others. Even though this condition could be treated with proper treatment. 

Since Amardeep was just 8 years old at that time, he was placed in a juvenile home where he was kept isolated from everybody else there. 

Amardeep Sada is known as the youngest serial killer in the world. He was only seven years old when he committed his first murder. 

Now some people said that he was released at the age of 18 from the home and he lives among us with a different name so that his new life will not be out shadowed by his past. But no information about his whereabouts is to found after his arrest. 

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EASTER OR ISHTAR

 

" All is fair in love and war"

Love and war are two very different yet very similar terms. But just how close are these two words?

What if I tell you that there is a goddess who represents both love and war?

Yes, you heard me correct!

 Her name is Ishtar.

She was a goddess of the very first civilization of the world, THE MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION.

She is not only the goddess of love and war but also fertility, destruction, death, justice, enmity, etc. Being the goddess of so many contradictory terms, her character is often seen as complex as that of the universe. She is also sometimes regarded as the  Queen of the Universe.

Her fierceness on the battlefield is captivating, along with her attire. It is said that even on a battlefield she used to be in her best attire like she was visiting her lover she wore a dashing and fashionable costume in form of armour, her jewellery was a part of her armour and weapons, she is always seen wearing a crown showing her superiority over others. 

You can say she was the eye-catcher of every battle. A goddess so fierce and determined to bring justice was also capable of loving so strongly that it will make you shiver with fear. Her love story was a tragedy just like all famous love stories but to think it was the first love story ever created had its own dark twist.

Ishtar's lover was Tammuz, their affectionate love and courtship was one of a kind but it was deemed to end in tragedy.

It is said that the goddess went to visit the underworld where her sister the Queen of Underworld resides, to show her compassion for the demise of her brother in law.  But her form was not anywhere near that of grief, she was instead dressed like in a battlefield. Her sister thought she was coming to conquer the underworld her ambitious nature was always feared by gods, so Ereshkigal ( the Queen of Underworld) devised a cunning plan to strip Ishtar of her power. 

According to Mesopotamian mythology, one has to pass through seven gates to enter the underworld and at each gate, she had to undressing one item of her wearing and thus gradually getting stripped of her power. In the end, it is seen that she stood completely naked in front of her sister, totally stripped off her powers and Ereshkigal took the opportunity and killed her.

No! the story does not end here.

After the death of Ishtar, the world went on a rampage with infertility, lack of intimacy and cease of a love affair. In this scenario Ea the God of wisdom made a master plan to revive Ishtar from Underworld. His plot did succeed but as the ancient Mesopotamian saying goes 

"No one comes from Underworld unmarked"

The hole created in the underworld by taking Ishtar back to the upper world needed to be filled, Ishtar chose to substitute her place in the underworld with the one who is least faithful to her.

The first person she visited was her handmaiden, but she saw her wearing rags and still grieving, so she left her and visited her two sons she was satisfied to see them both grieving like this the last person she visited was her husband Tammuz.

If you think that Tammuz was a mess and killed himself then nope you are wrong.

Ishtar was appalled to see her husband sitting on the throne peacefully with no sign of grief on his face of his clothes. She became enraged with his behaviour and order to take him as her substitute in the underworld.

Do you see why I told you there is a dark twist in her love story?

Does it make her a villain, someone who is able to sacrifice her loved ones for her sole purpose?

I don't think so, Ishtar is the goddess of Love and War, two forces so strong that they can solely destroy or build a life. She is a symbol of the balance of the universe, For her, a battle can only be just if all the warriors are loyal to their kingdoms and as the Goddess of justice, she found her own husband unfaithful.

Ishtar was the patron goddess Eanna temple of Uruk. Underworld left a mark on her but if she was evil then she wouldn't be a patron goddess. Ishtar is associated with the planet Venus ( which is also the Roman goddess of love synonymous with Aphrodite but Ishtar's character is a lot more complex than Aphrodite).  Innana and Astarte are two other names synonymous with Ishtar. 

The famous symbols of Ishtar included the lion and the eight-pointed star, a symbol that has shown its face in many other mythologies.

Ishtar's revenge has been scorned upon by many historians deeming her as a fickle-minded person but on the other side her complex character is what made her more interesting and connecting, she teaches the lesson that unfaithfulness in a bond as sacred love is a crime itself whose punishment should be as cruel as death.

 In this context, we must remember that she is also the goddess of justice and as the Queen of the universe it is her duty to maintain the harmony between good and evil and the factor she chose for her substitute in the underworld is loyalty. So Tammuz wouldn't have ended there if he had shown his grief over losing her. Thus Tammuz was not a victim just guilty.

# factopedia01- The character of Wonder woman is said to be inspired by Ishtar.

Now, many people will be thinking why I am rambling about Ishtar, an ancient mesopotamian goddess of fertility on Good Friday?

Well to answer your questions let us recall some facts about Easter.

Why is Easter celebrated?

Easter is celebrated to remember the resurrection of Christ from death. The so-called Easter egg is seen as a form of new life and has been synchronized with the Christian legend to represent new life. 

The resurrection of Christ stand victoriously as proof of him being the son of god and sends the message of the success of his faith even after his death.

In meantime, Judas the infamous betrayer was burned with guilt, he even tried to return the money back to the governor. In the end, when he couldn't carry the guilt anymore he committed suicide.

If by now you have connected the dots then bravo.

But if you haven't then let me do it for you.

Now, if you remember someone else who also came back from death. Someone who was also wronged by her loved ones. Someone who judged people on the basis of loyalty and faith. Someone who stood as the symbols of balance.

Yes, I am talking about Ishtar, the ancient goddess. 

The legend of Ishtar was moulded into Easter to create an umbrella religion for all. To unite the people of Europe with a single religion and thus Ishtar's story and resurrection of Jesus gave birth to Easter.

It is sad to see that  Goddess Ishtar's worship was later seen as satanic when it originally paved way for one of the most important faiths of Christianity "Easter". Now it's time to ask yourself will you only talk about Easter or also remember the original goddess with it.

                                Blue rose belles

                                    ( Archie)

Killer Potatoes

   

In 1979 about 78 students mysteriously fell ill at a small boys school in London. While the initial symptoms started with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, the incident quickly alarmed everyone when several patients slipped into coma. Not only that, the patients were seen to have violent fits of fever along with convulsions. Signs of depression in the central nervous system and peripheral circulatory collapse were also noticed.

Can you believe all of a sudden few healthy students falling ill simultaneously? And it was so severe that most of them were comatose?

Do you know who is the culprit?

Guess!

Well, the answer is ( drumroll please)

Potatoes!

Yes, you heard me right! a bag full of potatoes was the culprit.

How?

Well, if you have already read the article on poisonous plants, you would have guessed by now, the potatoes were high in solanine concentration.

An investigation found out the bag of potatoes was kept in storage for over a year. It so happened that some parts of the potatoes turned green, indicating the formation of chlorophyll due to sunlight. The green parts of the plant are usually high in solanine concentration. Thus, those parts are eliminated or the potatoes are not used for cooking at all. but in this case, those parts were not excluded and so the results were drastic.

Potato belongs to the Solanaceae family, or better known as the nightshade family, the main toxic of this family is Solanine, which is a glycoalkaloid. Solanine poisoning can cause diarrhea, stomach pain, headache, nausea, hypothermia, and fever while extreme effects can be respiratory problems, convulsions, and even death.

In 1899, 56 german soldiers suffered from solanine poisoning after having boiled potatoes. Though all of them recovered some were observed with partial paralysis. In 1922, an epidemic broke out in Germany whose roots were abnormal content of solanine in potatoes. In 1983, 61 of 109 students and staff at a school in Alberta, fell ill after consuming baked potatoes, that was bitter and green.

The list does not end here!

In 1918, 61 people from 18 different families in Glasglow suffered from solanine poisoning, one of the victims was a five-year-old boy, who didn't survive. The cause of solanine poisoning was found out to be a batch of bad potatoes that had five to six times more solanine content than normal. The case is discussed in the book " an investigation of Solanine poisoning" by S.G Willimont, he cites that that solanine poisoning is not so rare as authorities claimed to be.

Potatoes may look innocent but they belong to the same family as nightshade. 

Nowadays, the potatoes and other nightshade plants are checked before selling in markets. The number of Solanine poisoning has decreased after it's awareness but still sometimes there could be a risk of poisoning, so one should check the potato before cooking. Now I can't tell you the same about potato chips or French fries that you buy but most of the times restaurants and companies check their products, or else they would be sued. So no need to go on a diet.

According to a British medical journal, solanine poisoning is high during a food shortage. In times of food scarcity people try to survive on whatever they get, so if they find potatoes with green parts, they won't mind having them. But poison does not see your adversity, it just does it's work. The results of this incidents turn out to be disastrous as the people who suffer from this situation, don't even know what those potatoes could do if ingested and by the time they know it's too late.

Thus, the underprivileged section of society, easily becomes target of these killer potatoes.

                            Blue rose belles 

                                   ( Archie)

Reference corner

http://bluerosebelles.blogspot.com/2021/03/poison-plants.html

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/green-potatoes