Chalkboard Thoughts

       Dennis Madden was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Madden of Alpena, Ohio. Dennis went to Central Catholic High School in Alpena.    He was married and had one child and another on the way. Christmas was coming up on December 21st, 1964. I imagine Dennis was thinking about getting some shopping done for his wife. He might have had the radio tuned to Christmas music or maybe a ball game.    The Tri-State Shell Station was located at the corner of Princeton Pike and East Kemper Road in Cincinnati.     Dennis Madden was the manager of the Tri-State Shell Station. He was young but very serious about his job.     He was trained in industrial drafting but had not yet found a job in that field yet. The management position at the Shell Station would have to do, for now.     Dennis Madden was well liked at work. He was described as “the quietest guy”.     H...

        Bruce Lindahl died after accidentally killing himself by stabbing himself in the leg in 1981. He was kneeling on top of a male victim, Charles Robert “Chuck” Huber Jr, and was repeatedly stabbing him.     Charles Robert Huber Jr. was fighting for his life and in the struggle; caused Bruce Lindahl stabbed his own thigh. He cut his own femoral artery and bled to death so rapidly that he was found still on the victim later. Both Lindahl and Huber had bled to death. Often the death of Lindahl is seen as accidental but I think Charles Huber fought hard here. I think he was trying to save his own life but he may have ended up saving so many other lives. Bruce Lindahl was not going to stop abducting, raping and murdering innocent people in Illinois.     Bruce Lindahl was born January 29th, 1953 in St. Charles, Illinois. That’s in the western suburbs of Chicago. He graduated from Downers Grove North High School and later work...