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Monthly Archives: November 2011

This Song to You

30 Wednesday Nov 2011

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‘So I wrote this song to you.” Alexi Murdoch – “Song For You”

By Kevin Alan Lamb

Sing it if you need a trace of me in your life

Forget it exists if in it you find strife

How are we ever certain or concise?

Even as friends we offer love that mends

Worry that wallows

And hope that will dwindle and dart

A choice has us here today

Not a toxin but catalyst submerged in our veins

To feel the world as it is revealed to you in they eye’s of another

Shivers and quivers at the thought of a dreamer that delivers

Our love is only ours if and when we carry it with us

It is poured over the umbrella of our collective passion and returns to the earth in the form of our labor

Whisper the words if you know how they go

Find words of your own even if you won’t let them show

Without our words we have narrowly made speculation

Not decisions, but feelings manifested – perhaps hastily

Suffering will consume you if you choose to own it

Suffering foreshadows triumph if we are able to hone it

Benders aside, we are never alone in this.

Photo Credit to Eric Hampton

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Alexi Murdoch – Song For You

30 Wednesday Nov 2011

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“So today I wrote a song for you
Cause a day can get so long
And I know its hard to make it through
When you say theres something wrong

So Im trying to put it right
Cause I want to love you with my heart
All this trying has made me tight
And I dont know even where to start

Maybe thats a start

Cause you know its a simple game
That you play filling up your head with rain
And you know you are hiding from your pain
In the way, in the way you say your name

And I see you
Hiding your face in your hands
Flying so you wont land
You think no one understands
No one understands

So you hunch your shoulders and you shake your head
And your throat is aching but you swear
No one hurts you, nothing could be sad
Anyway youre not here enough to care

And youre so tired you dont sleep at night
As your heart is trying to mend
You keep it quiet but you think you might
Disappear before the end

And its strange that you cannot find
Any strength to even try
To find a voice to speak your mind
When you do, all you wanna do is cry

Well maybe you should cry

And I see you hiding your face in your hands
Talking bout far-away lands
You think no one understands
Listen to my hands

And all of this life
Moves around you
For all that you claim
Youre standing still
You are moving too
You are moving too
You are moving too
I will move you”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listen to Alexi Murdoch

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The Tallest Man On Earth – I Won’t Be Found

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

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“Well if I ever see the morning
Just like a lizard in the spring
I’m gonna run out in the meadow
To catch the silence when it singsI’m gonna force the Serengeti
To disappear into my eyes
Then when I hear your voices callin’
I’m gonna turn just inside outWell if I ever get to slumber
Just like a mole deep in the ground
Hell, I won’t be foundDeep in the dust forgotten gathered
I grow a diamond in my chest
I make reflections as the moon shines on
Turn to a villain as I rest

Well if I ever get to slumber
Just like a mole deep in the ground
Hell, I won’t be found

I know there is a hollow
I need to fill it with a draft
Of all the words that I wont way
And with a quiet whisper
I send a curse upon the day
That never used the sun to see
The light

I’m gonna float up in the ceiling
I built a levee of the stars
And in my field of tired horses
I built a freeway through this farce

Well if I ever get that slumber
Ill be that mole deep in the ground
And I won’t be found”

Listen to The Tallest Man on Earth

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A Place Only You Can Go

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

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“There is a place only love can go.” NEEDTOBREATHE – “A Place Only You Can Go”

By Kevin Alan Lamb

And if it may take you, it may consume you

Heavy hearts don’t hang but sink like cannonballs

Hope dwindles as deteriorating romantics wither

Losing love is losing yourself

Looming love is inevitable

Lasting love, rare to find

Too many traces of your imprint in my mind

Too many memories never to be made

Too few kisses that are the only way I ever wish to be paid

Is it the man in me that is not enough, or the woman in you and I’ve called your bluff?

A feverent passion is resonated from head to toe

With but a taste— I am thirsty for more

Am I weak for wanting it all?

Will my heavy heart be the reason I continue to stumble and fall?

My greatest weakness persists

Your brown eyes, I continue to miss

Unable to wish you away

To no god, but love I continue to pray

I felt you dissolving from my life

Why is it certain that darkness always follows light?

Why must I hold on hope, despite the constant torment of your memory that haunts like the numbess of dope?

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The Avett Brothers – “I Would Be Sad”

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

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I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad because the love I had before.

I meant what I said when I said I would settle down with you although I know it’s not something that you were asking me to
do.
And I know we are young but we won’t always be, so marry me; lets not be that predictable young couple changing, moving on.
But I can tell by watching you that theres no chance of pushing through.
The odds are so against us; you know most young love it ends like this.

Chorus:
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-would-be-sad-lyrics-avett-brothers.html ]

I meant what I said when I said I would rearrange my plans and change for you.
You know me; I’ve always been the kind with easy confidence.
Confident enough to honestly beleive that nothing out there stopping me especially not someone who’s not loving me.
Now listen here I told you I could live on with out loving you.
I was bluffing then, but it seems that just might have been the truth.
Well my dad told me, “One day son, this girl will think of what she’s done and hurting you will be the first of many more
regrets to come.”
And he said, “If she doesn’t call, then it’s her fault and it’s her loss.”
I say, “It’s not that simple see, but then again it just may be.”

Chorus:
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad for the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adored.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.
I would be sad for all the love I had before.

Photo credit to Rob Fortner

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Mason Jennings – Ballad For My One True Love

28 Monday Nov 2011

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Sleeping in a cherry tree

High above a monastery

Where the bells are ringing slow

To say farewell when hours go
And all the while I’m dreaming of

The ballad for my one true love

Searching for the perfect way to say

I love you

Sweetheart, this is my dream come true

And god bless the babies

That sleep in you

God bless the babies

That sleep in you

Sleeping in a motel room

Underneath a silver moon

With the windows open wide

I can hear the stars go by

And all the while I ‘m dreaming of

The ballad for my one true love

Searching for the perfect way to say

I love you

Sweetheart, this is my dream come true

And god bless the babies

That sleep in you

God bless the babies

That sleep in you ”

Listen to Mason Jennings

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Bonus Mumford & Sons

26 Saturday Nov 2011

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Mumford & Sons – Home

26 Saturday Nov 2011

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“Home”

I ran away in floods of shame
I’ll never tell how close I came
As I crossed the hollow road
Well you went left and I went right
As the moon hung proud and bright
You would have loved it here tonightSpin me ‘round just to pin me down on the cover of this strange bed
Spin me ‘round just to pin me downWrap up your questions, keep them down
Let the water lead us home
And I was sorry for what I’d done
When you were young, I was not old
But our story was not told
Torn apart by greedy handsSpin me ‘round just to pin me down on the cover of this strange bed
Spin me ‘round just to pin me down
Spin me ‘round just to pin me down I’ll be gone by the night’s end
Spin me ‘round just to pin me downI’ll be home in a little while
Lover, I’ll be home [x6]

Listen to Mumford & Sons

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Thank You

24 Thursday Nov 2011

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

It is not out of obligation or ideology that I thank you

All of you mean very much in my life

This has always been true

I know I don’t have to say it, and that you will always know it

I try to reflect on what you mean to me every day

We give hope to man

Not in a vigilant way

Rather faith through commitment

Despite the lengths we travel

The miles we have sprawled

We have grown closer

Everyday

Some better than others

Like anyone we can stray at times

But through this journey we become the people we are

Intermittently woven into each other’s souls

Our make up

I seek great things in this life of mine

But it is in you all that I have found what gives me the greatest strength

My most proud possession

Nothing in this life of mine will compare to my debt to you

I am at your disposal without question

I promise to always be on your side

Even through irrational times

You have earned that

We are brothers, we are sisters

An extension of blood- of myself

Our spirit will not be hindered

We shall endure

Through all things

No matter the pressure

No matter the external circumstances

We will always be together

Allowing the measure of a man to lie in the strength of his heart

And with the sum of such passion- the birth of phenomenon

Please continue to believe in me

I will not let you down

I will be your solid

I will be your reminder

The world is good- people, are good

We blessed- will prevail

Inherit those like us

Those who wish to believe

Dare to believe

That united in love- anything is possible.

Photo Credit to Eric Hampton

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Dan Auerbach – Goin’ Home (Thanksgiving Bonus)

24 Thursday Nov 2011

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I’ve spent too long away from home
Did all the things I could have done
Gone are the days of endless thrills
I know I’m not the only one

So long, I’m goin’, goin’ home…

I saw the streets all ripe with jewels
Balconies and the laundry lines
They tried to make me welcome there
But their streets did not feel like mine

So long, I’m goin’, goin’ home…

I want the sun to hit my face
Through oak trees in the open lot
Forget about the things you want
Be thankful for what all you got

So long, I’m goin’, goin’ home…

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Radical Face – Welcome home

24 Thursday Nov 2011

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And the days blur into one

And the backs of my eyes hum with things I’ve never done

Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline

Like a row of captured ghosts over old dead grass

Was never much but we made the most

Welcome home

Ships are launching from my chest

Some have names but most do not

If you find one, please let me know what piece I’ve lost

Heal the scars from off my back

I don’t need them anymore

You can throw them out or keep them in your mason jars

I’ve come home

All my nightmares escaped my head

Bar the door, please don’t let them in

You were never supposed to leave

Now my head’s splitting at the seams

And I don’t know if I can

http://www.radicalface.com/

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Dawn

22 Tuesday Nov 2011

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By Kevin Alan Lamb

We make our dreams come true, one day at a time

The road is not always certain or easy

Because a man of great passion is not easily appeased

Our pursuit of that which we love, requires belief

I wear my intentions on my sleeve

Not success, but happiness will be measured in tremendous degrees

I have finally arrived— and do not plan to ever leave

For years I struggled to find my certain path

In a blink of an eye— it appears I’ll never look back

My rearview mirror will always hint of disbelief and doubt

There is a shimmering light inside of me— I plan to let it out

This is where I belong

Preserved and protected somewhere in-between sport and song

Words have always been my sunrise before dawn

Perhaps a window to my soul

A better world with happier people – my goal

Let us help one another realize our dreams

Care for those who don’t offer anything you need

Share the love— happiness is the purest drug

Be content with your choices— never neglect your heart and its many voices

Live today for the moment, tomorrow for potential

In the game that is life, facticity is your only credential.

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J.P. + Laura Wedding Ceremony

22 Tuesday Nov 2011

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DRIVEN TO WIN: NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski is The Lone Soldier from Detroit

22 Tuesday Nov 2011

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Brad Keselowski, The Lone Soldier from Detroit

By Kevin Alan Lamb

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With just four races to go in the NASCAR 2011 Sprint Cup Series, Brad Keselwoski, a 27-year-old Rochester Hills native sets his sights on where his career began, in 2004, at Martinsville Speedway. Trailing just 18 points behind the current leader, Carl Edwards, Keselowski and the #2 Miller Light Dodge Car are looking to make a push.

Just two years removed from his 2002 graduation from Rochester High School, Keselowski launched his career in the Craftsman Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway as the driver of the No. 29 for his family owned K Automotive Racing Team.

“The fact that I am the youngest of five kids really doesn’t have a bearing on the man and racer that I am today. Whether I am the youngest or the oldest, the fact that I came from a racing family, more than anything else, shaped who I am today,” said Keselowski.

K Automotive Racing Team is owned by Keselowski’s father, Bob Keselowski. Bob was a competitor in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, now called the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

During the ARCA series he had 24 wins, 26 poles, and a 1989 championship. Keselowski’s older brother, Brian Keselowski, competes part time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, the Nationwide Series, and the Sprint Cup Series.

Keselowski takes great pride in being rooted from a family of racers.

“It meant a lot. From the advice my dad gave me about driving a racecar to the way they ran K-Automotive, I carry a lot of that with me today. My dad worked on his own stuff and he, obviously, knew everything that went into his racecars and what those parts and pieces did. At Penske Racing we have plenty of excellent mechanics to put our cars together so I don’t have to turn wrenches, but I still go to the shop all the time so I know what is going on my racecars,” said Keselowski.

Like most father and son relationships, Keselowski and his father had their differences when it came to their favorite racers.

“Kyle Petty was my favorite. He drove that cool Mello Yello car and had the long hair that drove my dad crazy. I was a big Kyle Petty fan, and he and I have had a lot of fun with that fact,” said Keselowski.

In his debut race at Martinsville Speedway, in 2004, Keselowski started 26th and finished 33rd. He made seven more starts that season, his best finish coming at Mansfield, where he finished 16th.

In 2005, Keselowski began competing in the Truck Series full-time with backing from SUBcrews.com and Samson Stone. He opened the season with a career-best seventh-place finish at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. Running every race that season, he finished 21st in points.

In just seven years Keselowski has collected four wins, 20 top-10s, and two poles on the Sprint Cup Tour, in addition to 16 wins, 96 top-10s, and 10 poles on the Nationwide Tour. In 2007, Keselowski began running in the NASCAR Busch series full time and for Rookie of the Year honors with Keith Coleman Racing, but the team suspended operations in July.

Comparisons are already being made between Keselowski and Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby.

“Here’s the deal, I’m the best there is. Plain and simple. I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence,” said Keselowski, quoting his favorite line from Talladega Nights.

In 2010, the former Rochester Falcon won his first championship in his first full-season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Keselowski produced six wins, five poles, and a series-record 26 top-five finishes in route the title in the No.22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge.

“I don’t really set goals. I want to win races, keep challenging for spots in the Chase and continue the proud tradition of the ‘Blue Deuce.’ If I can do those three things, we’ll be fine.”

The “lone soldier from Detroit” has earned the honor of Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver from 2008-2010. His last win came at Bristol Speedway, in 2011, where he checkered at the Irwin Tools Night Race.

“Detroit is definitely a car town, but I wouldn’t consider it a big racing town. There is definitely a connection there since the Dodge and the other American manufacturers are based in Detroit so I’m proud to be the only Detroit driver in the Cup Series right now,” said the no. 2 driver when asked about his self-attributed nickname.

Established as one of NASCAR’s rising stars, success in both the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series prompted Keselowski to join Penske Racing in September of 2009. He was named to drive for the team full-time beginning in 2010 behind the wheel of the No. 12 Penske Dodge in the Cup Series and the No. 22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge in the Nationwide Series.

In his first full season with the team, Keselowski motored to a 445-point victory in the Nationwide Series championship standing with six wins, five poles and a series-record 26 top-five finishes.

Following the success of his 2010 campaign, Keselowski was selected to drive the “Blue Deuce” in 2011, and joined select company as only the third driver in the 21-year history of the historic ride. With drivers Rusty Wallace and Kurt Busch formerly behind the wheel, the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge has averaged an 8.8 season finish in the final Cup Series standings.

Keselowski’s blood runs rich with an impressive professional pedigree and he is ready to embrace the traditions and expectations associated with a being entrusted with a top-notch car.

“I didn’t get into this sport to be a star. I got into racing to get the most out of myself. Racing, from day one, has made me challenge myself and I respect it completely because of that,” said the lone soldier from Detroit.

Keselowski was born into a tremendous advantage as a driver, growing up in a family where spending time at the race shop and track was more of a birthright, than a job, but some of the best moments were spent with his brother Brian and their go-kart.

“My brother, Brian, and I had this go-kart that we would race around the shop and the parking lot. After a lot of practice, I got to where I could do a perfect 360° spin and keep going and I wanted to show my brother. He got on and off we went, but I didn’t take into account the weight difference with Brian on the go-kart. We got halfway through the spin and the right-rear tire caught and shot us head-on into the wall of the shop. My dad came running out and thought we were both really hurt. To this day, I don’t know how we weren’t,” said Keselowski with a chuckle.

Some 18 years later, in August of 2011, the No. 2 racer endured another crash, and despite being clearly shaken, was able to exit the car under his own power. Keselowski was heading into a turn at Road Atlanta when his brakes failed halting him into the wall at 100 MPH. He had registered up to 155 MPH but the car slowed to approximately 100 MPH before hitting a non safer barrier wall head on.

The driver was airlifted to an Atlanta-area hospital for evaluation, and afterward he sent messages from his Twitter account. Keselowski also subsequently posted pictures of some scrapes and lacerations, and a very badly swollen left ankle, but added that the X-rays of his feet and ankles looked good and that he didn’t have to stay in hospital overnight.

Four days later, he miraculously won his third career Sprint Cup.

“My thought was, ‘There is no way this will keep me out of the racecar.’ We were just starting to hit our stride as a team and I was not about to let this get in the way of making the Chase. The guys on the Miller Lite Dodge put their heart and soul into giving me great racecars and I wanted to show them that it would take more than a practice crash at Road Atlanta to keep me from giving them 100%. There was never any doubt from me that I would be in the car at Pocono the next week, and it worked out pretty well,” said the 27-year-old.

While many credit Keselowski for his ability to perform after experiencing a significant trauma, the Rochester Hills native credits  his team for its ability to rally despite public perception that their season was done.
“I can’t say that it wasn’t special, that it was just another win, because it wasn’t. But it wasn’t special because I was injured or because people outside of Penske Racing had, basically, written the rest of our season off. It was special because, in a time like that, we were able to come together to get a much-needed win that put us in great shape to make the Chase,” said the three-time Sprint Cup winner.
Even after being airlifted from the track Keselowski’s greatest fear  is not the danger that looms at the next turn, but the possibility of shell-shock as a result of a crash.

“For me, the scariest aspect of racing is not performing up to the way I feel I can perform. If you let the fact that you can be in an accident creep into your head, you will never be able to perform like you need to and you won’t make it in this sport. This sport is dangerous. Every driver is keenly aware of what can happen to us in a racecar, but I know that we are racing in the safest racing series in the world,” said Keselowski.

With just four races to go look for the sport’s hottest young star to push the envelope and rub his way all the way, to the finish.

“Don’t let anything stand in the way of your dream. You’ll have to make sacrifices, I’ve made plenty of them in my career, but if this is something you want to pursue as a career you have to make it your No. 1 priority,” offered Keselowski for young racers and racing fans.

When he has the opportunity to return home, Keselowski is certain to make a stop at his favorite Coney Island.

“Lipuma’s Coney Island is a must-stop place for me every time I’m home,” said Keselowski.

Kevin Alan Lamb is a 26-year-old resident of Royal Oak with a master’s degree in Communications and Leadership from Gonzaga.

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“CO-ED KILLER” From Football Star to Murderer: The John Norman Collins story

22 Tuesday Nov 2011

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While attending St. Clement Catholic, John Norman Collins was an honors student, tri-captain of the football team, president of the C-Club, and star pitcher on the baseball team. At Eastern Michigan University, he became the “Co-Ed Killer.”

The “Co-Ed Murders” were a string of highly publicized murders in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area between 1967 and 1969.

Collins’ classmate at St. Clement, Hall of Famer and former Buffalo Bill, Joe DeLamielleure, was shocked- to hear the news, along with most that knew Collin’s from his days at the Center Line private school.

“No one could believe it, he was such a great guy: handsome; a good student. He was my wife Gerri’s paperboy,” DeLamielleure said.

Collins was a two-sport star for the St. Clement Crusaders: a pitcher for the baseball team and a defensive end in football.

“John is the second most famous athlete to come through St. Clement behind DeLamielleure,” former St. Clement Athletic Director Victor Michaels said.

While DeLamielleure was never teammates with Collins, he recalls his time on the field astutely.

“He was a great player. He was no. 27, I still remember that! That’s how good of a player he was,” the Hall of Fame guard said from his Charlotte home.

Al Baumgart doubled as both football and baseball coach in Collins’ days at St. Clement.

“John was a hard worker, we never expected anything like that to happen. He had all the ingredients: he was good looking, brilliant, over a b average and a nice kid,” Coach Baumgart said.

“One time he broke his ankle and still wanted to play. He was a very tough kid and just wanted to hang in there. He was a good kid.”

Born June 17, 1947, in Center Line, Mich., Collins dated regularly and many people that knew him described him as a quiet, polite, respectful and nice young man. He was abandoned by his father, leaving his mother a single parent until she remarried an abusive alcoholic, for whom Collins took his first name. She divorced him by the time Collins was four.

Widespread fear haunted the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti community for more than two years as seven young women were stalked, raped, mutilated and murdered by the Co-Ed Killer.

The first killing took place on July 9, 1967, after Mary Fleszar, a 19-year-old from Willis, went for a walk near the EMU campus. She told her roommate she wanted to get a bit of fresh air to escape the summer heat. Fleszar studied accounting at the university, working as a secretary. Her body was not discovered until August 7, 1967, and was severely decomposed. She had endured several stabbings and her fingers and feet had been cut off. Police theorized that she had been raped, but could not confirm due to the condition of the body.

Twenty year old E.M.U. student Joan Schell’s murder vaulted the community into terror. Schell was last seen hitchhiking on June 30, 1968, in front of Eastern Michigan’s student union. Her body was found one week later near Glacier Way and Earhart roads by construction workers. Schell was stabbed five times and her throat was slashed.  She also had been sexually assaulted and found with her blue mini-skirt wrapped around her neck. She was killed elsewhere and dumped there.

Collins was living directly across the street from Schell at 619 Emmett. When questioned by the police Collins claimed he was with his mother at her house in Center Line, Mich. at the time. Police took him at his word.

The third victim in the Co-Ed Murders was 23 year old Jane Mixer, of Muskegon, Mich. Her body was found in a cemetery just inside Wayne County. Mixer was a highly intelligent University of Michigan law student. Dissimilar to the previous murders she was shot twice in the head with a .22 caliber gun. She was fully clothed, except her shoes which were carefully placed next to the body. She had also been killed elsewhere, and a stocking was twisted around her neck.

Sixteen-year-old Maralynn Skelton, of Romulus, was a high school dropout last seen hitchhiking in front of Arborland Shopping Center on March 24, 1969. Her body was found the next day on Pemberton Drive in the Earhart Hills subdivision in Ann Arbor. Her skull was cracked in three places and she had been brutally whipped with a belt and sexually molested. She was also killed elsewhere and dumped there. Her body was found just a quarter mile from the body of the second victim, Joan Schell. Police reported that this was the most sadistic murder to date.

Despite the massive combined efforts of the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti police departments, along with the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan State Police, the fifth victim was found on April 19, 1969, at Gale and Vreeland roads.

Thirteen-year-old Dawn Basom, of Ypsilanti, Mich. was found strangled and slashed near Gale and Vreeland Roads. A handkerchief was stuffed into her mouth and her blue stretch pants were missing.

The sixth victim, 23 year old Alice Kalom, of Portage, Mich. accelerated the pace of the murders. Her death occurred on June 7, 1969. Kalom was a University of Michigan graduate in the fine arts, enrolled in graduate school. Her naked body was discovered near North Territorial Road and U.S. 23 near an abandoned barn. She had been shot once in the head and stabbed twice in the chest, as well as raped. Similar to the previous murders she had been killed and moved elsewhere. Three days after her body was found, officers located the site of her murder while patrolling outlying areas. They discovered Kalom’s shoes and coat buttons, along with bloodstains at Earhart and Joy road.

At this point in the investigation, officers were not convinced the murder of Jane Mixer was connected to the other murders because she was the only victim to be shot. It wasn’t until Kalom’s killing that the authorities believed all six murders were committed by the same person.

Panic began to set in following the Kalom murder. Governor Milliken announced in a press conference that Col. Frederick Davids, commander of the State Police, was personally in charge of the Michigan State Police portion of the investigation. Governor Milliken’s 21-year-old daughter was a junior at the University of Michigan.

Desperate for a break in the case, the officers investigating the murders discussed contacting a criminologist who was a nationwide expert in the field. According to the Ann Arbor Police Department Online History Exhibit Chief Krasny said:

“It’s apparent we need a new, fresh look at the crimes. It’s possible a trained, competent criminologist can, through his experience and training, give us a fresh approach. I’m certainly willing to try it.”

Eighteen year old Karen Sue Beineman, of Grand Rapids, was discovered on July 23, 1969, in what would be the final Co-Ed Murder. She was an EMU freshman attending summer classes. Beineman had just sent a note to her parents assuring them she was being careful, but then accepted a ride on a motorcycle from a man she did not know. Beineman was found on Riverside Drive in Ann Arbor Township. She was strangled and nude, her face beaten beyond recognition.

A clerk in the Ypsilanti store was the last known person to have seen Beineman alive. She overheard her say she had done two foolish things in her lifetime. One was buying a wig and the other was accepting a ride from a stranger on a motorcycle. Beineman then exited the store and left with this unknown man on a motorcycle. The motorcycle was believed to be a Honda 450, very shiny with a lot of chrome. Investigators began the tedious process of attempting to find the killer through a list of all Honda 450s in the state.

The investigation endured and the break which solved the murder of Karen Beineman came in the most peculiar way. Michigan State Police Corporal David Leik was going on vacation and had his nephew, John Norman Collins watch over the family home for the two weeks he was away.

Upon returning from vacation Corporal Leik was suspicious of how Collins left the house. He passed this information to the detectives in charge of investigating the murders and Collins became the primary suspect. Insufficient evidence prevented Collins’ immediate arrest, but he was placed under surveillance and picked up for questioning on two occasions.

It was suspected that Beineman was killed in Corporal Leik’s basement by Collins. Blood spattered on the basement floor when the murder took place. Collins painted over the area in which the killing took place to cover his tracks. When Leik returned from vacation he became immediately suspicious, curious why his basement floor had been painted. After discovering what appeared to be blood under the paint, but later determined varnish, Leik reported his suspicions to his superiors at the state police.

Technicians were sent to further investigate and discovered blood spatters near the washing machine. A fingerprint set in wet paint was determined to be Collins and this was the evidence used along with hair samples to arrest him. After Collins was arrested, lab technicians discovered blood and hair in his 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass, which matched Beineman’s.

Investigators identified Collins as the person she was with after they spoke to the clerks at the wig shop where Beineman was last seen. Another Eastern co-ed identified Collins, as he had attempted to give her a ride on his motorcycle.

On July 31, 1969, Collins was placed under arrest for the murder of Karen Sue Beineman. Collins was a senior at EMU at the time, studying elementary education. Collins was 22 years old at the time of his arrest. A composite was made of the man observed giving Beineman a ride on the motorcycle after she was reported missing. This composite very closely resembled Collins and Corporal Leik told investigators that Collins did own a motorcycle.

Collins was convicted for the killing of his seventh victim, 18-year-old Karen Sue Beineman, but was implicated superficially in fifteen murders, with eight and nine very likely his.

He went to trial, and on August 19, 1970, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, for Beinemen’s vicious slaying. When it was all said and done Collins’ murder trial became the longest trial in the history of Washtenaw County.

Similar to Ted Bundy, most of his victims were young co-eds with long-brown hair and pierced ears. Several of the victims were on their periods, which is another suspected motive for Collins. He was head strong and often taunted dates: he questioned to see if he could get a rise out of them if he said he was the killer. Collins frequently claimed that men got what they wanted and found women’s monthly cycles disgusting to the point of being openly repulsed by it.

Characteristics of his murders were strangulation, beating to the head (dehumanization), articles of clothing missing, nude or semi-nude bodies, evidence of sexual assault, disappearance without a struggle, and disposal of bodies to ensure discovery.

Collins’ girlfriends described him as nice and respectful, but oddly angry most of the time. He was a bit of a loner and sexually aggressive, which was another possible motive for the killings.

There was speculation that the Co-Ed Killer may have been the “real” Boston Strangler, as a lot of people believe Albert Desalvo wasn’t the real strangler. Similar to Collins’ victims, the Boston strangler used very complicated nautical knots when strangling his victims.

Collins is now in his mid-sixties and serving his life sentence in the Marquette Branch Prison in Marquette, Mich. in the Upper Peninsula.

In 1979, Collins attempted to escape from the maximum security prison at Marquette. Along with six other inmates, Collins dug a two-foot-wide tunnel over 19 feet underneath the prison. The prisoners needed only 25 more feet to dig for freedom but were thwarted by a guard who discovered the tunnel entrance.

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