Pinnedbob calhounAnother Octopus Murder: American Conspiracies and True Crime StoriesNetflix’s American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders connected a cold case I wrote about to another unsolved murder I was barely aware of.Mar 22Mar 22
bob calhoun2012 vs. 2112: Neil Peart, Rush and Forgotten Disaster FilmsA now forgotten disaster flick led me to write this essay pondering Neil Peart of Rush way back in 2009. I feared it was lost forever but…Jan 11, 2020Jan 11, 2020
bob calhounSilicon Valley Comic Con is not like other comic consThe crowd follows Steve Wozniak around the floor of the Glass House in downtown San Jose, but nobody gets too close. It’s like he’s…Apr 23, 2017Apr 23, 2017
bob calhounThe KKK Took SFPD AwayA botched Klan raid in Los Angeles County in 1922 exposed the Invisible Empire’s once-extensive infiltration of the SFPD.Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016
bob calhounYesterday’s Crimes: Oddities and EnditiesThis blog is supplemental material to my 9/24/2015 “Yesterday’s Crimes” column in the SF Weekly. Click here to check it out, but it’s about…Sep 28, 2015Sep 28, 2015
bob calhounHunter S. Thompson wants Joe Biden to run.Joe Biden isn’t running for president right now, but SFist is reporting a rumor that Joe will announce his 2016 presidential bid in San…Aug 25, 2015Aug 25, 2015
bob calhounHunter S. Thompson on Joe BidenJoe Biden isn’t running for president right now, but there does seem to be interest in this sort of thing, even if it’s mostly from bored…Aug 4, 2015Aug 4, 2015
bob calhounGiving The Brady Bunch the Mad Men Series Finale TreatmentBreaking Brady part 2May 18, 2015May 18, 2015
bob calhounWhen Incredibly Strange Wrestling took on the Church of ScientologyBefore Hoodslam won coverage in Vice and the New York Times by bringing raunchy pro-wrestling to drunks in Bay Area warehouses, there was…Apr 30, 2015Apr 30, 2015