Comments on: TRUE CRIME: The Wichita Massacre

By: Danae

Danae — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0000

The more gruesome details of this crime were left out of the story on this website. I think it’s important that people know about this story since it has rarely been reported in the media. My prayers are for all of these people and their families.

By: moe

moe — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:29:16 +0000

what a bunch of pansies. this story was never told on national news. be glad you were informed of this type of crime and the “humans” out there who are capable of
committing them. it’s amazing to me how almost every comment is basically, “i don’t want to know about this”.
go ahead and keep your eye’s closed but please stay out of the voting booth.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:27:18 +0000

Many of you are missing the point of this story. This happened 8 years ago and was a racial crime that was barely reported in the media. This was 2 black men harming 5 white people. Had the statistics been reversed, this would have been front page news from coast to coast. However gruesome some may think this is…it give you a lot to think about

By: Ally

Ally — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:05:38 +0000

3 out of the 4 most recent True Crime stories are of black men – with pictures. No pictures of the cheerleaders in their True Crime article. Interesting. I don’t think I’ll rush to read the next True Crime installment.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:40:28 +0000

I liked the other stories better. Nothing against the gore factor, but this one lacked interesting twists. Violence is okay if it’s an integral part of a very unusual crime story. This story was just sad. Robbers raping and killing people is just tragic, not fascinating. The crime stories need to be more about the plotting of unusual ways unusual capers were pulled off. They should be really exceptional criminals and complex crimes, not just horrific ones.

By: August

August — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:53:36 +0000

While these sorts of things do interest me, I have other places where I can read and learn about them. I especially prefer to read about really icky stuff in places where comments are disabled so that I don’t have to see just how bloodthirsty so much of the population can be. The story itself isn’t the only thing that’s a downer; the people crying out for blood in the comments section are, too.

It just doesn’t seem like Mental Floss material.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:02:43 +0000

true crimes involve true brutality. while violence of this nature seems out of placein Mental_Floss, i really enjoyed reading it.

By: Em

Em — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:54:48 +0000

sorry to everyone who’s “day was brought down” but really this was a great story. painfully sad, yes- but there’s a common problem with people not wanting to be bummed out and tuning out the bad news. it’s important to take the stories of others into account to maybe learn from them and to appreciate the good you *do* have.

i think with the appropriate header of “graphic content” those who don’t want to read it can skip it, and those who do can click the link.

By: El Tigre

El Tigre — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:16:10 +0000

I like it. Sure, it’s creepy and uncomfortable, but life is often so. If you avoid all that is painful to hear, you avoid life.

By: Wichitan

Wichitan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:09:53 +0000

I understand some people like this stuff, but there are plenty of places to get this type of story. This is not what I expect from you, nor what I want.