The Cyclone Files Categories
|
The cyclone files is dedicated to great crimes, the silent killer that is disease, and unusal events thoughout time. |
|
Featured Cyclone Files Articles
- The sad case is that by now we have had enough incidents of serial killings that a pattern begins to emerge. When you read about or hear reports about serial killers, it all seems so random. Their attacks are almost always on strangers, which means that any of us could be potential victims of a serial killer who is on the loose. To someone who doesn’t sturdy the mind of a serial killer, the locations and choices of victims often seems random as well.
-
It should come as no surprise that during medieval times, a big indicator of where you stood on the social hierarchy was your clothing. Even today, clothes tell us much about where a person is in society. A bricklayer dresses much differently from a policeman and both dress very differently from entertainers or the wealthy or people in politics. The lines of distinction are not as strict now as they were in medieval times. But using clothing as a measure of social rank is just as valid now as then.
-
We have a love hate relationship with the concept of what medieval torture was really like. On one hand, modern culture is predominantly against torture as a means to gain information or as punishment for crimes. Great pains are often taken to inflict punishment for even despicable and cruel crimes that does not impose undue suffering on the guilty.
- A health problem that comes from exposure to asbestos is not a trivial thing. There are less than a dozen serious health problems that have been linked directly to asbestos exposure early in life and all of them are serious, life threatening problems. Without a doubt, the most common asbestos related illness is Mesothelioma, which is a lung cancer that surfaces years, sometimes decades after the exposure to asbestos. In most cases, the incidence of Mesothelioma goes undiagnosed in the patient which means that by the time doctors realize the patient has this serious cancer, treatment is much more difficult and not very effective. The outcome is that Mesothelioma does not have a very high survival rate.
- As is true when we become aware of a disease that seems to be widespread in the population, there is a tendency to panic. When more and more people began to be diagnosed with dread diseases that were directly related to asbestos exposure, it did cause a level of anxiety in society. Two aspects of asbestos "poisoning" that could be cause for widespread alarm are the prevalence of asbestos before we knew it was a potential threat and the long gestation time before the illnesses related to asbestos exposure showed up.
- If you know or have known someone who has lung disease that is related to exposure to asbestos fibers, it can make you worried. The various lung diseases that can be contracted due to exposure to asbestos products are very serious and often fatal. The concern about whether you are at risk from asbestos exposure to such a dire fate can be the kind of thing that will keep you up at night.
-
The internet has been one of the most important technical innovations in history. The way we all have access to an entire world of information and entertainment right through our computers is nothing short of phenomenal. But as it often happens, anytime something that creates as much opportunity as the internet does comes along, so do the criminal element to exploit it for wrongdoing. "Cybercrime" is the buzzword that has been created to describe crimes that happen to good people through the internet. And while most cybercrime occurs quietly in an unnoticed way, it is one of the fastest growing kinds of criminal activity in the entire history of 20th century crime. -
It possible that in the history of 20th century crime, there may be no two bank robbers that achieved such a tremendous fan club as Bonnie and Clyde. These two criminals have been able to touch that place in the public imagination that adores notorious criminals in the same way that we have made heroes out of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Jessie James. Their stories have become full of myth and lore that captures our imaginations. - It is a sad truth to recognize but the legal system always moves slowly when it comes to matters of public health. This is certainly the truth when it comes to the terrible health consequence we now know that are related to the use of asbestos in our clothing and as a building material in our offices, public buildings and homes.
- The publicity that asbestos related illnesses has caused has spread the awareness that asbestos in our environment can pose a significant risk. Since medical science began to realize the extent of lung damage that those who have had a significant exposure to asbestos fiber can get, the government has moved quickly to ban the use of asbestos in many applications that could lead to dangerous exposure to asbestos.
The Cyclone Files



