Mean boys & girls..

Some people are just plain mean. Bullying has been a hot topic lately. It's something hard to stand up to and even harder to enforce. While we have rules and a "no bullying" policy, things really haven't changed. It breaks my heart to see people breaking others down the way they do. They obviously don't value themselves enough.

There are a number of direct consequences as a result of bullying. It's insane the way people just casually overlook them. Victims show an immediate increase in anxiety, sadness, low self-esteem, sleep difficulties, headaches, stomach pains, and general tension. Research done in Finland also shows that victims are more likely to suffer from anxiety disorders, and their bodies are less likely to fight off disease and infection.

Because of the way victims feel, it is more likely for them to miss more school, obtain lower grades, and a higher predisposition to violence. Many of the disorders previously mentioned can carry through to adulthood. Sometimes, they can cause difficulties with family, friends, and co-workers.

In some cases, suicide is turned to because the bullying is so severe and continuous. The MBNBD says that suicide rates among 10-14 year olds have grown more than 50% in the last three decades. In 2005, 270 children between the ages of 10-14 killed themselves due to bullies. That's 270 lives gone!! We could have prevented it 100%! Why do we treat others so inhumanely? Honestly, we treat animals better than we treat other people!

It's time to take a stand! We need to fight for what's right. The human race lives with their eyes closed. For some reason, we see more differences in others than we do similarities. Clearly, no one is better than the other. Let's stop acting like it!

Are you going to be a bully or a hero?

Vampire Killer: Tracey Wigginton



Tracey in 1989



Lately, our society is big on vampires. We have the Twilight saga, the Vampire Diaries, and even Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. What happens when vampires become real? What happens when they manifest themselves into our world? This is what happens:



Tracey Wigginton, her lesbian lover, and two other girls lured a drunk man into their vehicle and drove away. Wigginton enticed him with sexual favors; he followed her. Instead of what she'd promised, he was brutally attacked. He suffered so many stab wounds to his back and chest that he was virtually decapitated. However, she was not done until she drank his blood. He was found early the next morning. In his shoe, there was a card with Tracey Wigginton's name on it. This lead to an early arrest of all four women.



Tracey 2012



During the trial, Wigginton confessed to being a vampire. She said that she did not live on solid food alone, but the blood of cows and pigs that she got from the local butcher. Wigginton's lover admitted that on several occasions, she would slit her wrists so that Wigginton could drink her blood. The four women devised this plan to feed Wigginton's obsession and craving for human blood.

Both Wigginton and her lover were sentenced to life imprisonment. The other two women were sentenced to 18 year which was later reduced to 12 years. One of the women was later acquitted when it was determined that she had no real role in the murder, but instead tried to keep the others from taking part in it as well.

Wigginton was released from prison in January of 2012.

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A Case Of Bad Parenting: Mary Beth Tinning

Mary Beth Tinning. Everyone thought her to be a good mother until her children started dying off. Here's her story:

She had two children and was pregnant with another. She didn't seem to like the messy part of mothering: the cleaning, the crying, the dealing with the problems. She seemed only to care for the happy moments. It's like her babies were her play toys. One night, her son began crying and throwing Jell-O agaisnt the wall. It pushed her over the edge.

All the doctors were told was that she found him in his bed, not breathing. However, he seemed to be too old to die of SIDS. Everyone came swooping in trying to help Mary Beth and her husband, Joe, deal with the devastation that had just taken over their lives. Mary Beth liked the attention. Only two weeks after buring her son, her daughter was found the exact same way: not breathing in her bed, rushed to the hospital, pronounced dead.

Doctors began looking into reasons the children could be dying. They thought maybe it was some sort of genetic disease. After tons of testing, they found nothing. While police and others began to suspect Mary Beth, her husband could not believe she could've killed their kids.

She gave birth to her son and he, too, died the same way. After being advised not to get pregnant again, for fear that the children were dying from a genetic disorder, the couple celebrated a new pregnancy a year later. The pattern followed.

This kept happening until, finally, Mary Beth and Joe Tinning decided to adopt a child. After he died the exact same way, suddenly the possibility of a genetic disorder was gone. Still, husband Joe stuck by her side.

She also attempted to poison her husband. He ended up in the hospital. The doctors thought it was an overdose until he was questioned. He admitted that he thought Mary Beth tried to poison him but it didn't matter. He said, "You have to believe the wife."

Mary Beth and Joe got pregnant once more, thirteen years later. Tami Lynne - their last child - died the same way.

Finally, Mary Beth confessed to smothering Tami Lynne. She was convicted and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

Husabnd Joe continues to stick by her side, promising to provide a home for her if and when she gets released from prison. She is now eligiable for parole. Although she's filed, she has been denied thus far.

Nine dead children later - Jennifer, Joesph Jr., Barbra, Timothy, Nathan, Mary Frances, Jonathan, Micheal, and Tami Lynne - she is diagnosed with the most extreme case of Munchausen by proxy.

A Case Of Bad Parenting: Jeffery MacDonald



Colette, Kimberly, and Kristen



February 17, 1970. Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An army doctor's wife and two children murdered; the doctor was wounded.

Jeffery MacDonald joined the army after he was married and was having his second child. Times were tough but the future looked extremely bright for this young family. MacDonald travelled up through the ranks rather quickly. Soon, he was appointed Group Surgeon to the Special Forces group. Now, he was expecting a new baby boy. Life wads great. Unfortunately, one event could bring that life to a tragic end.

On February 17, 1970, a 911 call was recieved. Dr. Jeffery MacDonald was on the other end begging for help and an ambulance. When the police arrived, they found his wife and two daughters dead. MacDonald was lying beside his wife with his arm stretched over her; he was wounded.

MacDonald's wife's head was battered along with her face, and she was covered in blood. Kim, his daughter, had stab wounds around her neck and her face was battered as well. Kristen had been stabbed multiple times both in the back and the chest.

MacDonald told police that three men and a hippie-type woman attacked them.

In the hospital, MacDonald was treated for cuts and bruises, wounds on his head, and various puncture wounds around his heart. A knife wound had punctured his lung, causing it to collapse.



Jeffery MacDonald



MacDonald was intensively interrogated by the Army police. It was decided that his wounds were superficial and self-inflicted. It was also decided that the story was a lie created to cover up the fact that he was responsible for the murders.



He now sits in prison for the murders he so brutally committed. He remains in a prison in Cumberland, MD.  He has decided, after fourteen years, to apply for parole.



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