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>Yep. He even said that he'd gone back while the fire was still being fought to look. Arsonists always do. That's why they take pictures of the crowds at fire
by loewenskind 16y ago
>Yep. He even said that he'd gone back while the fire was still being fought to look.
Arsonists always do. That's why they take pictures of the crowds at fires. The person who started it is almost certainly there watching. In fact, it will probably be a man standing there with a bulge in his pants (seriously).
- swolchok 16y agoAre you saying that they tend to be sexually aroused, or that they tend to be carrying some sort of arsonist paraphernalia?
- jacquesm 16y agoThe 'seriously' suggests the former. http://www.google.com/search?q=arsonists+sexually+aroused http://www.google.com/search?q=arsonists+sexually+aroused Seems to confirm it.
- julius_geezer 16y agoThe book _Reporting at Wit's End_, a collection of New Yorker pieces by St. Clair McKelway, leads off with a profile of Joseph Brophy, for many years chief fire marshal of New York. Quite interesting on arsonists, both the professionals and those who do it for a thrill.
- dwwoelfel 16y agoThe article is titled Firebug-Catcher. Here's a link to the article at the New Yorker's website: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1936/01/18/1936_01_18_018_TNY_CARDS_000160600 http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1936/01/18/1936_01_18_018_T... Requires a subscription.
- india 16y agoWhile that google search does confirm that this is a somewhat popular notion, this paper[1] seems to reject the idea. [1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5V-45XTXMD-8R&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F1989&_alid=1436968978&_rdoc=6&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5796&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=455&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=11a5e5fe9bdc639369e2e5049b8f8b97 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi...