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> Story for another day. Story for today, please?

silisili 4y ago
Well...here goes. Mom used to have an AOL buddy she always talked to. Di57 was her screen name, and what she called her when talking to us about her. They were about the same age, both married, had kids, etc, so a lot in common. They'd talked for at least a couple years, I guess. One day the lady asked her if I could write something to see what her family was chatting about... in the guise of 'protecting my family' and nothing more. We figured it was probably about the kids. I forgot what she paid me, $20 or $50. So what I wrote wasn't actually a keylogger, but used win APIs to grab text from IM windows, and store that. Didn't know how to really hide it or piggyback it, so just gave it a name like 'win32xxx' something or other, hell it's been more than 20 years now. Didn't think much of it really, one day Di57 told my mom her husband was cheating on her with multiple women, telling some his wife was dead, some he wasn't married, some they were separated etc etc. Sad news. They kinda didn't chat much after that. This is where I get fuzzy because I don't remember exact timelines, but at some point not immediately... I'd guess 4 to 16 months later, her husband died. She was convicted of his murder, and apparently it became a big thing because of cold case or snapped or something or other(I hate those shows). Her name was Diane Fleming...in prison still AFAIK. I don't say this to brag, or feel any guilt or anything. Just something that always sat in the back of my mind -if- things would have been different if I hadn't done that. Some of these details and timelines may be off, I guess I never really thought about it much recently. For some reason, I remember us both thinking she was guilty, I think there may have been other pieces of things she'd said I'm forgetting.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
  > -if- things would have been different if I hadn't done that. She would have found out some other way and probably with the same result.
- tacheiordache 4y ago
  https://magnesiumandhealth.com/murder-by-methanol/ https://magnesiumandhealth.com/murder-by-methanol/
  - silisili 4y ago
    Ugh. I hate that stuff like this exists. Even Googling the case is nothing but people grasping at straws, nothing about the facts. Sorry, but searching for 'methanol poisoning' one month before your husband dies of methanol poisoning, is a terrible coincidence at the very best. Then trying to hide the hard drive when the police start asking questions is...guilt.
- closewith 4y ago
  Wild. Thanks for sharing.

Well...here goes. Mom used to have an AOL buddy she always talked to. Di57 was her screen name, and what she called her when talking to us about her. They were about the same age, both married, had kids, etc, so a lot in common. They'd talked for at least a couple years, I guess. One day the lady asked her if I could write something to see what her family was chatting about... in the guise of 'protecting my family' and nothing more. We figured it was probably about the kids. I forgot what she paid me, $20 or $50. So what I wrote wasn't actually a keylogger, but used win APIs to grab text from IM windows, and store that. Didn't know how to really hide it or piggyback it, so just gave it a name like 'win32xxx' something or other, hell it's been more than 20 years now. Didn't think much of it really, one day Di57 told my mom her husband was cheating on her with multiple women, telling some his wife was dead, some he wasn't married, some they were separated etc etc. Sad news. They kinda didn't chat much after that. This is where I get fuzzy because I don't remember exact timelines, but at some point not immediately... I'd guess 4 to 16 months later, her husband died. She was convicted of his murder, and apparently it became a big thing because of cold case or snapped or something or other(I hate those shows). Her name was Diane Fleming...in prison still AFAIK. I don't say this to brag, or feel any guilt or anything. Just something that always sat in the back of my mind -if- things would have been different if I hadn't done that. Some of these details and timelines may be off, I guess I never really thought about it much recently. For some reason, I remember us both thinking she was guilty, I think there may have been other pieces of things she'd said I'm forgetting.

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
> -if- things would have been different if I hadn't done that. She would have found out some other way and probably with the same result.
tacheiordache 4y ago
https://magnesiumandhealth.com/murder-by-methanol/ https://magnesiumandhealth.com/murder-by-methanol/
- silisili 4y ago
  Ugh. I hate that stuff like this exists. Even Googling the case is nothing but people grasping at straws, nothing about the facts. Sorry, but searching for 'methanol poisoning' one month before your husband dies of methanol poisoning, is a terrible coincidence at the very best. Then trying to hide the hard drive when the police start asking questions is...guilt.
closewith 4y ago
Wild. Thanks for sharing.