I think JR..

[JMO8778]

One more thing.In DOI,JR claims the RN couldn't have been written after the murder,as he(he uses he,interesting..) would've been too stimulated by what he'd just done.So,he speculates the RN was written beforehand.
Based on that,and the backwards observation I've noticed seems to fit the case (whatever the R's say,turn it around),I'm guessing the murderer was a woman, and the note was written after JB's death. JMO.

 

[Jayelles]

Actually I did try to copy and paste the parts that prompted my outburst at the time, to illustrate, but quite amusingly the site contrives a 'Deception Detected' pop up! If I get time, I'll quote the parts that I thought were badly written. It's probably just an English language thing (as opposed to American usage).
You do have me intrigued, Jayelles, with your red pen poised over my post. What do you think is wrong with it?

Well your Profile says you are in the UK, but your use of language is American. That would be penalised in our examination system because we do not accept American spelling.

I was being facetious.

 

[Jayelles]

I will say one thing Luckyeight regarding your dismissive criticisms of Mark McClish's own use of language. Some people are natural "artists". Others are experts in the mechanics, but don't have the artistic flair.

For example, I could listen to a piece of piano music and I would know if a wrong note had been played, but I couldn't play the instrument myself. Someone else could perhaps proofread and edit a piece of text, but would have been unable to compose the text themselves.

Linguistic analysis is not the same as statement analysis. Linguistic analysis is much, much more sophisticated and analysis language at many levels. McClish is also open about the fact that he uses software to assist him in his statement analyses. His grammar may not be perfect, but that doesn't render his training in spotting deception worthless. IMO, the difference between a linguistic analyst and a statement analyst is like comparing a human biologist with an expert in body language.

 

[Eagle1]

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I've always thought some parts sound like they were written by a man,although overall, it mostly shows a feminine touch and a style just like PR's.

I have a hunch he was a tad effeminate, and also showing off his impersonation skills. Wasn't after money, just showing off that he could monitor them and knew how much the bonus was. Sadistic.

 

[luckyeight]

Rashomon: "Luckyeight, what exactly do you think Mark McClish missed in his ransom note analysis?"

Without me going throught the entire ransom note and analysing it myself (thus picking out things I think he's missed), I would say that a lot of the points that MM made were fairly obvious, and I have seen better overall analysis of the RN - for example, Cherokee's analysis. Not to say that the points he made were wrong or inaccurate, they're just not particularly in depth, insightful or mind blowing. Every single layman who reads this note can detect alarm bells - everyone mocks the 'we are a group of individuals who represent a small foreign faction', for example, because it is so obviously contrived. From the perspective of analysing text and commenting on its implications, I think there is a hell of a lot to say about this note. I am disappointed with an analysis that is this simplistic. If a guy who devotes his whole life to this study of 'statement analysis' can only come up with an analysis this obvious, then I'm not impressed.

Having said this, I see that he has 'play the detective' segments, where readers are invited to detect the truth from statements he makes available. Anyone tried this? God knows I can't do it! The one about the bank deposit?

 

[SallyLu]

Having said this, I see that he has 'play the detective' segments, where readers are invited to detect the truth from statements he makes available. Anyone tried this? God knows I can't do it! The one about the bank deposit?

Glad you remined me of the detective segments. I'm going to go attempt one.

 

[JMO8778]

I have a hunch he was a tad effeminate, and also showing off his impersonation skills. Wasn't after money, just showing off that he could monitor them and knew how much the bonus was. Sadistic.

I think that's a longshot at best.IA with the OR theory...PR wrote the note.

 

[JMO8778]

'we are a group of individuals who represent a small foreign faction'

How about: We are a miniscule number of separate people comprised of radicals from overseas.

easily makes just as much (no) sense.

 

[Jayelles]

If a guy who devotes his whole life to this study of 'statement analysis' can only come up with an analysis this obvious, then I'm not impressed.

Would you have been more impressed if he'd come up with a totally different analysis?

Also, Cherokee's analysis was done after mark McCLish's. His has been on the Internet for several years.

Personally, I have no opinion about the ransom note. It's one of these grey sciences and I'm no good with subjectivity. HOwever, I would tend to take more weight from a particular conclusion if I had it confirmed by one person after another than if everyone were telling me different conclusions.