Extra Reading: Legends Revealed Blogs

I'm easily distracted, in case my absence from this blog hasn't made that clear. So I'm out in the internet looking for inspiration to write another blog entry, and I come across a series of blogs by Brian Cronin about urban legends and myths. His most extensive is Comic Book Legends Revealed, but he works on other subjects like sports and entertainment. These entries are like popcorn: Once one has popped up, the information just keeps popping and popping, and I have almost spent the entire winter reading through his blogs.

That's how I found his entries on soccer player Goran Tunjic, who was penalized for dropping dead on the field during a play. I also found Cronin's debunking of part of the myth surrounding the death of audience member Meredith Hunter at a Rolling Stones concert. Hunter's death at the hands of Hell's Angels security guards is tragic and real, but like most stories, it gets more dramatic upon each retelling, which causes some misinformation.

Needless to say, these are the types of stories I like to work on for my own blog, so I decided to share them here. Check out these and Cronin's other blogs. It will give you something to do while I motivate myself into another blog entry.

Robin Munis: Tragic Murder Of A Singer

Robin Munis had a clear, deep, soulful voice, dark long hair, and a warm and sincere smile that showed the world her inner peacefulness. She had four beautiful children whom she loved. She also had a troubled marriage that was blowing up. Munis had just separated from her husband, David Munis, whose constant telephone calls were beginning to upset her.

She contacted police on Friday, July 13, 2007, about harassing calls from her husband. Still, the calls didn’t seem threatening, and Robin planned to keep her appointment for that evening, a gig with her band, Ty and the Twisters, of which she was the lead vocalist. They were to play at the Old Chicago restaurant in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a familiar stage for the group.

Robin Munis was on that stage, singing, in front of a large crowd when, just after midnight, a pop sounded from the parking lot of Old Chicago. A glass door shattered, smoke filled the room, and Robin fell to the stage floor. She’d been shot by a single bullet from a high-power rifle, killed sniper-style in mid-song.

A manhunt began almost immediately, for the police had only one suspect in mind: Robin’s husband. David Munis was a staff sergeant in the Wyoming Army National Guard, and before that, a member of the U.S. Army, where he had attended a sniper school. Helicopters from his National Guard unit were used to help police try to track down their suspect.

Three days later, David Munis was found, still alive but with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest. He was airlifted to a hospital, but died within hours.

Sources:

Cameron Mathews, “Gunshot Echos Remain,” WyomingNews.com, July 17, 2007.

Becky Orr, “Manhunt Under Way, WyomingNews.com, July 15, 2007.

Cameron Mathews, “It’s Over: David Munis Dead Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound To Chest,” WyomingNews.com, July 18, 2007.

Lee Morgan: Interview with Billy Hart

Here is an mp3 interview (warning--sound file with bad language) I found from jazz drummer Billy Hart, where he describes the circumstances surrounding the on-stage murder of trumpet player Lee Morgan. I found this thanks to a Groove Notes article called "The Most Famous Murder In Jazz." Both article and
interview are worth checking out.