Comments on: Finding An "Expert" To Talk To

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:26:00 +0000

I for one want to give Souix City Media in general some credit for doing a little research. Other Articles cite other experts, One previous article cited Professor Helen A. Berger, of West Chester, PA, who happens to be the author of three books on witchcraft. This is just one reference I have from a few article on this subject. The media outlets in Iowa did as much to refute the suspect claiming to be Wiccan as they did to Clarify that Wicca, Witchcraft, and Paganism while linked are not synonymous.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:09:00 +0000

I am curious as to why everyone assumes his Pagan religion is Wicca. There are many others. I mean, he could be a Thelemite or a Goatia practitioner, and then his defense would make much more sense (not that it would necessarily be more believable) Theoretically, if you invoke something you can’t control someone could end up stabbed and strangled.But none of that slightly resembles Wicca. I never saw where he claimed to be Wiccan, or where he claimed the spell was a Wiccan one. Wicca does not have the patent on witchcraft.

By: jdoggiedogg

jdoggiedogg — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Leslie is an expert? She’s a total ditz who happens to work at a metaphysical shop. They must have called and she was the one who picked up the phone.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:16:00 +0000

similarly, it’s surprising that more attention is paid to this man’s alleged religious affiliation than to Christopher Lee McCuin’s assertion that God told him to kill and eat his girlfriend.

By: Peg

Peg — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:05:00 +0000

So how did this journalist find her? Was she visiting Iowa and hanging around the crime scene? Did she contact the reporter herself? I am curious as to where one derives the description of “expert” from. I she an “expert” on anything besides Wicca?Even those of us who do have some claim to knowing a lot about modern paganism by way of our research, writing or media appearances, would shudder at the idea of being called an “expert.”peg

By: Jason Pitzl-Waters

Jason Pitzl-Waters — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:00:00 +0000

I noticed that as well.

By: dragonsweave

dragonsweave — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:49:00 +0000

Oddly, Leslie McQuaid has no “google-footprint”, besides the article you quote, your blog and mine. Curious…