Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Cry Rage! by James David Matthews James Matthews (writer) James Matthews (born 24 May 1929) is a South African poet, writer and publisher. During the Apartheid era his poetry was banned, and Matthews was detained by the government in 1976 and for 13 years was denied a passport. Contents. Biography. James David Matthews was born to working-class parents in District Six, Cape Town, on 29 May 1929. [1] He attended Prestwich Primary School and then went on to Trafalgar High School in Cape Town. He has said: "I grew up in a household where there were no shelves filled with books. My father was illiterate and my mother read Oracle and Miracle , two thin paperbacks from the United Kingdom which could hardly be considered as literature. I was almost 14 and in standard eight (grade 10) when we were asked to write a composition. It is now termed creative writing. I will never forget the name of our English teacher – Miss Meredith. She announced to the class that I had written a short story and not a composition. She marked it 21, one mark above the accepted 20 and informed the class that I was a writer. My introduction to a library was one of wonderment. I was a messenger at the Cape Times and a reporter asked me to take her books to the library. I was confronted by row upon row of stalls stacked with books. My eyes travelled along the lines of names and titles. None of them were known to me. My reading at that stage was limited to James Hadley Chase. Tentatively I asked the reporter if I could take out a book for myself when I returned her books the following time. She agreed and a new world opened to me because public libraries were then exclusively for the benefit of whites. [2] After leaving school he had a number of jobs, including as newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist, and after publishing his first writings in 1946, when he was aged 17, he found work as a journalist, over the years contributing to various national publications such as the Golden City Post , The Cape Times , and Drum , as well as the independent community newspaper The Muslim News . [1] Matthews through his poetry became "a leading articulator of the Black Consciousness philosophy". [1] In 1972 his first collection, Cry Rage (co- authored with Gladys Thomas), was published. It was banned by the apartheid regime — the first poetry collection thus targeted — as would also happen to most of his later works. [1] Matthews was detained by the government in 1976, and was denied a passport for 13 years. [3] He established the first black-founded art gallery in South Africa (Gallery Afrique) in 1972, and the first black-owned publishing house, BLAC (standing for Black Literature Arts and Culture), 1974–91, which closed as a result of constant government harassment. [4] [3] [5] In 2000, he founded the publishing house Realities. He is a founding member and the patron of the Congress of South African Writers since its inception in 1987. Honours and recognition. Awards that Matthews has received include the Woza Afrika Award (1978), Kwaza Honours List – Black Arts Celebration, Chicago (1979) and the Freeman of the towns of Lehrte and Nienburg, Germany (1982). [3] He was the recipient of a national honour, the Order of Ikhamanga (Silver), in December 2004, [6] for "His excellent achievements in literature, contributing to journalism and his inspirational commitment to the struggle for a non-racial South Africa." [7] [8] On 11 March 2013 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Western Cape. [9] Rhodes University in Grahamstown also awarded him an honorary doctorate, on 31 March 2016. [10] [11] In 2014, Shelley Barry's documentary Diaries of A Dissident Poet , a film profiling James Matthews, [12] premiered at the Encounters Film Festival in South Africa. [13] Awards. Woza Afrika Award (1978) Kwaza Honours List — Black Arts Celebration, Chicago, U.S.A. (1979) Freeman of Lehrte and Nienburg, Germany (1982) National Order of Ikhamanga, South African government (2004) Honorary doctorate, University of the Western Cape (2013) Honorary doctorate, Rhodes University (2016) Bibliography. Poetry. Cry Rage (1972), Spro-Cas Publications Black Voices Shout (1974) Pass me a Meatball, Jones (1977) No Time for Dreams (1981), BLAC Publications Poisoned Wells and Other Delights (1990), BLAC Publications Flames and Flowers (2000), Realities Poems from a Prison Cell (2002), Realities Age is a Beautiful Phase (2008), Realities Gently Stirs My Soul (2015), Rhodes University. Short stories. The Park and Other Stories (1983), Ravan Press. Novels. The Party is Over (1997), Kwela. References. ^ a b c d "James David Matthews" , South African History Online. ^ James Matthews, "How reading can change your life" , Mail & Guardian , 15 April 2016. ^ a b c "About James Matthews" , The Poetry Archive. ^ "James Matthews (South Africa)"Archived 16 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Centre for Creative Arts, University of Kwazulu-Natal, 3 November 2014. ^ Paul Maylam, "Citation for James Matthews" (Honorary graduand, Rhodes University, 31 March 2016). ^ "The Order of Ikhamanga"Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Presidency, Republic of South Africa. ^ "James Matthews (1929 - ), The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver" , The Presidency, Republic of South Africa. ^ Aziz Matthews,"James Matthews: Struggle poet and laureate of National Honours" , Seeking the Soapbox, 15 May 2014. ^ "UWC honours struggle poet and sports administrator at its Summer Graduation" , 2013 March Graduation, University of the Western Cape. ^ "A Cat Who Got Lucky With Words"Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Rhodes University, 31 March 2016. ^ Yazeed Kamaldien, "Cape poet urges universities to teach his work"Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Studentlife , Rhodes University, 30 March 2016. ^ Rustum Kozain, "James Matthews being James Matthews" , Africa is a Country, 31 July 2014. ^ http://www.encounters.co.za/ External links. 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For 13 years he was denied a passport and was placed in detention from September to December 1976. Solitary confinement was widely used during the apartheid years; its purpose being to disorient, to dehumanize, to undermine the detainee’s sense of self-identity. James Matthews waged a struggle against this agenda with the one weapon the jailers couldn’t take away from him – his ability to turn words into poems. In 1980 Matthews participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair, and in 1982 he participated in the Cultural and Resistance Conference in Gaborone. He was awarded a Fellowship at Iowa University, U.S.A and was the founding member of the Vakalisa Art Association and founding member and Patron of the Congress of South African Writers. James Matthews is the first black person to have established an art gallery (Gallery Afrique) in South Africa, and is the first black to have established a publishing house (BLAC Publishing House 1974 -1991) The publishing house closed in 1991 due to constant harassment by the previous government. Matthews is the recipient of the Woza Afrika Award (1978), Kwaza Honours List – Black Arts Celebration , Chicago, U.S.A.(1979) and the Freeman of Lehrte and Nienburg , Germany (1982). In 2010, he was given an award by the City of Cape Town. We’re glad to offer you this brief taste of James Matthews’s work, with thanks to our friends at the Badilisha Poetry X-Change. Princess Charlotte was one of the bridesmaids at the church ceremony, was “perfectly behaved inside” but “began to cry at one point. Pippa Middleton’s church wedding: Kate’s reading, the modern vows and Princess Charlotte’s teary moment The Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter Charlotte had to be comforted by her nanny. Kate’s daughter Princess Charlotte had a bit of a teary moment at the wedding of her aunt Pippa Middleton on Saturday, HELLO! has confirmed. The adorable two-year-old, who was one of the bridesmaids at the church ceremony, was “perfectly behaved inside” but “began to cry at one point and [the kids’ nanny] comforted her,” E! News reports. Charlotte played a starring role at her aunt’s wedding, as did her big brother George, three, who acted as a pageboy. Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana attended Pippa Middleton Wedding. Their mum Kate, who was left in charge of the eight-strong young bridal party had a big part to play in the service, looking after the four bridesmaids and four pageboys and making sure they were all in line before entering the church. But she had another important role to play in the ceremony too – reading a prayer. HELLO! has learned that Kate joined brother James Middleton and the groom’s brother Spencer Matthews in giving readings at the church. Pippa, 33, and James, 41, were said to be a little “nervous” during the ceremony, but smiled at each other the entire time. “They were positively beaming,” a source told E! News. “They kissed of course after exchanging vows. Their parents looked proud and there was an immense sense of joy in the air. They read their vows with absolute sincerity and, as expected, Pippa read more modern vows, not promising to ‘obey’ her husband. That’s quite normal these days.” Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana attended Pippa Middleton Wedding. Rev. Nick Wynne-Jones officiated the church ceremony. The choir of Winchester Cathedral lead Christian hymns during the service, which reportedly included Be Thou My Vision, Tell Out, My Soul, The Greatness of Thy Lord, I Vow Thee to My Country and Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken. Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana attended Pippa Middleton Wedding. Following the 40-minute ceremony at St Mark’s Church in Englefield, Berkshire, Pippa and James were then joined by their nearest and dearest for a champagne reception at Englefield House, where Pippa’s dad Michael Middleton and James’ father David Matthews gave short speeches. Guests were also treated to sweet and savoury canapés made by Fiona Cairns, the pastry chef behind Prince William and Kate’s wedding cake . Source: HELLO MAGAZINE. Tags: Kate Middleton, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Kate, Duchess, Cambridge, Savoury, Canapes, Wedding Cake. Cry Rage! by James David Matthews. 12 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 10 Evil Killers Who Should Have Stayed Behind Bars. Rehabilitation is a great idea. When it works, prison reforms criminals into productive members of society. We’ve even previously cataloged some of these successes. However, some who commit crimes and get paroled move on to crimes that are even worse. Though just a tiny percentage of murderers and rapists repeat their crimes after being released, those who do seem to do so in the most horrific ways imaginable. 10 Evan Ebel. Evan Ebel was always angry. He was born and raised in a well-to-do family but constantly got into trouble growing up, and many around him thought there was something wrong with him. At 18, Ebel was arrested for felony armed robbery. He served a year of his three-year sentence and then was arrested again at 20 for felony menacing, robbery and assault. While in prison, he joined the 211 Crew, a Denver white supremacist gang. He assaulted a prison guard and then just kept adding further offenses. He racked up 28 violations in prison and spent the majority of his eight years there in solitary confinement. Yet in January 2013, this violent inmate received an early release, paroled four years before his sentence was up—due to a clerical error. Within two months, Ebel had managed to slip off his ankle monitor. On March 17, he found and murdered a pizza delivery man. The following day, he drove to the home of Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements, dressed in a pizza delivery uniform. He shot Clements dead as soon as the man opened the door. Ebel may have acted on the orders from the 211 Crew, but police never heard his explanation. He died in a shootout with them, following a high- speed chase. The alleged 211 hit-list had another name on it: Tim Hand, the parole officer whose error had freed Abel. The disaster overall didn’t end up costing Hand his life, but it did rightly cost him his job. 9 Dwain Lee Little. Dwain Lee Little was 13 when he committed his first murder, killing and raping 16-year-old Oria Fay Fipps. He received a life sentence but was paroled in 1974 after serving the minimum eight years. Perhaps the parole board thought that they couldn’t hold the young man responsible for the brutal crime he’d committed as a boy. But Little’s short time in prison did not reform him, and he left it as violent as ever. In September of that year, a family disappeared from their campsite in Applegate, Oregon. The following April, authorities found their slain bodies. A cave contained the corpses of mother Belinda, 5-year-old David, and baby Melissa, all with bullet wounds. The father, Richard, had died bound to a tree. The case remains open to this day, but Little, seen in the area, was the police’s chief suspect. Bullets used in the muders also matched a gun in his possession. Though he was never convicted of this crime, Little did end up serving two life sentences for raping, stabbing, and trying to murder a pregnant hitchhiker in 1979. In jail, he allegedly confessed to the Cowden murders. 8 Andrew Dawson. In 1984, 19-year-old Andrew Dawson from Ormskirk, England broke 91-year-old Henry Walsh’s jaw. He then tied a rope around the old man’s neck and stabbed him 11 times in the chest. His goal in all this was Walsh’s £50 pension book. Dawson was arrested but received parole in 2000. In July, 2010, Dawson moved into a new apartment complex in Derby. On July 25, 2010 the first body was found. It was 66-year-old John David Matthews, stabbed 18 times and left in his own bathtub. On July 30, 2010, police found another tenant’s tub with a corpse; this one was 58-year-old Paul Hancock, stabbed 22 times. Dawson armed himself and ran from the police, hoping to go out in a blaze of glory. Instead, he was tasered, arrested, and given a life sentence. 7 Daniel Joe Hittle. A lot of violent offenders have a problem with rage. Does locking up someone in a cell cure rage? It certainly didn’t cure Daniel Joe Hittle. When Hittle was 23, he stabbed his adoptive parents to death on April 4, 1973 at their home in Staples, Minnesota. The reason? Their dog scratched his car. He received a 30-year sentence but was released in 1984. Upon parole, he got permission to move to Garland, Texas. On November 15, 1989, after getting in an argument with his wife, Little sped off in his pickup before being pulled over by police officer Gerald Walker. He fired at Walker’s chest at point blank range with his shotgun. He then went to the home of his drug dealer, Mary Gross. He and Gross had been feuding—he’d slashed her tires, she’d called the police on him —so he shot her dead. He then moved on to the building’s other occupants. He killed 36-year-old Richard Cook and then 19-year-old Raymond Gregg. When he came to Gross’s daughter, 4-year-old Christy, he stopped. And reloaded. And then shot her, before returning to his truck. Hittle was arrested and convicted. He was executed by lethal injection on December 6, 2000. 6 Ian McLoughlin. In October 1984, McLoughlin was convicted for killing 49-year-old Len Delgatty. The two had fought, Ian beat him with a hammer, and he got 10 years in prison for manslaughter. Upon release in July 1995, McLoughlin stabbed 56-year-old barman Peter Halls in the neck. This time Ian got a life sentence, eligible for parole in 25 years. On July 12, 2013, Ian was on day-release preparing for his parole. He went to the home of 86-year-old Francis Cory-Wright, who’d served time in prison with him for child molestation. He tried to rob the old man but found himself facing both Francis and his neighbor, 66-year-old Graham Buck. Ian solved this problem by dragging Buck into the kitchen and stabbing him in the neck till he died. McLoughlin fled the murder scene but was arrested a short time later. He received another life sentence, and he’ll be eligible for parole again . . . when he’s 95. 5 Timothy Buss. Here’s another shocking case of a boy arrested at 13 and paroled as an adult only to return to his murderous ways. On May 21, 1980, 5-year-old Tara Sue Huffman went missing in Bradley, Illinois. Young Timothy Buss joined in the search for her, and he found her body in a vacant lot. He’d found her so easily because he was the one who’d killed her. He’d sexually assaulted her, beaten her to death (probably with a whip), and then carted her in a wagon to the dump. Timothy was tried as an adult and received a 25-year sentence. In 1993, he was released on parole at the age of 26. Sadly, Buss couldn’t shake old urges and on August 7, 1995, 10-year-old Christopher Meyer went missing. A week later, his body was found. Buss had killed and sexually mutilated Meyer. He’d stabbed him 52 times. Buss was arrested, convicted and given the death penalty. 4 Jack Unterweger. In 1974, Austrian Jack Unterweger was charged with murder after strangling a victim with her own bra. But in prison, he seemed to turn his life around. He wrote poetry. He wrote an autobiography. He wrote children’s books . Prominent members of Vienna’s intellectual community thought Jack a talented author, and they blamed poor upbringing for his crimes—his absent father had been an unknown American soldier, and his mother had likely been a prostitute. They even lobbied to get him released early from prison, and though the prison denied these requests, they did let him go as soon as parole became possible. Upon his release in 1990, Unterweger became a minor celebrity. His children’s stories became radio plays. His autobiography, Fegefeur (“Purgatory”) became a bestseller and was made into a movie. Then the dead prostitutes started popping up. The murders happened in different cities—several in Austrian towns, one in Prague—and in each case, Jack was there. And in each case, the victim was strangled with her own underwear. Police suspected Unterweger, but though they tailed him, they found no solid evidence. Meanwhile, victims kept turning up, till the body count reached eight. In 1991, a magazine hired Jack for a story comparing European and American attitudes toward sex workers. They sent him to Los Angeles, and during his five months in L.A., three prostitutes were found beaten and then strangled to death with their bras. Working with Austrian authorities, the FBI arrested Unterweger and extradited him back to Austria. There, Jack put his strangulation skills to use one last time. On June 29, 1994, he hanged himself with his shoelaces in his cell. 3 Kenneth McDuff. Death penalty opponents argue that we can rarely prove guilt with certainty, and even confirmed killers can be reformed. Death penalty advocates respond simply by pointing to Kenneth McDuff. McDuff was first arrested for burglary and was sentenced to 12 concurrent four-year sentences in 1964. He received parole after a single year. Then in August 1966, McDuff and two friends stopped a car with three teenagers in Fort Worth, Texas. They ordered the two young male passengers into the trunk and fired into it, killing them both. Next, they repeatedly raped the third teen, 16-year-old Edna Louise Sullivan, before strangling her with a broomstick. Then they headed to a gas station to buy some Coca-Cola. McDuff got three death sentences and walked to the electric chair on two different occasions, but he received a last-minute stay each time. His sentence was later commuted to life, and due to over-crowding, the state paroled him in October 1989. Three days after getting out of prison, McDuff murdered 31-year-old Sarafia Parker. He wound up back in prison, of course. But then, the very next year, McDuff was paroled yet again. And then, after three separate sentences and paroles, Kenneth McDuff’s crime spree really began. Police aren’t even sure just how many Texans he killed, but they put the number at 14 in a single year. All were women. Many were prostitutes. He tortured several and left their naked bodies in the woods or in rivers. McDuff was eventually convicted for two of these murders—one of these two victims, Melissa Northrup, was pregnant at the time of her death. On November 17, 1998, at the age of 52, he was executed by lethal injection. 2 William Bonin. Like McDuff, Bonin was paroled multiple times despite his repeated convictions. And, believe it or not, Bonin managed a death toll that dwarfed even McDuff’s. William Bonin was honorably discharged from the Army in 1968 after sexually assaulting two other soldiers at gunpoint. Over the next year, he kidnapped and sexually assaulted five boys between the ages of 12 and 18. In 1969, he was caught and placed in a psychiatric hospital but was transferred to prison in 1972. He was then released in May 1974 on parole, deemed no longer a threat to others. However, a little over a year after his release, Williams raped a 14-year-old at gunpoint and tried kidnapping another boy as well. This earned him a return to prison. If you’ve lost count: Besides the two sexual assaults in the army, Williams had violently kidnapped and raped six teenage boys and attempted to do the same to another, all in separate incidents. Clearly this man had a problem. Remarkably, within just a few years, Bonin was released again. Between May 1979 and June 1980, Williams and a few accomplices brutally raped, tortured, and murdered at least 21 teenage boys. Once he was done, he usually dumped the bodies at the side of the freeway, earning the name “the Freeway Killer.” Bonin was eventually caught in the act of sodomizing one of his victims. In February 1996, after more than a decade on death row, he became the first California inmate executed by lethal injection. 1 David Edward Maust. Maust may be one of the saddest examples on the list because even he knew he didn’t belong in the general public. Born in 1954 in Pennsylvania, Maust was dangerous even as a boy, according to his mother. He choked two friends, he set beds on fire, and he tried drowning his brother in a lake. At nine, he entered a mental institute for in his violent behavior. He moved from there to a children’s home, where he grew into adulthood. His mother refused to let him move back home and made him enlist in the Army. While stationed in Germany, he tied 13-year Jimmy McClister to a tree and beat him to death—he later could not recall how he’d met the boy. He was court-martialed and got a four-year sentence for manslaughter. When the sentence ended, he asked to stay in prison. The prison denied his request and released him. In 1979, Maust stabbed another teenager and was arrested, but he was released again. In 1981, he tried hunting down an old sex partner, blaming homosexuality for all his troubles. The intended victim turned out to be in prison. So Maust found a random teenager, stabbed him, and then drowned him in a quarry. He was arrested for the crime and received a 35-year sentence. This time, he wrote letters to prison officials begging that they not release him. But just halfway through his sentence, the parole board unleashed him on the outside world once more. In 2001, he attacked a friend with a pipe, but the friend didn’t want to press charges. But police soon discovered that he’d strangled another victim, 16-year-old James Raganyi, and encased his body in cement. While investigating that murder, they found the cement contained two other victims, ages 19 and 13. Maust pleaded guilty to all three murders. Then on January 19, 2006, he hanged himself in his cell using his bed sheets. Robert Grimminck is a Canadian crime fiction writer. You can follow him on Twitter or on Facebook.