OC Register Article: Irvine might be safe, but why is it so weird?

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So I guess our friends at the OC Register are having a slow news day and decided to pick on Irvine.



<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/murder-one-irvine-2517316-sword-plot">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/murder-one-irvine-2517316-sword-plot</a>



So are we weird? I don't think so. Maybe CookieCutter/Stepford but not weird. I am sure we can all dig up funky crime stories on most OC cities if we want.
 
You ever see "The Stepford Wives" - the new version with Nicole Kidman? That was kind of wierd, in an Irvine way.....



While delivering Eva's tomatos last week, I saw an almost original '86 Chevy Monte Carlo parked on the street. In Irvine! I couldn't believe it.



<img src="http://images04.olx.com/ui/2/20/27/f_17431327_1.jpeg" alt="" />



I thought for a second - am I in Fontana? No, in Fontana it would have a metalflake paint job with Daytons and hydraulics.



<img src="http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj179/gangster66/DSCF0243.jpg" alt="" />



I got confused because it was wierd and went back home to Orange ASAP.
 
I found the article rather interesting. Good for trivia. I didn't know the Night Stalker's last known killing was in Irvine. Are they talking about Richard Ramirez? The article said the "original" Night Stalker and that he had never been caught.
 
<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/murder-one-irvine-2517316-sword-plot">Irvine might be safe, but why is it so weird?</a>



Irvine may have grabbed the safest city crown five years running, but clean streets and well-manicured lawns don't mean there aren't a few strange skeletons in the community's closet.



Failed hits with alleged links to foreign governments, bodies kept on ice for days, "evil" twins and samurai sword murders ? these aren't plot points for a particularly dark film noir, they are just a glimpse at the darker and stranger side of one of America's pre-eminent planned communities.



So, don't let the low violent crime rates fool you; Irvine has had its fair share of shocking, baffling and just plain strange plots, arrests and convictions throughout the years.



Click below to take a trip through the darker side of the city's past, and decide which tale deserves top spot as "Irvine's strangest crime."





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<a href="http://wiki.ocregister.com/index.php?title=Irvine/Crime,_Courts_&_Safety/Evil_twin_murder_plot">?The "evil" twin murder plot</a>



<a href="http://wiki.ocregister.com/index.php?title=Irvine/Crime,_Courts_&_Safety/Samurai_sword_murders">?The Samurai sword rampage</a>



<a href="http://wiki.ocregister.com/index.php?title=Irvine/Crime,_Courts_&_Safety/Biofem_murder_mystery">?The Biofem murder mystery</a>



<a href="http://wiki.ocregister.com/index.php?title=Irvine/Crime,_Courts_&_Safety/Linda_Park_murder">?Linda Park murder</a>



?The Egyptian child slave



?The murder victim left on ice



?The burnt car body



?The "no body" murder conviction



?The original Night Stalker



?The Patricia Pratt murder



?The shaken baby death



?The ex-Sheriff's deputy torture allegations



?The bar pickup murder



?The Craigslist prostitution ring



?The judge porn arrest



?The airport shooter



?The home stand-off murder



?The security guard murder
 
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