http://www.cracked.com/article_23032_5-creepy-tales-people-stalked-to-breaking-point.html

Cindy James is #4

I read that earlier today! I still think James suffered from some kind of Munchhausen's and did this all herself, as odd as it seems.

I read that earlier today! I still think James suffered from some kind of Munchhausen's and did this all herself, as odd as it seems.


It's not odd, read Neal Hall's book. It's not out of the realm that she was suffering from a mental problem.

Will do, thanks for the recommendation. Most of the comments on the article that were about the James story were skeptical of how she could tie herself up and inject the morphine, but I seemed to remember them explaining what she did pretty well, enough to convince me she did it herself. I will still check out that book though because it is an interesting case.

I read that earlier today! I still think James suffered from some kind of Munchhausen's and did this all herself, as odd as it seems.

I disagree. I've followed the story for sometime, and it's clear she was being stalked and was eventually murdered. Nothing's worse than when folks try to blame Cindy for what happened to her, while a murderer roams free.

If you check, that article is written by none other than our very own RobinW.... :)

If you check, that article is written by none other than our very own RobinW.... :)

Hey, thanks for the plug everyone :-). I was really happy to get Cindy James' story some more exposure on Cracked, as I can tell that a lot of the readers there had never heard of this case before and were quite taken aback by it.

While researching the article, I was quite surprised by how little mainstream coverage there is about this case on-line, as the only real sources I could use were the UM page, the Current Affair and W-5 segments on Youtube, and Cindy's sister's website. I really would have loved to explore the Munchhausen's angle in the article, but unfortunately, neither of the books published about the case are available for viewing at Google Books.

While researching the article, I was quite surprised by how little mainstream coverage there is about this case on-line, as the only real sources I could use were the UM page, the Current Affair and W-5 segments on Youtube, and Cindy's sister's website.

Go back a dozen years and there were NONE of those sources online about the case.

I joined this forum in 2000. In late 2001, I did a google search about Cindy James typing her name, "nurse," "Canada," "murder," "stalked," and "1989" into the search engine. Only one clickable link came up, which was the description on the back of Neal Hall's book which was written in 1991. And I was like, "Holy crap! A book was written about the case!" I followed it to Amazon and bought the book for $2.00

But that was literally the only thing on the internet about Cindy. And the link was broken, half of it was missing because it was outdated, something that was clearly written in the mid-90's when the internet was still in it's infant stage.

So really, there never was a ton of information out there on the net. But if I had to guess, if you live in the Vancouver area or in western Canada, this might be a little more mainstream.

So really, there never was a ton of information out there on the net. But if I had to guess, if you live in the Vancouver area or in western Canada, this might be a little more mainstream.

Two years ago, I was excited to up a special edition copy of Maclean's magazine titled "Canada's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries", which contained a five-page article about the Cindy James case. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a digital version of this online. It's still covered every now and then in Canadian media, but I always wonder how much more well-known this story might be if it had occurred in the U.S..

Hey, thanks for the plug everyone :-). I was really happy to get Cindy James' story some more exposure on Cracked, as I can tell that a lot of the readers there had never heard of this case before and were quite taken aback by it.

While researching the article, I was quite surprised by how little mainstream coverage there is about this case on-line, as the only real sources I could use were the UM page, the Current Affair and W-5 segments on Youtube, and Cindy's sister's website. I really would have loved to explore the Munchhausen's angle in the article, but unfortunately, neither of the books published about the case are available for viewing at Google Books.

Why would you want to explore the wrong angle?!

It was strange that her body was not noticed by people in the area when it should have been close to where they were at the time, and weren't there other aspects such as the syringe not being found, which should be right there had she done this herself?

It was strange that her body was not noticed by people in the area when it should have been close to where they were at the time, and weren't there other aspects such as the syringe not being found, which should be right there had she done this herself?

Exactly. People are way too quick to blame the victim here. It's maddening.

It was strange that her body was not noticed by people in the area when it should have been close to where they were at the time, and weren't there other aspects such as the syringe not being found, which should be right there had she done this herself?


Yes and no. Only so much information is presented in the segment. I wish we could get the book online and available for everyone to read it. I feel that Cindy had a troubling mental illness and she became a victim of it.

After reading the book and researching the segment, I don't like Otto.

Yes and no. Only so much information is presented in the segment. I wish we could get the book online and available for everyone to read it. I feel that Cindy had a troubling mental illness and she became a victim of it.

After reading the book and researching the segment, I don't like Otto.

I vehemently disagree, and I wouldn't want any more misinformation about this case spread around. The person who wrote that book is biased against Cindy.

I vehemently disagree, and I wouldn't want any more misinformation about this case spread around. The person who wrote that book is biased against Cindy.


How so? I feel that Neal presented the case in a very objective form.

Well, do you think you are biased toward Cindy? I mean I have looked at everything I have heard about this case completely neutrally and I still say Munchhausen's.

How is it clear that she was stalked and murdered? Was there evidence besides what Cindy reported? If she was stalked why the big cover-up and denial about it? That seems more far-fetched to me than a woman with mental problems doing things to herself for attention.