“Oct. 3, 2001. Tucson. I-10 mile marker 42. Three crows on a power line. Two days later, a Greyhound flipped.”
“Sept. 9, 2019. A librarian in Boise checks out a single book: ‘The Secret Sharer.’ Returns it unread. Drowns in her bathtub 12 days later. The book is back on the shelf. No water damage.” index of sinister
That line — felt wrong — became his obsession. “Oct
The “Index of Sinister” began as a grief project. In 2003, Pondo’s daughter, a grad student in Flagstaff, was killed in a crosswalk by a hit-and-run driver. The driver was never found. But a week before her death, Pondo found a note his daughter had scribbled in a journal: “The crossing guard wasn’t there today. Felt wrong.” I-10 mile marker 42
In a cluttered basement archive in Baltimore, a retired librarian has spent 20 years cataloging America’s forgotten crimes. He calls it the “Index of Sinister.” What he found will chill you to the bone.
“Feb. 11, 2018. Chicago. Red shoelace on a fire escape. SWAT raid, wrong house.”