Talk:Leonard Lake

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[edit] Sources and POV tags

This article cites no sources, and in particular they are necessary to justify sensational statements such as that he became obsessed with pornography because of taking nude pics of his sisters, and that he broke up with his second wife because she got fed up with being asked to do porno movies. I'm not saying they're not true, but they are borderline encyclopedic even if they are true, and with no refs, they are definitely unencyclopedic. Anchoress 20:35, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

- I have a Serial Killer Enciclopedia at home and I looked it up. The first starement is true, but I have not found any evidence of the latter.

The thing is, it is virtually impossible to prove causation with something like the reason for someone's obsession with pornography. Even if it is in a book, I doubt it can be proven to be 'true'. It may be true that he stated it, but if so the article should be changed to reflect that. Do you see my point? Anchoress 02:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I have add references for that statement. It can be found on page 134 of Michael Newton's The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Here's the page on Google Books. Nishkid64 (talk) 05:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lake's suicide

How about some more info about Lake's suicide? It just appears as a random factoid in relation to the authorities frustration relative charging Ng.

alleged? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.239.173 (talk) 06:46, 25 November 2007 (UTC)