Deathbed Confession In Sweden
An unnamed man in Sweden asked to talk to police before dying, and told them he had murdered two young women in the 1970s.
The women, Sigrid Heggheim and Torunn Finstad, were killed in 1976 and 1977. The deathbed confessor did not come forward when another man, Fritz Moen, was convicted of the murders.
Moen spent 18 years in prison and died earlier this year, unexonerated.
When I read stories like this (this one was in The Scotsman), I am reminded how false the religion of self esteem is. The confessor in this story had great self esteem, thinking himself far better than the two women he killed, and the man who wasted away in jail.
I'm a much bigger fan of humility.
The women, Sigrid Heggheim and Torunn Finstad, were killed in 1976 and 1977. The deathbed confessor did not come forward when another man, Fritz Moen, was convicted of the murders.
Moen spent 18 years in prison and died earlier this year, unexonerated.
When I read stories like this (this one was in The Scotsman), I am reminded how false the religion of self esteem is. The confessor in this story had great self esteem, thinking himself far better than the two women he killed, and the man who wasted away in jail.
I'm a much bigger fan of humility.
posted by Laer at 11:29 PM
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