Post 62: “The Monster of Walnut Grove”

January 12, 1983  – GOOD  “It’s Halloween and Laura is soaping windows, she thinks she sees Mr. Oleson cut Mrs. Oleson’s head off, but really it’s a maniquinn (sic). Several factors enhance Laura’s belief of this story, but she later finds out the truth.” From Anne – This is the episode in which Laura joins QAnon. That is, she embraces a false conviction with more gusto than a rabid raccoon. And paranoia is flowing faster than Plum Creek. To her credit, she has more visual evidence than any QAnon-er that Mr. Oleson is a murderer. The truth is, he’s a mannequin murderer. As Laura points out, even if he did kill his whiny wife, there’s no sheriff in Walnut Grove. The police are de facto defunded. The arm of the law is stubby on the prairie. More reason...