Thomas Paul Simanek is a convicted murderer who was arrested in August 1983 for killing his wife in Dallas, Texas, and subsequently attempting to hide her body in Wisconsin. [1, 2]

The Crime and Arrest

• The Murder: In August 1983, Simanek murdered his wife in Dallas, Texas, later claiming to acquaintances that he killed her after finding her in bed with another man. [1]
• The Cover-Up: Following the murder, Simanek wired the trunk of his car shut with his wife's body placed inside a plastic bag. He drove from Texas to his hometown of Racine, Wisconsin, where he confessed to an acquaintance and buried the body in a residential yard. [1]
• The Arrest: Local police discovered the body after receiving tips regarding Simanek's suspicious behaviour and long-distance phone calls, leading to his arrest by Wisconsin authorities before he was extradited to face a Texas grand jury. [1, 2]

Legal Outcome

• Conviction: In February 1984, he was officially convicted of the crime in the state of Texas.
• Charges: His case was processed under the category of Murder-Voluntary Manslaughter. [1]

Notable Connections

• Simanek was notably identified as the brother of Stephen A. Simanek, who served as a prominent Racine County Circuit Court Judge in Wisconsin. [1, 2]

Marvin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on August 12, 1942 at 18 years old. Before finishing the School of Infantry, he served as a quartermaster. Marvin served in the 4th Marine Division as a scout sniper in the Pacific Theater during World War II,^([7]) including assaults on Kwajalein,^([8]) Eniwetok, and Saipan-Tinian.^([9]) While serving as a member of India ("I") Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marvin participated in 21 amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands. He was wounded in action on June 18, 1944, while taking part in the assault on Mount Tapochau during the Battle of Saipan, during which most of his company became casualties.^([10]) He was hit by machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve,^([11]) and then was hit in the foot by a sniper.^([12]) After over a year of medical treatment in naval hospitals, Marvin was given a medical discharge with the rank of private first class. He had previously held the rank of corporal before being demoted for troublemaking.^([12])

Marvin's decorations include the Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.^([9])^([13])

July 30, 1994 mauling of an Australian tourist by Binky, a polar bear housed at the Alaska Zoo.

Australian tourist Kathryn Warburton decided to climb over two fences surrounding the polar bear exhibit for a photo opportunity. Binky proceeded to attack Warburton, and in the footage bystanders are seen trying to beat the polar bear away as it bites and claws at her leg.

Warburton survived the attack, though she suffered a broken leg and lost a shoe. Speaking from the hospital a few days after the attack, she called her intrusion into the polar bear exhibit's perimeter "the dumbest thing I've ever done."

The story took off internationally, and an image of Binky with the shoe hanging from his mouth was featured on a popular T-shirt.

Six weeks later, Binky mauled a teenager who snuck into the zoo late at night and got too close to the polar bear cage.

The polar bear exhibit was later changed to prevent tourists from jumping the fences. Binky died in 1995.

During the Vietnam War use a shotgun barrel to smoke marijuana while stationed at a base camp 50 miles from Saigon in November 1970. The term "shotgunning"came from this act.

Drugs were rampant during the Vietnam War and when I joined it seemed like everyone got high. I got high with a S/Sgt, a Gunny and a 2nd LT between 79'and 80'. If you got caught most you got was 2 weeks restriction and made to plant ice plants around the barracks, and I never got caught lol.

Anyway in 1981 with the crash on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz#1980s the fun times came to a screeching halt!

"Autopsies showed later that the pilot had had six times the normal level of the sedating antihistamine medication brompheniramine in his blood.^([14]) Despite having no connection to the accident, the media focused on the autopsy results of several members of the Nimitz's enlisted flight deck crew who were killed and who tested positive for marijuana. An article by Robert Reinhold in the 17 June 1981 edition of The New York Times reported, "Experts at the National Institute on Drug Abuse say that it would probably be impossible to establish conclusively that any of the Nimitz crew had been smoking marijuana on the night of the crash because the test does not directly detect the component of marijuana smoke that acts on the brain. Because the metabolites may persist in the blood for many days, the test may detect marijuana that was used many days earlier, long after the effects have worn off".^([15]) As a result, President Ronald Reagan instituted a "Zero Tolerance" drug policy across all of the U.S. armed services, which started the mandatory drug testing of all U.S. military personnel.^([16])^(")

What’s up, degenerates.

I am sure you've all heard the old-school Marine Corps legend that actor Steve McQueen supposedly stole a military Amtrac (AAV), painted it hot pink, and joyrode it down Hill Street in Oceanside while he was in the Corps.

As badass as that sounds, it turns out it’s 100% a barracks myth. When McQueen's official National Archives personnel file was dug up, the records ruined the fun:

• Wrong Coast: McQueen was never even stationed at Camp Pendleton. He spent his enlistment on the East Coast at Camp Lejeune.
• The Real NJPs: He admitted to being busted down to Private seven times, but his only major brig time (30 days) was for going AWOL for two weeks to see a girlfriend. No grand theft auto, no pink paint, and no Oceanside deployment.

He did eventually turn it around, though. He was an armored vehicle driver, and he actually won a commendation after saving five Marines from drowning during an Arctic exercise before getting honorably discharged in 1950.

The Real Mugshot:
If you’ve ever seen that famous, chaotic mugshot of Steve McQueen flashing a peace sign while looking absolutely hammered, that didn't happen in the military either.

That was from Anchorage, Alaska, in June 1972. He was up there on a fishing trip, rented an Oldsmobile Toronado, and decided to do high-speed doughnuts right through downtown Anchorage. He was busted for DUI and reckless driving, bailed himself out, and immediately left the state.

Just wanted to share because the pink Amtrac story still gets told around Pendleton, but the truth is just him being a standard brig-rat who loved speeding.

Semper Fi.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/former-marine-gets-100-years-214717190.html

"Benjamin Song, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist who was previously convicted of attempted murder for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross, received the maximum sentence of 100 years behind bars, according to a report from The Associated Press."

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2015/06/16/marine-reportedly-filled-japan-air-force-hangar-with-foam/

Ok which one of you degenerates did this in 2015?

During the firefight the 1Sgt tells the PFC to keep doing his push-ups and never mind noise in the background jk lol

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/12/asia/japan-sakahara-posthumous-retrial-intl-hnk-dstend&tenant_id=related.en

The US is not the only place where justice is delayed and denied.

"Japan has a reputation for “hostage justice,” a term used to describe the detention of suspects for questioning, often without access to legal counsel, for far longer than the law allows in other countries.

With a conviction rate of over 99%, human rights groups say innocent people are being jailed for crimes they didn’t commit."

Burrell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on April 12, 1988 and obtained the MOS 0811 (Field Artillery Cannon Crewman). He served with a Field Artillery Battery in the 10th Marine Regiment during the Persian Gulf War. Discharged on May 4, 1992, the highest rank he achieved was Lance Corporal, although he was reduced in rank twice.^([5]) Burrell perfected his signature "toasting" voice while he was in the Marine Corps.^([6])^([7])