Who else did Foster compare the note to? His past experience has been comparing known writings to other writings, to see simiarities in grammar, words, and phrases. He had a lot of prose to compare--in other words, large samples. Even we figured out who the leak was to Vanity Fair, by comaring direct quotes in the article, to statements ST made in his book and on TV---and that was without any handydandy computers doing the work for us.

The Animal House reference is ridiculous. So is the fact that you can't write what you don't know, and there were specific references to movie lines from extortion type movies, that the Ramseys did not watch. If Foster was truly using linquistics, then the screenwriters from at least Speed and Dirty Harry should have been suspects.

Remember in the Dowaliby case, where the police actually got a credible doctor from a credible institution to say the son had bruises and evidence of assault? And as a result he was taken out of the home? Fortunately there were photos of the son WITHOUT bruises that were taken....which made the doctor's story unravel. Turns out she was influenced by the detectives who said without a doubt they had evidence the parents murdered Jacqueline......lo and behold the doctor then came up with the bogus assessment of the son, to get him out of the house.

It's quite evident, IMO, ST was shopping for witnesses to support his theory---and we all know you'll find one. What's incredible is he actually presented this and thought this was "evidence."