General media coverage of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, courtesy of Google News.

DECMEBER 28th 2006
Hank Harrison posted some answers to questions he gets on his web site.

http://www.hankharrison.com/Cobain/cobain2007.html

NOVEMBER 17th 2006
Thanks for all the messages and feedback. Unfortunately there isn't enough time in the day to respond to everyone, but we try. We're also way behind on messages. Some quick answers to common questions:

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NOVEMBER 5th 2006
New article in The Guardian out of the UK. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

"Between leaving rehab on April 1st 1994, and the discovery of his body on the 8th, no-one knows what happened to Kurt Cobain. Jacques Peretti followed the trail of the final sightings."

The Last 48 Hours Of Kurt Cobain will be shown on BBC2 in December.

MAY 2nd 2006
If you're in Europe and surrounding areas, you can buy or rent the elusive Cobain Case DVD from amazon.co.uk. It's probably available at some retail outlets as well. This is a Region 2 disc (Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East, etc). No word on when it'll be released in the states and other areas.

DVD Features:
° Interviews With Courtney Love
° Conversations With Tom Grant
° Interviews With Kurt Cobain
° Interviews With Kurts Grandfather Leyland Cobain
° Forensic Experts Comments
° Interviews With Kurts Friends
° Secret Diaries Of Teenagers Who Committed Copycat Suicides Shortly After Kurt Cobain Died

DECEMBER 30th 2005
Radio host Jack Blood posted some thoughts on the Cobain case on his forum a couple months back. Listen to his show, by the way. It's interesting.

Having dated former HOLE bassist Lisa hole, and living nextdoor to Courtney Love and her first husband "Falling James" (of the band the Leaving Trains) - Gigging with Hole... I can testify that Courney had it in her to pull this off. she is Extremely Intelligent, and just as devious!

I Interviewed "falling James" in 98 and he was living in fear under threats by Courtney (who had beaten him and Kurt! IN FACT I am an eyewitness to the abuse Kurt suffered by Courtney Love. He had deep scars on his back which looked to me like his was Whipped heavily and often. )

I also Interviewed the authors of "who killed Kurt Cobain" (which got me my first FCC complaint - Hmmmm) on that show I cued up and old friend of mine named SEP, who owned hollywoods premier "Rock Shop" SEP was best friends with EL DUCE drummer of the MENTORS. El Duce claims he was offered a substantial amount of cash to KILL KURT COBAIN by Courtney Love. He passed a lie detector test on this, and SEP was a witness. EL DUCE was then killed by a Train. He was a Profesional drinker and would not have been so careless as his inquest would suggest.

The authors of "Who Killed Kurt Cobain" told me that the man who was flown up to do the Autopsy was Henry Lee. MR Lee was a former Punk Rocker in LA who was intimate friends with.... Courtney Love.

The hangers on and leeches that 'handled' Kurt were DANGEROUS, and helped Courtney to Scare off ALL of Kurt's REAL friends! In a way I saw this coming but like many of Kurt's friends and acquaintances, was helpless to intervene.

Courtney had MANY affairs while married to Kurt (ala Yoko Ono - who in my mind was involved in the assassination of John Lennon - Lennon was also planning to leave Yoko before HIS death!!!! Yoko also was intrumental in keeping Lennon on Heroin for Years, while abusing him both mentally and physically. John had just gotten clean before his death...) Courtney was seen just after Kurt's death having sex with rock star evan dando - she had a teddy bear filled with Kurt's ashes and incorporated it into the sex act....I know, SICK!

The story continues, but in my mind Kurt was Murdered. He LOVED that little girl (Francis Bean), and though he romantized death, he wanted to be in her life! There is NO WAY he killed himself. We talked about this.

I have only shared all this a few times as there was a lockout and moratorium by those of us close to the situation in Seattle.

I might do friday show on this in the near future, as there is much more to tell.

LOVE & RESPECT,

Jack Blood

Cleaning out e-mail from the year . Here are some new sites that have been submitted and not linked on the site yet.

UNCUT: The film doesn't explain why Kurt killed himself. Can you?

GORDON: I don't even know that he killed himself. There are people close to him who don't think that he did...

UNCUT: Do you believe the theory that Kurt was killed by someone else?

GORDON: I do, yes.

This makes Gordon one of the few, if not the only, musician to have had a friendship with Cobain to declare, on the record, the belief that Cobain was murdered. - (Wikipedia: Kurt Cobain / Uncut Magazine August 2005)

Added an essay about the case, written by Katie Bradshaw.

If you submitted a banner to be included on the banner page in the last couple months and it didn't go up, please send it again. A few waiting to be added were accidentally deleted.

Private Investigator Tom Grant put up a page on his website answering what are probably new critics (due to the Love & Death book earlier this year) and laying out once again why he strongly believes Cobain was murdered.

Frances Barrett was interviewed by BBC Radio 2, and a magazine called Guitar Part in January 2004. Transcripts are posted at her site.

Richard Lee is still doing his KCWM show in Seattle.

A new site called deathofanicon.com is under construction.

"Something else emerged about the suicide note a bit later - more fuel for conspiracies. The last lines - "Please keep going Courtney for Frances for her life which will be so much happier without me. I love you I love you!" - were apparently added to the note some time after the bulk was written. There are those who claim that these lines alter the whole tenor of the note and that they are forged - evidence that Kurt was, in fact, murdered. Check out the web today and there are thousands of pages devoted to this. Once site is even called justiceforkurt.com. The theories mostly revolve around the fact that, once Kurt had shot himself up with three times the fatal dose of heroin, he managed to roll down and rebutton his sleeve, then tidy away his works, and then raise the shotgun and pull the trigger. Impossible, some say. Then there was the muddled matter of how many and whose fingerprints were on the gun. Others suggest that Kurt was about the divorce Courtney and excise her from his will. Courtney had called in a missing persons report about Kurt to the Seattle Police Department, pretending to be Kurt's mother - why, if she had nothing to hide? The Nick Broomfield film Kurt & Courtney later revealed a certain Eldon Hoke who claimed he had been offered $50,000 to kill Kurt, Days after making this claim, he himself was found dead. And so on for 10 long years. Only a week or so before this piece was written, one conspiracy theorist jumped into Courtney's car outside a Los Angeles courtroom and had to be pulled out." Thanks Kristen.

Love & Death #18 on NYT Bestseller List (Free Registration Required)

Ian Halperin contacted us this morning to clear up the allegations made by Seattle Journalist Richard Lee on his April 25th Kurt Cobain Was Murdered cable access show. First, Halperin says they were indeed co-winners of the Rolling Stone journalism award in 1985 for articles that were published in 1984. Their photos appeared in the October 24th 1985 edition of the magazine. Second, Halperin says he contributed to the show "True Hollywood Crimes" on CourtTV for 2 years and appeared on a half dozen shows. He says he has contracts and videos to show for it, so Lee's allegations that he never worked for the channel are false. And lastly, Halperin says he has filmed scenes for the upcoming Martin Scorsese film, "The Aviator" in August & September 2003, and also has a contract (not to mention the eventual theatrical release) to prove that. Halperin feels Lee's claims stem from a personal vendetta and to discredit their new book.

- Was Kurt Cobain murdered? (Montreal Gazette)

- Fans mourn the death of a rock icon ten years later (Revelle Online)
- Milk It (Village Voice)

The WB Network is apparently making a Kurt Cobain film based on the 2001 Heavier Than Heaven book by Charles Cross. Michael has created a petition to protest it. However, NirvanaClub says Cross told them the rights to his book were not sold to WB. (Thanks Kelly)

The MTV interview on Thursday was on a publicity sheet given to Grant from Simon & Schuster. A couple of the things on that sheet never materialized, were changed, or, like in MTV's case, they got what they wanted at the April 5th press conference.

In regards to the Allen Wrench story on Monday April 5th (scroll down), this follow-up was posted on his site:

Ian Halperin, co-author of the book: ‘Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain’ (By Max Wallace and Ian Halperin Published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuseter, Inc.) has officially responded to Allen Wrench’s denial of any involvement with the murder of Kurt Cobain.

Ian Halperin, “I have read Allen Wrench’s statements from the www.justiceforkurt.com website. I respect his statements and position on the matter. I also respect any action Allen Wrench may take against me in the future regarding the release of my latest book: Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain.”

Halperin further commented, “I also have extensive video footage of my one-on-one interviews with Mr. Wrench, where I personally challenge and question him, face to face, on his involvement with the Cobain murder. This video footage will be released at a later date.”

There is a new section on the site menu under Media Coverage entitled "Love & Death". Many of the television and radio interviews captured this week, along with internet links to news sites that covered the publicity tour, have been compiled there for easier reading/browsing.

Max Wallace and Ian Halperin were on the syndicated Mancow morning show out of Chicago today. Stream or download the 8 minute interview. (Windows Media / 950kb).

Love & Death is published by Allison & Busby in the UK. It has a different cover than the North American release.

- 10th Anniversary of Kurt Cobain's Death - Part 4 (Calgary Sun)
"There isn’t a set time of grieving when somebody is lost the way he was." Odd then that Cobain’s grandfather, 80-year-old Leland Cobain, was treating Monday as just another day, claiming he was “over it pretty well, now.” Then again, maybe that’s because Leland doesn’t think Kurt took his own life. “I think he was murdered, yeah,” says the elder Cobain during an interview with the Sun. Leland’s charges are also contained in a new book titled Love & Death, which was published — ghoulishly, some might say — on this 10th anniversary, and which alleges the frontman for Nirvana was murdered. While authors Ian Halperin and Canadian Max Wallace don’t come out and explicitly level the charge, it’s obvious the answer they have for their previous book, Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, is his widow Courtney Love. Leland isn’t so committal. “I have no idea who done it, but I think the cops in Seattle really goofed up,” he says."

- New Book Claims Kurt’s Death A Murder (XFM, UK)
A new book about the death of Kurt Cobain is causing a stir Stateside. The book insists that there was not conclusive evidence to call his death a suicide, saying, in fact, the evidence points to murder. The concept may seem farfetched, but the book raises some interesting questions.

The Howard Stern show took this week off for their spring vacation and are running best-of clips. The interview apparently scheduled for today has been pushed back. Maybe next week (if they're still on the air). 6 years ago, Max Wallace was a guest on the Stern show to talk about Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, the first book he and Ian Halperin wrote about this case. Go back in time and listen to that interview in the Radio Media Coverage section of this site.

- Book questions Kurt Cobain's death (NDTV)
- Kurt Cobain: Not A Suicide? (CBS News)
- Courtney Love Facing Possible Allegations Of Murder (Celebrity Cafe)
- Fans Say Goodbye to Kurt Cobain Again – But Questions Still Linger (antiMUSIC)

- New Book Claims Kurt Cobain Didn't Commit Suicide (MTV)
- Cobain 'was too heavily drugged to pull the trigger' (The Scotsman)
- Smells Like A Conspiracy (KBCI, Boise Idaho)

Tom Grant, Max Wallace and Ian Halerpin appeared on the Catherine Crier Live show on CourtTV for a live interview at 5:30pm. This appearance also included taped comments from Kurt's grandfather Leland Cobain who has doubts about the suicide verdict, and a new clip of a conversation between Tom Grant and Rosemary Carroll shortly after Cobain's death. Stream or download (6mb) the entire 8 minute interview. (96k Windows Media)

NEW YORK - APRIL 5: (L to R) Private investigator Tom Grant with authors Ian Halperin and Max Wallace during a press conference to announce the release of the new book "Love And Death: The Murder Of Kurt Cobain" at the Hilton Times Square April 5, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images) View all images available online through the Getty Images service.

Tom Grant, Max Wallace and Ian Halerpin appeared on the NBC Today show for a live interview with Matt Laurer at 9:05am. Stream or download (4mb) the entire 6 minute segment. (96k Windows Media)

The conspiracy theories were discussed on BBC Radio 2's After Nirvana special, with clips of Max Wallace and Charles Cross going back and forth on the issue. Listen to the 5 minute excerpt of that (1mb / Windows Media Audio), or better yet, listen to the entire 1 hour show about "the Kurt Cobain myth and life After Nirvana" over at the BBC Radio site. Thanks Andrew.

Allen Wrench is interviewed in the new Wallace and Halperin book. His Attorney Saul Libowitz has released statement which says "Mr. Wrench has repeatedly stated that he had no involvement with the assassinating of Kurt Cabain. Allen has long ignored allegations of being the assassin of Kurt Cobain, but in recent days has decided to make a formal statement on that manner." A date for this formal statement has not been set.

- New Book Suggests Cobain Was Murdered (NBC5, Chicago)
- Was Kurt Cobain Murdered? (KTVU, San Francisco)
- Kurt Cobain was shot dead, claim writers (WebIndia)

Tom Grant has updated his site with a list of more media appearances next week for himself and others. Many have been added to the schedule already posted below. We've been asked by Grant to post news of new media appearances and any other breaking developments while he's on the road this week. He will obviously be busy with everything in New York, and will not have full access to his cobaincase.com web site until he returns to California. That is why there is a direct link to this page over there.

Most of these appearances will be captured and available on this site for viewing / listening / reading / downloading. If you digitally record any related interviews, discussions, scan any printed articles or find interesting news links that you'd like to share with everyone here, send a message and tell us what you've got.

Kurt Cobain Murder Theory (Undercover Music News, Australia)

The Mozilla/Firefox problem has been fixed. If you are using those browsers and got gibberish when you tried to stream a clip, please try again. All media clips are also available for downloading now for those of you that still have trouble streaming, or would just like to save copies to your hard drive.

New Book Reveals Evidence that Rock Icon was Murdered (Atria Press Release) Relying on a leaked autopsy report and Seattle Police Department records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, they reveal that the official suicide scenario was scientifically impossible. The records show that Cobain had ingested a triple lethal dose of heroin, before his life was ended with a shotgun bullet, suggesting a murder staged to look like a suicide.

In the book, Kurt's grandfather Leland Cobain goes public for the first time, charging that his grandson was murdered. He joins a chorus of others close to Kurt and Courtney who now dispute the official verdict.

Cobain Conspiracy II - Authors reexamine murder theory (New York Daily News)

Download a PDF excerpt of the new book online @ the Cobain Was Killed web site. Thanks Max and Ian. We look forward to reading your new book!