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James Dallas Egbert III

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James Dallas Egbert III (October 29, 1962 – August 16, 1980) was a student at Michigan State University who disappeared from his dormitory room on August 15, 1979. [1]

42 relations: Addiction, Child prodigy, Computer science, Cruel Doubt, Cyanide, Dayton, Ohio, Dormitory, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons controversies, Fantasy, Homosexuality, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Huber Heights, Ohio, InfoTrac, Live action role-playing game, Major depressive disorder, Mazes and Monsters, Mazes and Monsters (novel), Methaqualone, Michigan State University, Morgan City, Louisiana, Murder of Lieth Von Stein, Neal Stephenson, New Orleans, North Carolina State University, Ohio, Oil field, Private investigator, Role-playing game, Rona Jaffe, Student, The Believer (magazine), The Big U, The Dungeon Master, The Greatest American Hero, The New York Times, The State News, Tom Hanks, United States, University of Chicago Press, Wayne High School (Ohio), William Dear (detective).

Addiction

Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.

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Child prodigy

In psychology research literature, the term child prodigy is defined as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert performer.

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Computer science

Computer science deals with the theoretical foundations of information and computation, together with practical techniques for the implementation and application of these foundations.

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Cruel Doubt

Cruel Doubt is a 1992 miniseries starring Blythe Danner and Matt McGrath, as well as Danner's daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Cyanide

A cyanide is a chemical compound that contains the group C≡N.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Dormitory

In United States usage, the word dormitory means a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&DMead, Malcomson; ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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Dungeons & Dragons controversies

Dungeons & Dragons controversies concern the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), which has received significant attention in the media and in popular culture.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an educational and trade publisher in the United States.

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Huber Heights, Ohio

Huber Heights is a city in Montgomery, Miami and Greene counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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InfoTrac

InfoTrac is a family of full text databases of content from academic journals and general magazines, of which the majority are targeted to the English-speaking North American market.

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Live action role-playing game

A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters.

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Major depressive disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known simply as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of low mood that is present across most situations.

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Mazes and Monsters

Mazes and Monsters (also known as Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters), is a 1982 American made-for-television fantasy drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name.

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Mazes and Monsters (novel)

Mazes and Monsters is a 1981 novel by Rona Jaffe.

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Methaqualone

Methaqualone, sold under the brand name Quaalude (pronounced) and sometimes stylized "Quāālude" in the United States and Mandrax in the United Kingdom and South Africa, is a sedative and hypnotic medication.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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Morgan City, Louisiana

Morgan City is a city in St. Mary Parish in the State of Louisiana.

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Murder of Lieth Von Stein

Lieth Peter Von Stein (March 16, 1946 – July 25, 1988) was an American businessman whose murder launched a high-profile trial in North Carolina.

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Neal Stephenson

Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University (also referred to as NCSU, NC State, or just State) is a public research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Oil field

An "oil field" or "oilfield" is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (crude oil) from below ground.

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Private investigator

A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game and abbreviated to RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Rona Jaffe

Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 – December 30, 2005) was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003.

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Student

A student is a learner or someone who attends an educational institution.

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The Believer (magazine)

The Believer is an American bimonthly magazine of interviews, essays, and reviews.

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The Big U

The Big U (1984) is Neal Stephenson's first published novel, a satire of campus life.

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The Dungeon Master

The Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III is a 1984 book by private investigator William Dear, in which he gives his explanation of the 1979 "steam tunnel incident" involving the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III, a student at Michigan State University.

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The Greatest American Hero

The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama superhero television series that aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The State News

The State News is the student newspaper of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States.

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Wayne High School (Ohio)

Wayne High School is a secondary public school with an enrollment of more than 1,600.

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William Dear (detective)

William C. Dear (born August, 1937) is a Dallas-based private investigator.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III

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