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Durst claimed that he never wanted to serve as head of the family business, that he didn't care that his father had bypassed him in 1994 in favor of his younger brother Douglas. Those who know Robert Durst knew better. They say that he was livid about being bypassed by his younger sibling, angry and bitter, that he had blown up in the plush Manhattan offices of the Durst Organization. His friend, advertising executive Nathan Chavin, described Durst as "devastated" when he heard the news.
Within months of having been passed over for the throne, Durst escaped to the Emerald Triangle in Northern California -- a place where pot was plentiful and accessible, and where he could go essentially unrecognized -- to get away from his father and brother, to break away from the long arm of his family's influence. He had come to Trinidad to stew and to try to pull the varied pieces of his broken life back together. Maybe he had darker plans as well.
According to records in the Humboldt County Recorder's Office, Durst purchased a three-story ocean-view home in Trinidad from Diane Bueche, in June of 1995. "It was very rural," Durst would say in The Jinx about Trinidad. "Very pretty." Located on the corner of Van Wycke and Gallindo streets in the picturesque seaside village, Durst's residence -- with wall-to-wall decking and full-length picture windows on each level -- afforded sweeping views of the gorgeous Trinidad waterfront, arguably one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Northern California.
Bueche lived directly next door on Van Wycke, in a sprawling two-story shingled home with equally breathtaking views. The outgoing, well-off Bueche was "a bon-vivant" to her friends (many called her "Bo") who owned and managed several properties in Humboldt and Trinity counties. She quickly became Durst's friend, confidante and social guide to the North Coast. They went out to dinner, movies and cultural events.
More than likely, the Bueche-Durst relationship was platonic, though they kept in close contact with each other, even when one of them was out of town. Bueche would later say that they stayed in touch by phone, email, fax and letters.
In one letter Durst sent to Bueche (a copy of which was provided by Matt Birkbeck, author of A Deadly Secret: The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst), he reportedly said that he had "so much fucking energy these days I feel like the top of my head is coming off." He cryptically mentioned rearranging the furniture in Bueche's bedroom and upgrading his burglar alarm. He asked rhetorically, "Do you know it is illegal to shoot your pistol in town even in self defense[?]"
In another handwritten note that Durst reportedly faxed to Bueche, he declared: "I'd love to joust with you, but you might crush me like a bug. However, if you enjoy crushing bugs, call me.... Maybe I'll get to bite you real good before I'm cornered."
Those who knew Durst in Trinidad recall an odd little man ("a weird, weird dude," said one; "a very strange guy" and "spooky," said another) who threw his money around with a small coterie of acquaintance, and who talked big but whose stories never quite added up.
Durst had told Bueche and others that he had a daughter (he did not) and that he was planning to develop property in rural Humboldt County, only to run afoul of the California Coastal Commission. There's no record of that. For a while he kept an office in Eureka's "Old Town," on E Street, though what he actually did there is anyone's guess. At one point he contended to be a botanist for the Pacific Lumber Company. At other times, he reportedly claimed to be an insurance investigator or a rare metals expert. He told a realtor that he had been a writer for the Wall Street Journal. None of it was true.
Durst was essentially a computer illiterate when he arrived in Humboldt, and apparently incapable of typing as well. He put up an advertisement for a computer tech at Humboldt State University's career center and eventually hired a student, Michael Glass, to work for him at his home in Trinidad. Like most who encountered Durst in Humboldt County, Glass described him as being an "odd duck" and "eccentric."
One memory for Glass stands out: Durst was thoroughly infatuated with Pixar's computer-animated blockbuster, Toy Story, which was released in 1995, right around the time Durst arrived in Humboldt. Durst wanted all the imagery on his computer -- including the screen saver -- related to Toy Story. Durst, Glass recalls, powerfully identified with the film.
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Within months of having been passed over for the throne, Durst escaped to the Emerald Triangle in Northern California -- a place where pot was plentiful and accessible, and where he could go essentially unrecognized -- to get away from his father and brother, to break away from the long arm of his family's influence. He had come to Trinidad to stew and to try to pull the varied pieces of his broken life back together. Maybe he had darker plans as well.
According to records in the Humboldt County Recorder's Office, Durst purchased a three-story ocean-view home in Trinidad from Diane Bueche, in June of 1995. "It was very rural," Durst would say in The Jinx about Trinidad. "Very pretty." Located on the corner of Van Wycke and Gallindo streets in the picturesque seaside village, Durst's residence -- with wall-to-wall decking and full-length picture windows on each level -- afforded sweeping views of the gorgeous Trinidad waterfront, arguably one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Northern California.
Bueche lived directly next door on Van Wycke, in a sprawling two-story shingled home with equally breathtaking views. The outgoing, well-off Bueche was "a bon-vivant" to her friends (many called her "Bo") who owned and managed several properties in Humboldt and Trinity counties. She quickly became Durst's friend, confidante and social guide to the North Coast. They went out to dinner, movies and cultural events.
More than likely, the Bueche-Durst relationship was platonic, though they kept in close contact with each other, even when one of them was out of town. Bueche would later say that they stayed in touch by phone, email, fax and letters.
In one letter Durst sent to Bueche (a copy of which was provided by Matt Birkbeck, author of A Deadly Secret: The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst), he reportedly said that he had "so much fucking energy these days I feel like the top of my head is coming off." He cryptically mentioned rearranging the furniture in Bueche's bedroom and upgrading his burglar alarm. He asked rhetorically, "Do you know it is illegal to shoot your pistol in town even in self defense[?]"
In another handwritten note that Durst reportedly faxed to Bueche, he declared: "I'd love to joust with you, but you might crush me like a bug. However, if you enjoy crushing bugs, call me.... Maybe I'll get to bite you real good before I'm cornered."
Those who knew Durst in Trinidad recall an odd little man ("a weird, weird dude," said one; "a very strange guy" and "spooky," said another) who threw his money around with a small coterie of acquaintance, and who talked big but whose stories never quite added up.
Durst had told Bueche and others that he had a daughter (he did not) and that he was planning to develop property in rural Humboldt County, only to run afoul of the California Coastal Commission. There's no record of that. For a while he kept an office in Eureka's "Old Town," on E Street, though what he actually did there is anyone's guess. At one point he contended to be a botanist for the Pacific Lumber Company. At other times, he reportedly claimed to be an insurance investigator or a rare metals expert. He told a realtor that he had been a writer for the Wall Street Journal. None of it was true.
Durst was essentially a computer illiterate when he arrived in Humboldt, and apparently incapable of typing as well. He put up an advertisement for a computer tech at Humboldt State University's career center and eventually hired a student, Michael Glass, to work for him at his home in Trinidad. Like most who encountered Durst in Humboldt County, Glass described him as being an "odd duck" and "eccentric."
One memory for Glass stands out: Durst was thoroughly infatuated with Pixar's computer-animated blockbuster, Toy Story, which was released in 1995, right around the time Durst arrived in Humboldt. Durst wanted all the imagery on his computer -- including the screen saver -- related to Toy Story. Durst, Glass recalls, powerfully identified with the film.
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