Disclaimer: The following claims are alleged, and are for entertainment purposes only.

For those who don’t know who Carole Baskin is, she killed her husband. Carole Baskin is the reality star of Netflx’s Tiger King. For the purpose of this blog post, that is all you need to know. Everything else will be explained below. 

For those who don’t know who Heathcliff is, he killed Hindley Earnshaw. Heathcliff is a fictional character to our book club’s pick, Wuthering Heights. 

In this blog post I will present all of the evidence that they both share, and demonstrate how they are both murders. 

Exhibit A: They were both alone with their victims prior to their deaths/disappearances

In Wuthering Heights, it was Heathcliff who was the last and only person, left alone with Hindley. 

House servant, Joseph explained that when he left the house, Hindley was still alive. 

 “I’d rayther he’d goan hisseln for t’ doctor! I sud ha, taen tent o’ t’ maister better nor him—and he warn’t deead when I left, naught o’ t’ soart!”

For those who can’t read Yorkshire accents, Joseph said, “I would rather that Heathcliff had gone himself for the doctor! I should have taken care of the master better than him – and he wasn’t dead when I left, nothing of the sort!”

Now Joseph is always honest. Plus, whether or not if you believe this, house maids know all of the gossip. They do not lie. 

It’s interesting to note that Hindley was not dead before Joseph was gone because if Heathcliff was smart, he would kill Hindley when they were alone. In other words, Hindley shared his last breath with Heathcliff. Plus they live in Wuthering Heights, in the moors, where it’s all wilderness and nobody miles away could hear anything. 

In Tiger King, Carole Baskin was the last person to see her husband before he “left to Cuba.” Carole Baskin said that he had to leave early early in the morning, the night before his disappearance. 

Since Carol Baskin was the last person to see or even talk to her husband, that further emphasizes that’s she’s a suspect to his death. Why Carole Baskin the last person to speak to her husband? Why is the alibi too short of a description?

Exhibit B: Their alibi’s don’t make sense

In Wuthering Heights, Hindley is said to have killed himself when he locked himself in his bedroom and died of alcoholism. 

I happened to leave him ten minutes yesterday afternoon, and in that interval he fastened the two doors of the house against me, and he has spent the night in drinking himself to death deliberately! We broke in this morning, for we heard him sporting like a horse; and there he was, laid over the settle: flaying and scalping would not have wakened him.

Heathcliff

What bothers me the most about the alibi is the “fact” that Hindley died of drinking himself to death. Is that even possible? My whole Mexican family drinks alcohol all night long, and they don’t die. The only way that Hindley could of died of drinking too much alcohol is if he had chocked on his own throw up, but from the description that the killer says, it doesn’t show that. 

In Tiger King, Carole’s husband is said to be disappeared and there is not one single piece of evidence that shows his whereabouts. Detectives went to Cuba to look for leads, and found nothing. In the years of his disappearance there must be some sort of evidence that backs up the idea of his disappearance. As of now, Florida detectives haven’t concluded a strong theory that indicates his disappearance.

The only evidence that they both share is their word on the victim’s account. 

Exhibit C: The end result are both the same: they both inherit property

In Wuthering Heights, after Hindley’s funeral, Heathcliff becomes the sole inheritor of Wuthering Heights. After all he did want his revenge right?

The guest was now the master of Wuthering Heights: he held firm possession, and proved to the attorney—who, in his turn, proved it to Mr. Linton—that Earnshaw had mortgaged every yard of land he owned for cash to supply his mania for gaming; and he, Heathcliff, was the mortgagee.

In Tiger King, Carole became the sole inheritor of the Tiger enclosures in Florida. She could of killed her husband so that she could take over his money and property. 

Exhibit D: They both cannot be trusted

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff becomes violent. In the book, Isabella, Heathcliff’s wife, receives bruises from Heathcliff. 

add to this a deep cut under one ear, which only the cold prevented from bleeding profusely, a white face scratched and bruised, and a frame hardly able to support itself through fatigue; and you may fancy my first fright was not much allayed when I had had leisure to examine her.

Heathcliff has also killed his wife’s dog and the only thing that Don’t Fuck With Cats has taught me is that when someone murders an animal, they will most likely murder a human being. 

In Tiger King, that whole series are reasons why I do not trust Carole Baskin. But my main reason why I do not trust her is for being a hypocrite. Carole Baskin claims to being a big cat rescuer and advocate when she has her big cats in cages. Practice what you preach CarolE!

Also according to history, we cannot trust anybody who is white and from Florida.

Exhibit E: They both don’t show any remorse

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff does not show any emotion for the loss of Hindley.

I insisted on the funeral being respectable. Mr. Heathcliff said I might have my own way there, too: only, he desired me to remember that the money for the whole affair came out of his pocket. He maintained a hard, careless deportment, indicative of neither joy nor sorrow: if anything, it expressed a flinty gratification at a piece of difficult work successfully executed. I observed once, indeed, something like exultation in his aspect: it was just when the people were bearing the coffin from the house.

In Tiger King, CarolE isn’t seen crying, or expressing any emotions of missing her husband. Like didn’t she love him? Doesn’t she miss her husband?

Exhibit F: They Both Had Their Victims Declared Dead As Soon As Possible

In Wuthering Heights, the day that Hindley is found to be dead, he calls his lawyer, the holder of the deed of Wuthering Heights, Kenneth. It might of not been explicitly told that the day that Hindley died, Kenneth was brought to the scene, but Nelly was there when Kenneth declared him dead. 

“Hindley Earnshaw! Your old friend Hindley,” he replied, “and my wicked gossip: though he’s been too wild for me this long while. There! I said we should draw water. But cheer up! He died true to his character: drunk as a lord.

Kenneth

In Tiger King, it was explained that in Florida, a missing person could not be declared dead until five years have passed. It wasn’t until five years and a day that Carole had the death certificate paperwork into motion. This all seems calculated on Carol’s side of trying to go after the money and the property, just like Heathcliff. 

Exhibit G: They both have motives

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff has been mistreated by Hindley all through out the book. Hindley makes fun of him, Hindley locks Heathcliff in his room, took Heathcliff out of school to work on the farm, etc. 

In Tiger King, it is said that Carole Baskin and her husband were always fighting, and her own husband had a fear that she would one day kill him in a police report. I mean, if that isn’t evidence than Joe Exotic can really sing.

In conclusion

In conclusion, my evidence shows that both Heathcliff and Carol Baskin are both murders. I rest my case.

What do you think? Do you think Carol Baskin and Heathcliff are murders? Let me know down in the comments!