Life Brushes with Madness - Page 16

'Hamas' Jenkins · 04-15-2013, 08:39 PM

Planet,

Today I was reminded of how often I live in a cocoon. I overheard some coworkers talking about a recent murder that happened in town, they then mentioned a past incident regarding a student and suspicious circumstances.

It turns out that a student committed suicide eight months ago by jumping off of a parking garage in town. Some months after his death, multiple witnesses came forward implicating him in the death of a professor, including bludgeoning and immolation, in a parking garage no less, eight years earlier. These witnesses claimed they were afraid to come forward for fear of reprisal.

It turns out that the now deceased student was a student of mine a few summers ago. He came off as a bit irascible, but it's difficult to conceptualize occupying a shared space with an alleged murderer for six hours a week.

Needless to say, spooky.

Any similar events from you all?

rabblerouser · 02-10-2015, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

This guy was caught a month or so after I posted this. They found him in Pittsburg where he lead police on a high speed chase across the Missouri state line before wrecking his truck.

He looks like that kind of a guy.

Hootie · 02-10-2015, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by beach tribe

Damn, here goes....
My dads friend killed his wife. He borrowed my dads van to get rid of the body. It was never found. No charges were ever filed.
I know the mans name, and what city he lives in. Her body was thrown in the Mighty Mississip.
Dad swears that he found out he used the van for that.......because her ghost was in his kitchen when the guy was getting rid of the body. Said he confronted him about it and he confessed it to him.
My mom and dad both swear to seeing her sitting at the table in her night gown.

Apple didn't fall far from the tree ... you're a nut, man

ModSocks · 02-10-2015, 12:00 PM

About 4 months ago my Wife's older half-sister was murdered by her husband and then set on fire, burning their house down.

Happened in Florida, of course.

CaliforniaChief · 02-10-2015, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey23545

When I was in high school my best friend had a twin sister, and the three of us used to hang out together all the time. During our junior year his sister went on a shopping trip by herself to a neighboring town. She was never seen again.

Her body was found months later in a dump in another city. It turns out she was one of the 41 victims of Gerald Stano, one of the most prolific mass murderers ever.

Years later, I was sitting in a small pub in Port Orange, Florida when a not very attractive women sat down next to me and first tried to get me to buy her a drink, then asked to borrow twenty dollars. The answer to each request was no. She eventually got up and left, but after that I would every now and then see her hanging around the bar.

I would eventually see her face again on the "picture tube". Her name was Aileen Wuornos, the female mass murderer who offed seven men here in the state of Florida. They made a movie called "Monster" about her starring Charlize Theron.

Why couldn't it have been Charlize who sit down and asked for me to buy her a drink that night...

Holy crap dude! That Aileen Wuornos was freaking crazy.

Radar Chief · 02-10-2015, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rabblerouser

He looks like that kind of a guy.

A bit of a correction: the chase started in Leavenworth not Pittsburg, and ended when he crashed his truck outside of St. Joe, MO.
It's just too bad he didn't die a painful, fiery death in the crash like he sentenced that girl too. This world would be a better place without people like him wasting its oxygen.

**DaneMcCloud** · 02-10-2015, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

About 4 months ago my Wife's older half-sister was murdered by her husband and then set on fire, burning their house down.

Happened in Florida, of course.

Good grief, that's awful.

ModSocks · 02-10-2015, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Good grief, that's awful.

They had 3 small kids, to make matters worse. It occurred while they were in school. The husband was a domestic abuser and she was making plans to leave him and move down here to San Diego to be with her dad. The family had already set aside funds to get her and her daughters to San Diego with us.

Those funds ended up being used on her funeral.

http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-hu...rento/27679754

**DaneMcCloud** · 02-10-2015, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

They had 3 small kids, to make matters worse. It occurred while they were in school. The husband was a domestic abuser and she was making plans to leave him and move down here to San Diego to be with her dad. The family had already set aside funds to get her and her daughters to San Diego with us.

Those funds ended up being used on her funeral.

http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-hu...rento/27679754

Those poor kids

DJ's left nut · 10-11-2016, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by crispystl420

One of my wife's good friends went to prom with one of the boys that allegedly murdered that journalist in Columbia, MO. She's became a good friend of mine as well, and swears he would have never done it. She's a little naive though I tend to doubt her judgement. Sweet girl none the less.

Found this thread off the other weird Westport flea market murderer thread.

In either event, we were in Georgia for the SEC championship game a few years ago and some guy comes wandering by and yells Go Auburn! So naturally we flip him some shit, he says he's just joking and that he's from Columbia.

He sits down with us and after a few minutes asks what we do. I mention I'm an attorney and he starts grilling me on Kevin Crane; former prosecutor now Boone County Judge. I have a little history with him and my stepdad actually grew up with him...I am not a fan. I say as much and he starts to scold me "because you know he's a judge now and can really create problems for you when I tell him you don't like him; he's a family friend".....WTF? Then he backtracks and casually mentions that he just got out of jail. I'm sure you can guess where this is going but it takes a damn odd route to get there. He insists he was wrongfully convicted of a drug charge.

My buddy insists he's Ryan Ferguson but I wasn't living in CoMO at the time so I had no idea and he asks the guy point blank if he is. He say he isn't and we start talking about the Heitholt murder. Oddly enough, I have no real opinion (never learned much about it). After another 20 minutes or so he just puts his hand across the table and says "I'm Ryan Ferguson, nice to meet you..." He then goes over the whole 'wrongful conviction' and subsequent overturning of his murder rap.

He's just an odd ****ing duck and pretty much a douche. He pretty much spent an hour sitting with us and lying at every opportunity he had; even creating opportunities to lie where he needed them. Oh....and after further review, I'm pretty sure he killed that guy.

listopencil · 10-11-2016, 02:04 PM

A friend of mine was briefly incarcerated with Charles Manson. He said that when Manson would walk the yard they would have 'bodyguards' walk with him. Not to protect Manson. The other inmates were scared shitless of him. When my friend heard that he laughed and made a point of going over to him, with plans of saying something stupid like, "Hey, Charlie, what's up?" He said he walked over to Manson and made eye contact. At that point he felt like his guts turned to icewater and he was overcome with an urgent desire to shit himself. He just walked away quickly and took some time to compose himself. Never tried it again.

ThaVirus · 10-11-2016, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil

A friend of mine was briefly incarcerated with Charles Manson. He said that when Manson would walk the yard they would have 'bodyguards' walk with him. Not to protect Manson. The other inmates were scared shitless of him. When my friend heard that he laughed and made a point of going over to him, with plans of saying something stupid like, "Hey, Charlie, what's up?" He said he walked over to Manson and made eye contact. At that point he felt like his guts turned to icewater and he was overcome with an urgent desire to shit himself. He just walked away quickly and took some time to compose himself. Never tried it again.

Interesting.

That was way before my time but I've seen pics of the guy before. He looks batshit crazy at times but not what I'd call intimidating.

listopencil · 10-11-2016, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Interesting.

That was way before my time but I've seen pics of the guy before. He looks batshit crazy at times but not what I'd call intimidating.

Same here. My friend thought so too until he actually met the guy.

Titty Meat · 10-11-2016, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

One of my best friends in high school had a younger brother who, the year after I graduated, killed his girlfriend and kept her in the trunk of his car until people started to notice the smell.

I remember hearing about that. SM North right? They had some crazy shit there through the years.

MTG#10 · 10-11-2016, 03:12 PM

I worked with a guy named "Paul Beach" for a few years. Saw him every morning, just me and him alone for an hour or so. Would bullshit with each other all the time, really nice guy.

One day he no called/no showed so he was fired. Several years later I found out that his name was actually Max and the real Paul Beach was his uncle that he murdered and stole his identity.

**ChiTown** · 10-11-2016, 03:22 PM

This happened essentially right across the street from my neighborhood and I drove right by their house just after they broke in. Still gives me the creeps.......

http://www.wichita-massacre.com/

04-15-2013, 08:39 PM
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7959572	Brushes with Madness Planet, Today I was reminded of how often I live in a cocoon. I overheard some coworkers talking about a recent murder that happened in town, they then mentioned a past incident regarding a student and suspicious circumstances. It turns out that a student committed suicide eight months ago by jumping off of a parking garage in town. Some months after his death, multiple witnesses came forward implicating him in the death of a professor, including bludgeoning and immolation, in a parking garage no less, eight years earlier. These witnesses claimed they were afraid to come forward for fear of reprisal. It turns out that the now deceased student was a student of mine a few summers ago. He came off as a bit irascible, but it's difficult to conceptualize occupying a shared space with an alleged murderer for six hours a week. Needless to say, spooky. Any similar events from you all?
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02-10-2015, 12:00 PM	#228
ModSocks Needs more middle fingers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Casino cash: $4084563	About 4 months ago my Wife's older half-sister was murdered by her husband and then set on fire, burning their house down. Happened in Florida, of course. __________________ Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever.
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10-11-2016, 02:04 PM	#235
listopencil Immanentize The Eschaton Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In Partibus Infidelium Casino cash: $1985880	A friend of mine was briefly incarcerated with Charles Manson. He said that when Manson would walk the yard they would have 'bodyguards' walk with him. Not to protect Manson. The other inmates were scared shitless of him. When my friend heard that he laughed and made a point of going over to him, with plans of saying something stupid like, "Hey, Charlie, what's up?" He said he walked over to Manson and made eye contact. At that point he felt like his guts turned to icewater and he was overcome with an urgent desire to shit himself. He just walked away quickly and took some time to compose himself. Never tried it again. __________________ Good friends we have had, oh, good friends we've lost...along the way. In this great future, you can't forget your past. So dry your tears, I say.
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10-11-2016, 03:12 PM	#239
MTG#10 Mammoth penis Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield Casino cash: $7424386	I worked with a guy named "Paul Beach" for a few years. Saw him every morning, just me and him alone for an hour or so. Would bullshit with each other all the time, really nice guy. One day he no called/no showed so he was fired. Several years later I found out that his name was actually Max and the real Paul Beach was his uncle that he murdered and stole his identity.
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10-11-2016, 03:22 PM	#240
ChiTown Stroking to the SB Champs! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Flatlands of Kansas Casino cash: $3053962	This happened essentially right across the street from my neighborhood and I drove right by their house just after they broke in. Still gives me the creeps....... http://www.wichita-massacre.com/ __________________
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