Life Brushes with Madness - Page 8

'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?

**The Franchise** · 04-16-2013, 09:47 AM

I don't know if I'd call it madness......but where I grew up (Pierre, SD)....11 people (8 teenagers) killed themselves in a 3 year period. The town only has 13,000 people. I personally knew 4 of them.

**chefsos** · 04-16-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

That's a horrible hitman.

Hell, maybe he negotiated a better deal. Good businessman, I say...

**Nzoner** · 04-16-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

I don't know if I'd call it madness......but where I grew up (Pierre, SD)....11 people (8 teenagers) killed themselves in a 3 year period. The town only has 13,000 people. I personally knew 4 of them.

Damn,that sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel.Was there ever any kind of link established?

ModSocks · 04-16-2013, 09:53 AM

Back when i was a youngin' managing a movie theater, one of my employees was an older philipino lady (late 40's/early 50's). Real sweet lady. I had known her for about 2-3 years. She had been working there for years before i had even shown up. One day she didn't come to work. I found out later that day she had been murdered by her husband.

I had only seen her husband once in all the years she worked there. She rarely even talked about him. Old, nerdy white guy. He had thick glasses, pasty, looked like he didn't get out much.

Murder-Suicide. Never saw it coming. She was happy one day, gone the next.

My wife had a real close friend who was murdered by Mexican "coyotes" right here in San Diego.

Im not going to share the whole story because their are so many ultra right wing racist dick heads here, but it was pretty tragic.

**The Franchise** · 04-16-2013, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Nzoner

Damn,that sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel.Was there ever any kind of link established?

There was at least one suicide pact for the 4 kids that I knew. They all agreed that if one person killed themselves....the others would follow. ****ing morons.

KCUnited · 04-16-2013, 09:55 AM

I had a friend go missing the year after high school, his dismembered body was found 3 months later. No one was ever charged, but you had the feeling people knew. It was some real Winter's Bone type shit that still gives me the creeps 18 years later. I'll take the KCMO weekend body counts over small town horror/shady police any day.

Radar Chief · 04-16-2013, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

That's a horrible hitman.

Agreed, but good for my cousin that his ex went cheap on the hired help.

**DaneMcCloud** · 04-16-2013, 10:47 AM

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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...

What an amazing story!

I wonder how many men she would have killed had she been attractive?

**Buehler445** · 04-16-2013, 11:09 AM

Wow. I lead a (thankfully) sheltered life.

The best I have is my wife is from Herington. Apparently McVeigh (IIRC...anyway the OKC bomber that rented the truck from Herington) stayed a couple doors down from her grandma, and she had to be interrogated by the FBI.

She is an old brittish lady that doesn't hear worth a damn and has trouble tracking sometimes. I bet that was fun.

Oh, and mikey wins. Jesus dude.

**gblowfish** · 04-16-2013, 11:13 AM

I saw OJ Simpson and his wife Nicole at Arrowhead the Fall before he whacked her. They were both on the sidelines with field passes.

Sorter · 04-16-2013, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

What an amazing story!

I wonder how many men she would have killed had she been attractive?

*shudders*

patteeu · 04-16-2013, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I saw OJ Simpson and his wife Nicole at Arrowhead the Fall before he whacked her. They were both on the sidelines with field passes.

Eerie.

**DaneMcCloud** · 04-16-2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I saw OJ Simpson and his wife Nicole at Arrowhead the Fall before he whacked her. They were both on the sidelines with field passes.

I went to her condo a few months after the murder, just to get a feel for the surroundings and even made the drive from her place to his home (since demolished) on Rockingham.

Talk about creepy.

Lex Luthor · 04-16-2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I saw OJ Simpson and his wife Nicole at Arrowhead the Fall before he whacked her. They were both on the sidelines with field passes.

Wait. What? You think OJ did it?

Frazod · 04-16-2013, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I went to her condo a few months after the murder, just to get a feel for the surroundings and even made the drive from her place to his home (since demolished) on Rockingham.

Talk about creepy.

I've seen the uncensored crime scene photos. Holy shit. He slit her throat all the way back to the spine.

04-15-2013, 08:39 PM
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	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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04-16-2013, 09:47 AM	#106
The Franchise Most Valuable Villain Join Date: Dec 2006 Casino cash: $3135047	I don't know if I'd call it madness......but where I grew up (Pierre, SD)....11 people (8 teenagers) killed themselves in a 3 year period. The town only has 13,000 people. I personally knew 4 of them.
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04-16-2013, 09:53 AM	#109
ModSocks Needs more middle fingers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Casino cash: $4304563	Back when i was a youngin' managing a movie theater, one of my employees was an older philipino lady (late 40's/early 50's). Real sweet lady. I had known her for about 2-3 years. She had been working there for years before i had even shown up. One day she didn't come to work. I found out later that day she had been murdered by her husband. I had only seen her husband once in all the years she worked there. She rarely even talked about him. Old, nerdy white guy. He had thick glasses, pasty, looked like he didn't get out much. Murder-Suicide. Never saw it coming. She was happy one day, gone the next. My wife had a real close friend who was murdered by Mexican "coyotes" right here in San Diego. Im not going to share the whole story because their are so many ultra right wing racist dick heads here, but it was pretty tragic.
Posts: 64,202

04-16-2013, 09:55 AM	#111
KCUnited Cheat Death Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln Casino cash: $2318244	I had a friend go missing the year after high school, his dismembered body was found 3 months later. No one was ever charged, but you had the feeling people knew. It was some real Winter's Bone type shit that still gives me the creeps 18 years later. I'll take the KCMO weekend body counts over small town horror/shady police any day.
Posts: 33,881

04-16-2013, 11:09 AM	#114
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $2344734	Wow. I lead a (thankfully) sheltered life. The best I have is my wife is from Herington. Apparently McVeigh (IIRC...anyway the OKC bomber that rented the truck from Herington) stayed a couple doors down from her grandma, and she had to be interrogated by the FBI. She is an old brittish lady that doesn't hear worth a damn and has trouble tracking sometimes. I bet that was fun. Oh, and mikey wins. Jesus dude.
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04-16-2013, 11:13 AM	#115
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	I saw OJ Simpson and his wife Nicole at Arrowhead the Fall before he whacked her. They were both on the sidelines with field passes.
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