Hee!
Actually, I had an assistant manager at the bookstore whose landlady was Gacy's first wife. Very creepy, thinking about being married to a killer, especially one as notorious as him.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Dec 29, 2006 3:52:07 pm PST #8698 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Amy - Dec 29, 2006 3:53:58 pm PST #8699 of 10007
Because books.
See, and I was going to say Kathy's suggestion was so very Right, in that good and twisted wrong way.
John List was from the town where I grew up -- he was another one who killed his entire family, disappeared, and remarried to a completely clueless woman (clueless about his past, that is). So creepy to think about how she felt when they caught him.
Lee - Dec 29, 2006 3:55:32 pm PST #8700 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sirhan Sirhan's mother was my kindergarten teacher.
Kathy A - Dec 29, 2006 3:56:09 pm PST #8701 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
List was the one who was found when America's Most Wanted did a age-adjusted model of his face and someone found it a remarkable resemblance to her neighbor, wasn't he?
Amy - Dec 29, 2006 4:00:18 pm PST #8702 of 10007
Because books.
Yup. They also based the Terry O'Quinn movie Stepfather on the story. (Although he didn't actually have a stepdaughter.)
erikaj - Dec 29, 2006 4:00:55 pm PST #8703 of 10007
Always Anti-fascist!
Uh huh...that's him.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2006 4:02:01 pm PST #8704 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, you could post about John Wayne Gacy--clown at children's parties as well as a serial killer, thus uniting the two themes!
Heh.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2006 4:08:29 pm PST #8705 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have (well, had, one of them has died) two friends with the same names as multiple killers--I think Colin Ferguson counts as a mass murderer, right? I am completely blanking on the other dude's name--it's a soundalike, but my head is wooly.
Other than that, well, I creeped my sister out by mentioning that I know people who'd do what Dexter did, without needing the bulk of Dexter's motivation. Krav attracts types--what can I say?
meara - Dec 29, 2006 4:38:26 pm PST #8706 of 10007
I have no close ties to any serial killers or assassins, that I know of. But I'm young yet. Someone could rocket to notoriety.
Also, I am TOTALLY buying my dad a nun for his birthday!!! If only I'd known about this before Christmas, I would've done it then! His birthday is not until June, but I just emailed my sister and brother, explaining that we need to adopt dad a nun.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2006 4:44:38 pm PST #8707 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Someone could rocket to notoriety.
You're very optimistic.
I remembered it! The friend in question (he's been dead now 15 years, sadly) was Peter Cureton. Which pretty much sounds like Peter Kürten.
That's all I got. Dry bread has been eaten, Gatorade sipped, and I'm off to bed.