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Craziest Real Life Crime Drama
Posted on 2/17/17 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 5:54 pm
What's the craziest, Southern fried, murder crime mystery you've ever heard about?
For me, it was the Sherry murders in Biloxi in 1987. It had everything:
Corrupt politicians (MS and LA)
A dead judge and his city councilwoman wife
The Dixie Mafia
Double crossing crooked lawyers
An Angola prison scam angle
And several conspirators who were never convicted
What you got that comes close? (bonus points if the crime was never solved, or the mastermind got away with it).
For me, it was the Sherry murders in Biloxi in 1987. It had everything:
Corrupt politicians (MS and LA)
A dead judge and his city councilwoman wife
The Dixie Mafia
Double crossing crooked lawyers
An Angola prison scam angle
And several conspirators who were never convicted
What you got that comes close? (bonus points if the crime was never solved, or the mastermind got away with it).
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Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:07 pm to No Colors
not sure, but my favorites are the ones where the insurance policy was upped (or initiated) less than three months before the "accident".
I am almost certain some even do the deed within a couple days of the new/updated policy.
Dumb!! You gotta be itching to kill... when you answer in the affirmative to yourself "Ok, is two weeks long enough?"
I am almost certain some even do the deed within a couple days of the new/updated policy.
Dumb!! You gotta be itching to kill... when you answer in the affirmative to yourself "Ok, is two weeks long enough?"
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:12 pm to No Colors
I mean can OJ ever be topped?
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:13 pm to No Colors
Derek Todd Lee was a very big deal in Baton Rouge. The rumors going around town were crazy. I remember going by a store that sold pepper spray and the line of females was out of the door
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:13 pm to LSUJuice
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mean can OJ ever be topped?
I was thinking more of the shady kind, not the dramatic kind.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:19 pm to LSUJuice
Another example:
In my family's small home town in the late 1970s, a woman shot her husband. Both in their 30s. Their young son was in bed with them at the time. She claimed it was an intruder.
But her father was best friends with the Sheriff. Lots of holes in the story. The State police weren't called for several hours, and the scene had been tampered with. Several reports from the case file went missing. The whole thing blew over, even through everyone knows she did it.
For years we would hear stories of her going to Nola and getting drunk in bars and telling stories about killing her husband. But she was politically connected, and it was "small town southern justice."
In my family's small home town in the late 1970s, a woman shot her husband. Both in their 30s. Their young son was in bed with them at the time. She claimed it was an intruder.
But her father was best friends with the Sheriff. Lots of holes in the story. The State police weren't called for several hours, and the scene had been tampered with. Several reports from the case file went missing. The whole thing blew over, even through everyone knows she did it.
For years we would hear stories of her going to Nola and getting drunk in bars and telling stories about killing her husband. But she was politically connected, and it was "small town southern justice."
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:20 pm to LSUJuice
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I mean can OJ ever be topped?
No. Simply put, one of the most extraordinary made-for-TV events and the first breakout one of the cable TV era.
Think of it this way - only the OJ Simpson case could spawn two separate highly acclaimed miniseries within a few months of each other, both different in their approach to the saga, and not suffer from the saturation.
But that isn't so much 'crazy,' as it was all-encompassing. The actual crimes themselves were pretty pedestrian.
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:24 pm to No Colors
Sean Vincent Gillis
After watching a documentary on him, I found out what street his house was on... went the next day with two friends... knocked on the door cuz I was curious... his gf answers and welcomes us in... we stayed for 2 hours talking to her and looking at police pics
One crazy story of his:
He cut off the hands of one of his victims and kept them in a shoe box... he would regularly paint the fingernails while pretending to take a dump
Second story:
He murdered some lady, took her home, and showered with her dead body
Last story:
He was seeing this prostitute and was in love with her legs... he killed her, drug her body to the kitchen and cut a chunk of her leg off and cooked it and ate it... didn't like it, and disposed of the body and bleached the entire kitchen.. when the police pulled up the floor, the concrete underneath was still stained with her blood
After watching a documentary on him, I found out what street his house was on... went the next day with two friends... knocked on the door cuz I was curious... his gf answers and welcomes us in... we stayed for 2 hours talking to her and looking at police pics
One crazy story of his:
He cut off the hands of one of his victims and kept them in a shoe box... he would regularly paint the fingernails while pretending to take a dump
Second story:
He murdered some lady, took her home, and showered with her dead body
Last story:
He was seeing this prostitute and was in love with her legs... he killed her, drug her body to the kitchen and cut a chunk of her leg off and cooked it and ate it... didn't like it, and disposed of the body and bleached the entire kitchen.. when the police pulled up the floor, the concrete underneath was still stained with her blood
This post was edited on 2/17/17 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:27 pm to No Colors
Hard to top Barry Seal.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:32 pm to Jim Rockford
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Hard to top Barry Seal.
Good one. I bought a used helicopter from his brother!
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:40 pm to No Colors
The Karen Tipton murder from my hometown, has millionaire wife murdered with cheating, drugs, cops leaving out parts of story to make their case and more.. still not solved
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:46 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
Who the frick is SVG?
Posted on 2/17/17 at 6:54 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
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SVG
Who the hell is SVG? I don't get the gratuitous use of initials on this site, especially for names that are not very well known. It's not like you gain much by avoiding typing 10 letters or so.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:03 pm to ldts
Sean Vincent Gillis
The other Baton Rouge serial killer
He started before DTL... shite, Derrick Todd Lee... stopped when DTL started, and picked it back up when DTL stopped
He was actually very interested in DTL and kept numerous files on his computer of the case... I got to scroll through those... mainly media coverage of DTL
The other Baton Rouge serial killer
He started before DTL... shite, Derrick Todd Lee... stopped when DTL started, and picked it back up when DTL stopped
He was actually very interested in DTL and kept numerous files on his computer of the case... I got to scroll through those... mainly media coverage of DTL
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:06 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
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Sean Vincent Gillis
Thank you!
quote:
The other Baton Rouge serial killer
Ah, not from Baton Rouge, had never heard of him. I searched several forms of SVG and serial killer and came up with nothing. Will have to look him up!
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:06 pm to Merck
This couch is still there btw
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:11 pm to ldts
quote:
Will have to look him up!
Very interesting case... there's a few documentaries about him out there
I was quite surprised his gf was so inviting... hell, I was surprised she still lives in that fricking house
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:17 pm to No Colors
The Ellender murders in Sulphur Louisiana in 1991 had some bizarre circumstances. Sheriff Wayne McElveen's son was rumored to be involved, and the primary suspects suspicious death while jailed led to whispers of a cover up. Devil worship was somehow involved, but I'm a little foggy on the details.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:22 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
quote:
Very interesting case... there's a few documentaries about him out there
Just gave his wikipedia page a quick look, does seem interesting, will go further in depth when I get more time. I'd heard of Derrick Todd Lee in conversation. I thought he was around later than he was from the way people talked about him when I was in Lafayette. I guess since his victims (SVG) weren't tied together before, there wasn't that fear while he was still at large, guess that's why he doesn't seem as talked about.
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I was quite surprised his gf was so inviting... hell, I was surprised she still lives in that fricking house
Yeah, that is surprising. I imagine it would get old dealing with people that would stop by, at least if there were a lot.
Posted on 2/17/17 at 7:23 pm to No Colors
We have some pretty crazy shite going on right now around Bardstown, KY. A woman named Crystal Rogers disappeared back in 2015. Her car was found along the Bluegrass Pkwy with her possessions still inside. There's been a ton of ties to her boyfriend, Brooks Houck, and his brother Nick Houck who is suspected to also be involved in her disappearance but they've never had enough to arrest both. Just charged with interfering with an investigation. Back in August they obtained a search warrant to search the Houck's family farm and found some pretty suspicious stuff. Her Mother (Sherry Ballard) and Father (Tommy Ballard) have pushed relentlessly for them to keep investigating her case.
It got really crazy when Crystal's Father, Tommy, was shot and killed in a hunting incident on his own hunting land in November with no suspect found. People in Bardstown suspect its because he may have gotten too close to finding out what happened to Crystal.
There's also been some suspicion that other murders in the area, like the ambush murder of a Bardstown Police Office ( Jason Ellis) and a teacher and her daughter, may be connected.
I want to say Dateline or someone like that has picked up the story and is producing something on it.
It got really crazy when Crystal's Father, Tommy, was shot and killed in a hunting incident on his own hunting land in November with no suspect found. People in Bardstown suspect its because he may have gotten too close to finding out what happened to Crystal.
There's also been some suspicion that other murders in the area, like the ambush murder of a Bardstown Police Office ( Jason Ellis) and a teacher and her daughter, may be connected.
I want to say Dateline or someone like that has picked up the story and is producing something on it.
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