Schizophrenia, Evelyn Dick, dead babies in cement, and monster paintings by kids
Today's Schizophrenic Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
A 28-year-old man accused of decapitating his mother and displaying her head on the front porch of their home because he believed she was Satan was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. Judge John Scotillo ruled Tuesday, August 24, 2004 that Karl Sneider of Palatine, IL suffered from mental illness and "lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality" of killing his 49-year-old mother, Kathryn Sneider. During four days of testimony, four doctors said Sneider was schizophrenic and suffered from delusions and hallucinations.
According to court testimony, Sneider told police he was Jesus Christ, his mother was Satan and that her death in January 2003 signaled the triumph of good over evil. The two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital. He then stabbed her, cut off her head with a kitchen knife and put her head on the front porch.
Culled from: Associated Press
Generously submitted by: lefttwist
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That'll learn her, dern her!!
Random thought: Isn't it interesting that fundamentalists kick up a fuss over mythical "satanic" ritual killings, yet murders are committed all the time in the name of God or Jesus? Such a funny little world.
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Wretched Recommendations!
zale has a book recommendation for us:
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Case
by Marjorie Campbell
"This is a favourite of mine, not only because it is local (and involves dead babies inside suitcases encased in cement), but because the body was found by children. Children who were friends with my father, who had asked him to go with them on that fateful day - unfortunately, Dad didn't go."
It's always fun to have a connection to an infamous case of morbidity!
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Morbid Art Du Jour!
Here's a brilliantly simple - and effective - concept: take monster pictures drawn by children and "flesh them out" so that they are painted in an adult style. The results are truly beautiful!
Thanks to Grim747 for the link.
I *have* read this torso book, and found it fascinating!
A 28-year-old man accused of decapitating his mother and displaying her head on the front porch of their home because he believed she was Satan was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. Judge John Scotillo ruled Tuesday, August 24, 2004 that Karl Sneider of Palatine, IL suffered from mental illness and "lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality" of killing his 49-year-old mother, Kathryn Sneider. During four days of testimony, four doctors said Sneider was schizophrenic and suffered from delusions and hallucinations.
According to court testimony, Sneider told police he was Jesus Christ, his mother was Satan and that her death in January 2003 signaled the triumph of good over evil. The two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital. He then stabbed her, cut off her head with a kitchen knife and put her head on the front porch.
Culled from: Associated Press
Generously submitted by: lefttwist
**********************************************************************
That'll learn her, dern her!!
Random thought: Isn't it interesting that fundamentalists kick up a fuss over mythical "satanic" ritual killings, yet murders are committed all the time in the name of God or Jesus? Such a funny little world.
*******
Wretched Recommendations!
zale has a book recommendation for us:
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Case
by Marjorie Campbell
"This is a favourite of mine, not only because it is local (and involves dead babies inside suitcases encased in cement), but because the body was found by children. Children who were friends with my father, who had asked him to go with them on that fateful day - unfortunately, Dad didn't go."
It's always fun to have a connection to an infamous case of morbidity!
*******
Morbid Art Du Jour!
Here's a brilliantly simple - and effective - concept: take monster pictures drawn by children and "flesh them out" so that they are painted in an adult style. The results are truly beautiful!
Thanks to Grim747 for the link.
I *have* read this torso book, and found it fascinating!
Labels: 2003, 2004, babies, books, death, evelyn, john, kids, morbid facts, murder, news, pictures, random, reading, sick
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