Mayhem, serial killers, musicals, Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Raisin Cookies
Cool link of the day: Mayhem... all about crime and serial killers!
Today's Ruthless Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Frank "Dasher" Abbandando (1910 – February 19, 1942) was a hitman for Murder, Inc. and is claimed to have killed 30 people in Brooklyn in the 1920s and 1930s. Abbandando murdered ruthlessly and without conscience. Such was the case of George "Whitey" Rudnick, who had been earmarked for death because of bad debts and because the mob thought he might be informing on them to police. On May 25, 1937... Abbandando, Abe Reles, and Harry Maione took Rudnick to a Brownville garage and there tortured him by stabbing him sixty-three times with icepicks, strangling him slowly, and then using a meat cleaver to crush his head. The three killers, Reles later recalled, laughed uproariously as they repeatedly stuck icepicks into Rudnick, counting the blows and delighting in the victim's tortured screams of agony.
Culled from: Bloodletters and Badmen
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Morbid Television!
So, have you heard about the new John Waters television show 'Til Death Do Us Part that's premiering on Court TV Monday night (March 19, 10 PM)? It sounds like brilliant morbid fun! Here's a blurb from QueerDay.Com that sums it up:
John Waters will be Alfred Hitchcock-like, hosting Court TV's first scripted series called 'Til Death Do Us Part. Waters notes: "It's a thin line these days, as you all know, between bad and good taste." He's primarily out to entertain, presenting stories often too bizarre to concoct. The series takes real-life murder cases where one spouse kills the other and dramatizes the relationship... from the wedding to the murder to the investigation through to the trial. Waters time-travels through the narrative as a character called the Groom Reaper. "When they first asked me, I thought they said the Groom Raper. Either way, I would have said yes."
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Morbid Musicals!
Baelish sent me an excellent starter list of Morbid Musicals.
"I noticed that you have a lot of movies and bands, but you don't seem to have any morbid musicals, so I thought I'd point you in the direction of a couple:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sondheim)
Murder, bloodshed, and cannibalism... live on stage! Based on the classic story of the 19th-century barber who cut the throats of his customers. As Sweeney cuts his way through London trying to avenge himself on the corrupt, pedophilic judge who ruined his life, his neighbor Mrs. Lovett disposes of the bodies in the best way she can - by cooking them into her meat pies and selling them back to the town! Soon to be a movie by Tim Burton.
Highlight song: They All Deserve to Die
Body Count: 10+
Bat Boy the Musical! (Laurence O'Keefe)
The show is loosely based on the Weekly World News saga that attracted national attention for its gore and controversial subject matter. It's the story of Edgar (the feral half-boy / half-vampire bat with a longing for acceptance and an unfortunate thirst for blood), his lover Shelley (who turns out to be his, er, sister), the narrow-minded town who captures and cages him, and the schizophrenic Dr. Parker who frames Edgar for his own killings.
Highlight Song: Comfort and Joy
Body Count: 6 humans and several unfortunate cows.
Lucky Stiff (Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens)
A morbid comedy about a mild mannered British shoe salesman who will inherit $6 million if he will take the corpse of his uncle on vacation to Monte Carlo, but everyone is out to steal the corpse (and the money!) for themselves!
Highlight song: Good To Be Alive
Body Count: Just the one.
Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Raisin Cookies
Categories: Cookies, Mimi
Yield: 48 servings
1 cup butter, divided
2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 300°F. In a double-boiler over hot but not boiling water, melt 1/2 cup butter and the chocolate. Remove from heat and set aside. In medium bowl... combine flour, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at medium speed until fluffy. Add the remaining 1/2 cup butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and blend until thoroughly combined. Add the flour mixture, raisins, and chocolate chips. Blend just until combined. Drop by rounded tablespoons two inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until set. Transfer to cool, flat surface immediately with a spatula.
Today's Ruthless Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Frank "Dasher" Abbandando (1910 – February 19, 1942) was a hitman for Murder, Inc. and is claimed to have killed 30 people in Brooklyn in the 1920s and 1930s. Abbandando murdered ruthlessly and without conscience. Such was the case of George "Whitey" Rudnick, who had been earmarked for death because of bad debts and because the mob thought he might be informing on them to police. On May 25, 1937... Abbandando, Abe Reles, and Harry Maione took Rudnick to a Brownville garage and there tortured him by stabbing him sixty-three times with icepicks, strangling him slowly, and then using a meat cleaver to crush his head. The three killers, Reles later recalled, laughed uproariously as they repeatedly stuck icepicks into Rudnick, counting the blows and delighting in the victim's tortured screams of agony.
Culled from: Bloodletters and Badmen
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Morbid Television!
So, have you heard about the new John Waters television show 'Til Death Do Us Part that's premiering on Court TV Monday night (March 19, 10 PM)? It sounds like brilliant morbid fun! Here's a blurb from QueerDay.Com that sums it up:
John Waters will be Alfred Hitchcock-like, hosting Court TV's first scripted series called 'Til Death Do Us Part. Waters notes: "It's a thin line these days, as you all know, between bad and good taste." He's primarily out to entertain, presenting stories often too bizarre to concoct. The series takes real-life murder cases where one spouse kills the other and dramatizes the relationship... from the wedding to the murder to the investigation through to the trial. Waters time-travels through the narrative as a character called the Groom Reaper. "When they first asked me, I thought they said the Groom Raper. Either way, I would have said yes."
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Morbid Musicals!
Baelish sent me an excellent starter list of Morbid Musicals.
"I noticed that you have a lot of movies and bands, but you don't seem to have any morbid musicals, so I thought I'd point you in the direction of a couple:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sondheim)
Murder, bloodshed, and cannibalism... live on stage! Based on the classic story of the 19th-century barber who cut the throats of his customers. As Sweeney cuts his way through London trying to avenge himself on the corrupt, pedophilic judge who ruined his life, his neighbor Mrs. Lovett disposes of the bodies in the best way she can - by cooking them into her meat pies and selling them back to the town! Soon to be a movie by Tim Burton.
Highlight song: They All Deserve to Die
Body Count: 10+
Bat Boy the Musical! (Laurence O'Keefe)
The show is loosely based on the Weekly World News saga that attracted national attention for its gore and controversial subject matter. It's the story of Edgar (the feral half-boy / half-vampire bat with a longing for acceptance and an unfortunate thirst for blood), his lover Shelley (who turns out to be his, er, sister), the narrow-minded town who captures and cages him, and the schizophrenic Dr. Parker who frames Edgar for his own killings.
Highlight Song: Comfort and Joy
Body Count: 6 humans and several unfortunate cows.
Lucky Stiff (Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens)
A morbid comedy about a mild mannered British shoe salesman who will inherit $6 million if he will take the corpse of his uncle on vacation to Monte Carlo, but everyone is out to steal the corpse (and the money!) for themselves!
Highlight song: Good To Be Alive
Body Count: Just the one.
Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Raisin Cookies
Categories: Cookies, Mimi
Yield: 48 servings
1 cup butter, divided
2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 300°F. In a double-boiler over hot but not boiling water, melt 1/2 cup butter and the chocolate. Remove from heat and set aside. In medium bowl... combine flour, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at medium speed until fluffy. Add the remaining 1/2 cup butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and blend until thoroughly combined. Add the flour mixture, raisins, and chocolate chips. Blend just until combined. Drop by rounded tablespoons two inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until set. Transfer to cool, flat surface immediately with a spatula.
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