Really Bad Monger DudešŸ˜ Definitely Antisocial Stuff

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"In the antisocial personality, badness and madness seem to shade together. Sometimes, antisocialsā€™ crimes are so incomprehensible and morally repugnant that the act alone makes us doubt their sanity. For example, the normal person has no way of identifying
with Jeffrey Dahmer, who killed, had sex with, and ate the bodies of many of his victims, or with Herman Mudgett [...], whose evil adventures ended when he was hung just before the end of the nineteenth century.

Mudgett, a graduate of the University of Michiganā€™s Medical College and a practicing pharmacist in Chicago, excelled at insurance fraud and the seduction of young women, at least 27 of whom were killed after signing papers that made Mudgett the recipient of their insurance and savings. Drugged with chloroform after a night of prenuptial sex, each would awaken trapped in the elevator shaft of an elaborate three-story office building, specially designed by Mudgett to conceal his nefarious activities. This building, outfitted with trap doors, soundproof rooms, peepholes, enormous furnaces, and vats of acid to dissolve human remains was dubbed his ā€œCastle.ā€ Savoring the terror of the trapped girls, he would pump in poison gas and then haul their lifeless bodies onto the dissecting table for the removal of parts that held for him a special fascination."

Obviously Mudgett is the idol of TUSCL's own One Whose Name Shall Not be Mentioned, Mr. Chloroform, the FRAMOS Kid.

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joker44
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5 years ago
šŸ˜ Dashing and suave but not white [too easily stained] then underwear covered by 19th c lab coat to be incinerated after 'finishing his work'
I'm really curious about this: "...dissecting table for the removal of parts that held for him a special fascination."

Seriously, FLF, some of these guys are / were 'wicked' smart just zero empathy and conscience.
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Ermita_Nights
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5 years ago
Hanged. Not hung.
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gobstopper007
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5 years ago
>> Hanged. Not hung

Speak for yourself Ermita šŸ˜Ž
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joker44
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5 years ago
@Ermita_Nights:
Thank you for the correction, Grammar Nazi. It makes no-never-mind to the overall post but I know it makes a BIG, BIG difference to your compulsive self.
However, please note that the correction should be sent to the original authors. Here's the info:
Personality Disorders in Modern Life
SECOND EDITION
THEODORE MILLON
and
Seth Grossman
Carrie Millon
Sarah Meagher
Rowena Ramnath
JOHN WILEY & SONS , I NC .
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Copyright Ā© 2000, 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Published simultaneously in Canada.
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