The mystery of the Natural Born Losers and the now famous pictures
presented at Dan's Gallery of the Grotesque --
http://www.grotesque.com/gallery/gotg_losers_intro.html -- has been
solved, thanks to our good friends at alt.folklore.urban.
Details follow...
>Grinch <Ol'Na...@Seus.com> wrote:
>> Can anyone debunk (or verify) the story below
>[snip the rest]
>Grinch goes on to tell of the legend of the girlfriend/boyfriend
>who kill her husband, take photos of themselves hacking up the
>body, then taking the film to K-Mart for photo processing. "No
>one is *that* stupid" say some; the pictures are fakes say
>others; the BS indicator is pegging the needle because no details
>are provided. I will now rectify that:
>
[Note: the location is Detroit, not Maryland]
>On July 14, 1982 the victim Bobby is shot by James Edward Glover,
>then 36, and Bobby's girlfriend (not wife) Jeannine Lynn Clark,
>aka Charlie, then 21. Bobby is shot in the back of the head with
>a large calibre copper jacketed bullet which lodges at the base
>of his skull. They then proceed to hack up the body while taking
>pictures, usually in (to them) humorous poses. The film is left
>in the camera.
>
>To make this brief, on July 17 Jeannine comes to the police
>station and reports that Jimmy has killed and butchered her
>boyfriend (Bobby), and that he (Jimmy) is still at Bobby's house.
>The police respond, find the body, Jimmy (in the garage), AND
>the camera with film inside.
>
>The film is processed, the results analyzed, which leads to:
>
>[read to the tune of Dragnet epilogue music]
>James Edward Glover pled guilty on November 30, 1982. He is
>sentenced to 30-50 years for 2nd degree murder, 2 years for
>possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and 6-10
>years for mutilation of a dead human body.
>
>Jeannine Lynn Clark was found guilty by a jury on February 2,
>1983 and sentenced on Febuary 23 to 6-10 years for mutilation of
>a dead human body.
>
>Presumedly, Jeannine is out by now on these charges. Choose your
>girlfriends carefully.
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>RC Bradley
>Institute of Police Technology and Management
>University of North Florida
>"where homicide investigation is only one of our 50 courses"