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The Golden Gael posted:Is anyone familiar with Ashida Kim or similar martial arts frauds (like Count Dante)? I'm thinking of going that route for what I'll research next. There’s a Netflix doc about the Valley’s infamous John Kreese blowing up right about now
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Sep 18, 2020 18:21
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"Some kind of brain found on beach." https://www.wisn.com/article/some-kind-of-brain-found-on-racine-beach/34044753
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Sep 18, 2020 21:45
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quote:The Racine County Medical Examiner's Office said the brain was determined to not be from a human. 
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DemonDarkhorse posted:"Some kind of brain found on beach." Are cats not animals now? Are they classified as demons or something?
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Sep 20, 2020 09:33
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The Golden Gael posted:Is anyone familiar with Ashida Kim or similar martial arts frauds (like Count Dante)? I'm thinking of going that route for what I'll research next. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dux Guy is 100% full of poo poo and they made the movie Bloodsport based off his tall tales. I'd love a good deep dive into him.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xue_family_murder_and_abandonment Found out about this rear end in a top hat via Casefile, martial arts fakery isn't a huge part of his story but he already had a reputation for being full of poo poo by the time he murdered his wife
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Sep 20, 2020 15:11
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Which martial artist guy was it that filmed himself getting a homeless guy off the street and then "accidentally" killed him?
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MrMidnight posted:Which martial artist guy was it that filmed himself getting a homeless guy off the street and then "accidentally" killed him? I know what you're talking about, but can't remember exactly where or who. Let me dig a bit. edit: Bobby Joe Blythe and Willie Junior Dennis. You can look it up yourselves because the video is really hosed up. Solice Kirsk has a new favorite as of 15:51 on Sep 20, 2020 |
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:There’s a Netflix doc about the Valley’s infamous John Kreese blowing up right about now oh you're making a glib statement about cobra kai. I was wondering wtf documentary you were talking about lol
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Solice Kirsk posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dux Actually, one of my pals has you covered on that front. It's his first video but it's a great story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vh4wbNy3Vo
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:oh you're making a glib statement about cobra kai. I was wondering wtf documentary you were talking about lol wait till you see HBO's documentary series on Karate's Bad Boy Mike Barnes
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MrMidnight posted:Which martial artist guy was it that filmed himself getting a homeless guy off the street and then "accidentally" killed him? Wh...what
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Miss posted:Wh...what Bobby Joe Blythe
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Pretty good posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xue_family_murder_and_abandonment The roommates discovering that their houseguest was a fugitive murder supsect because he couldn't resist doing one of his signature karate poses is a beautiful bit of WTF levity in an otherwise really sad story. Speaking of Casefile, I gave Chasing Charlie a try after he did an ad read for it. It's an interesting little podcast if you're looking for something like Dirty John. It's a story about a serial con artist, general manipulator and abuser. It does have a slightly unique thing going for it where instead of a journalist doing the reporting it's the private investigator who followed him off and on for 7 years trying to get a good lock on him to set up an arrest. I enjoyed it overall. Warning that they don't really give you a heads up on how dark the first episode gets. It swings into outright domestic abuse pretty abruptly. It's also a little too salacious and drifts into some voyeurism at times. There's definitely some sex life details that didn't need to be there except as red meat for the listeners. The PI side of it is also a little cringy, since she really likes to cast herself as a Noir character. Also the audio from some of the interviews is poor quality, but I managed to get through it. It's not a bad break if you don't want another murder story. Parakeet vs. Phone has a new favorite as of 02:37 on Sep 21, 2020 |
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:The roommates discovering that their houseguest was a fugitive murder supsect because he couldn't resist doing one of his signature karate poses is a beautiful bit of WTF levity in an otherwise really sad story. Along with: quote:"They had basically taken his pants and tied his legs up and taken his belt off and tied his hands up, so he was very much in custody by the time our officers got to the scene," he said [...] When told Xue was an apparent martial arts expert, Bender replied: "Not today, he wasn't." quote:Johnson said police received a call from a man who said he recognized Xue as someone wanted for murder in New Zealand. I now very much want to know the pantomime for "John Walsh"
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Hey whoever the goon that is the YouTube channel anomaly, I loving loved those eva references in the piece about clonaid. You do really great stuff man.
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Wasabi the J posted:Hey whoever the goon that is the YouTube channel anomaly, I loving loved those eva references in the piece about clonaid. I'm really really glad to hear and you'll be glad to hear I stuff them in most of the documentaries. The Papa John's one literally has its thumbnail based on the poster for EoE.
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Goddam, this is like what would happen if cobra kai was a real dojo and not bad guys in an 80s family classic. The ending of that fight in the video is indisputably straight up murder and then within seconds Blythe is going “drag him out back.” Then he goes out of his way to film the blood trail and state the date and time? The 80s were wild. Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 16:37 on Sep 22, 2020 |
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Sep 22, 2020 15:58
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Scare Theatre has a 9 minute video about the ordeal from a few years ago. My question to you guys is, would it be worthwhile to do my own focusing on Bobby Joe Blythe beyond just what happened to Kung Fu Guy? Or is that just retreading something someone else has already covered?
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Goddam, this is like what would happen if cobra kai was a real dojo and not bad guys in an 80s family classic. The ending of that fight in the video is indisputably straight up murder and then within seconds Blythe is going “drag him out back.” Then he goes out of his way to film the blood trail and state the date and time? The 80s were wild.
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The Golden Gael posted:that show is precisely why I'm in a martial arts mood It's an old story, and from the UK, but try the Astounding Saga of Tony 'Taming the Tiger' Anthony, Christian Evangelist and Registered Lethal Weapon: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/28/tony-anthony-kung-fu-sham I was trekking the Pennine Way when I found a copy of 'Taming the Tiger' in a youth hostel. Reading it in a nearby pub and stuffing my face with lasagne and chips whilst on a post-20-mile-walk endorphin high led to some of the weirdest dreams I've ever had in my entire goddamn life. 10/10 would read his fantasies about being trained in the snow by his Chinese assassin grandpa again. Also he accidentally ran over a lady motorcyclist once, and felt kinda sad about her dying of it, but it turns out that Jesus is a diamond geezer at the whole forgiveness thing. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Anthony_(evangelist)
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Carnival of Shrews posted:It's an old story, and from the UK, but try the Astounding Saga of Tony 'Taming the Tiger' Anthony, Christian Evangelist and Registered Lethal Weapon: I love this and want to read into it further. You might have given me the idea I need!
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The Golden Gael posted:I love this and want to read into it further. You might have given me the idea I need! Have at it. Full title is 'Taming the Tiger: From the Depths of Hell to the Heights of Glory'. I loved this book so much that I snagged a second-hand copy off Ebay for myself, 'cos gently caress giving this guy cash. But no-one who checks both this thread and Bad Books regularly could be disappointed with it. Due to his literally incredible claims, a pretty thorough investigation was done on Anthony by the UK Evangelical Alliance, duly leaked, and is viewable on the second link below. By far the most damning thing is the hit-and-run he committed in 2000 which killed a motorcyclist (he left her dying in the road), so it's necessary to dig a bit for the more fun kung-fu bodyguard bullshit: https://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2013/September-2013/Shaming-the-Tiger https://www.docdroid.net/KALs35J/report-to-the-board-of-directors-of-avanti-engrossment-copy-pdf The real moral of the story is that once he was unmasked as an utter fraud and all-round human shitshow...nothing happened to him. He found a low-rent publisher for Taming the Tiger, and AFAIK is an Evangelical preacher to this day. Here's his website. Guess what's the first thing on the landing page slideshow? https://www.tonyanthony.co.uk/ Carnival of Shrews has a new favorite as of 10:56 on Sep 23, 2020 |
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The Golden Gael posted:Scare Theatre has a 9 minute video about the ordeal from a few years ago. My question to you guys is, would it be worthwhile to do my own focusing on Bobby Joe Blythe beyond just what happened to Kung Fu Guy? Or is that just retreading something someone else has already covered? I would be interested! Go for it. MrMidnight has a new favorite as of 15:43 on Sep 23, 2020 |
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The Golden Gael posted:I'm really really glad to hear and you'll be glad to hear I stuff them in most of the documentaries. The Papa John's one literally has its thumbnail based on the poster for EoE. Yeah I've seen them all and forgot lol. It was just really appropriate for the child cloning and global conspiracy. Also thanks for not covering the same tired weirdos in the same tired styles. Wasabi the J has a new favorite as of 11:36 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Some developments in Australia lately. The "Claremont Killer" was found guilty of killing two of the three victims, several young women who vanished from the same city in the late 90s. They're assumed to be responsible for all three but the body of the third was never found so there wasn't enough evidence to convict. They were originally arrested in 2016 so this isn't a sudden development but it's good closure for the families. Decent summary of the case: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-24/claremont-killer-bradley-edwards-guilty-rimmer-glennon-murders/12426210 There's also a technically-missing-persons case going on. It doesn't really belong here beyond being another example of people making terrible decisions, but I'm too grumpy about the whole situation to delete it. It's also kind of weird to have an interview of the guy boasting about how safe he was about a fortnight before his hubris killed him. September 7: A man buys an old fishing boat as a "restoration project", and plans to sail it back home with another person. Their last contact to a friend mentions engine trouble and then several days pass without any sign of them, but there are no distress calls, flares or EPIRBs (locator beacon) detected. September 10: After the largest search in that state's history fails to find any trace of them and is called off, the pair make contact just hours later after getting within cell phone range. They are unaware that anyone was looking for them, and hadn't thought it important to tell anyone that their journey would take several extra days after their propeller was damaged and their top speed was reduced. The owner talks openly to the media (both give comments but the other guy is just happy to see his family again and has had enough adventure).  quote:"I feel fine, I've been doing this s*** all my life, it's only everyone else who's freaking out" Some days pass. The boat runs aground on a sandbank temporarily while docking to buy supplies. September 22: A distress call is picked up, and a new search-and-rescue operation gets underway. September 25: 
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Speaking of interesting Australian serial killers, wasn't there a theory that the Golden State Killer committed some out there? I'm assuming that fizzled out with the arrest, but was there ever anymore closure about that? Or was it maybe they thought it was the Zodiac that did a few?
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Solice Kirsk posted:Speaking of interesting Australian serial killers, wasn't there a theory that the Golden State Killer committed some out there? I'm assuming that fizzled out with the arrest, but was there ever anymore closure about that? Or was it maybe they thought it was the Zodiac that did a few? That would be Mr. Cruel, there were some similarities with the MO. Now we know there's no connection, but before the arrest this was a pretty popular theory.
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Was this the thread that someone mentioned the ancient mideast levantine neanderthals hypothesis? I remember it being pretty interesting if not exactly convincing
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Milo and POTUS posted:Was this the thread that someone mentioned the ancient mideast levantine neanderthals hypothesis? I remember it being pretty interesting if not exactly convincing What was the gist of it?
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That human civilization ran into the neanderthals in the levant and were violently subsumed by their culture and it forever corrupted our behavior. It was weird and unlikely but also intriguing. I don't think there's any evidence of it from any anthropologist I've ever heard of. It was in PYF I'm pretty sure just not this thread (that I've found).
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Sounds like an interesting idea, but when I googled it there's a lot of racists on "Germanic culture forums" talking about how Jewish people are an evolutionary throwback  E: that's interesting in the sense of "good background for an sf novel", not "scientifically interesting", sounds like a load of bollocks. Safety Biscuits has a new favorite as of 06:14 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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Yeah it wasn't in this thread but damned if I can remember which one. Sorry for sullying your internet history more than it already is
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queserasera posted:Found this real piece of work through the wiki thread: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bar-Jonah Wait what?? They go from one horrific assault to another like nothing ever came of him nearly raping children to death, how did he keep evading even small slaps on the wrist?
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Because nobody really cares about children as much as they pretend they do.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:People right now call the cops after being robbed, assaulted and raped, and get shrugs and annoyed dismissal. It's not what the cops see their job as to deal with. That's not even to mention all the ones who call the cops and they or their loved ones end up being gunned down cause cops respond to every scene like it's a warzone
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Pick posted:For all that it is incredibly hosed up now, it really is important not to ignore the fact that this is actually better. The current situation is literally much better than it was. Rogan and Joey Diaz have stories about it from like the 70s that show how different it was then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTud_KQswo8 Edit: there are apparently more than one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJFJJI88LK4 I just find this poo poo super scary cause I totally would have been that kid who didn't know something was up until it happened Aesop Poprock has a new favorite as of 07:02 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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