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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jacksonville LGBTQ+ advocate ‘disgusted' by local Republican club Facebook post
LGBTQ+ advocates respond with outrage after a Facebook post from a local Republican group appeared to tie Pride Month to notorious criminals, including serial killers and sex offenders. The post, shared by the Mandarin Republican Club, included the caption: 'Happy Pride Month. So glad our Acosta Bridge was lit in their honor.' Below were images of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, and a Georgia couple convicted of sexually assaulting their children. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Also included in the post was a photo of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan with Andrew Gillum, a former Florida gubernatorial candidate who was involved in a sex scandal but never faced any criminal charges. LGBTQ+ community leader James Eddy called the post offensive and hateful. 'In this day and age, people on Facebook feel like they can put anything,' Eddy said. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] 'It's sad that it came from the Republican Party.' Eddy said he 'really was disgusted… the fact that you associate Pride—because they said 'Happy Pride' in it—with pictures of like Jeffrey Dahmer.' The post appeared to criticize a peaceful protest where supporters lit up the Acosta Bridge with flashlights. That protest was in response to a state ban on lighting public structures in specific colors, which LGBTQ+ advocates believe targets Pride celebrations. 'You know, when something is taken away, you try to fight against it,' Eddy added. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] After Action News Jax began asking questions, the post was deleted. The Duval County Republican Party responded with a statement: 'We did not push it out. We did not approve it. We did not sanction it.' Attempts to contact the head of the Mandarin Republican Club were unsuccessful. The mayor's office declined to comment. As of now, it is still unclear who within the Mandarin Republican Club was responsible for the post. Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Irish Daily Mirror
21-05-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
'Worse than Jeffrey Dahmer' - Serial killer who scattered 10,000 bones around
Labelled "worse than Jeffrey Dahmer" by some, one twisted serial killer's grisly legacy involves him leaving a macabre collection of 10,000 human bones around his home after strangling men during sex acts. That grim tally represents the highest count of unidentified remains in a criminal case, surpassed only by those found after the devastating 9/11 attacks. Herb Baumeister, a married dad of three, is suspected of having claimed the lives of up to 25 young men during a frightening murder spree throughout the early 90s. Prowling gay bars in the heart of Indianapolis, he would entice his prey back to his sprawling 18-acre estate known as Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield, Indiana. Not even apprehended yet, Baumeister's son shockingly stumbled upon a human skull in the woodland flanking their house. At this ill-fated property, he'd engage in strangleholds under the guise of sexual thrills before ultimately murdering the men, later incinerating their bodies and carelessly tossing the charred skeletal fragments across his grounds whenever his wife and kids were absents. The crime scene's horrid bone count eventually reached an appalling 10,000. As the police zeroed in on his atrocious actions, Baumeister made a dash for Canada, taking his own life and leaving a trail of unresolved mysteries, including whether he acted alone or had an accomplice, reports the Mirror US. The four-part series, The Fox Hollow Murders, produced by ABC News Studios, has left true crime buffs absolutely gobsmacked. One gobsmacked viewer on X exclaimed, "'The Fox Hollow Murders' should've knocked Bundy, Dahmer, and Gacy off the front pages. This is crazy!". "Did y'all see the documentary about the Fox Hollow murders? ? ? Over 10,000 bones found in the backyard," posted another viewer, clearly shocked. One person said: "Okay the Fox Hollow Murders may be the craziest doc I've seen in a while and I'm still on episode one," while someone else remarked: "The Fox Hollow Murders is a WILD story. One of the craziest serial killers you've never heard of." A bone-chilling detail from the series is that Baumeister's Fox Hollow Farm was brimming with mannequins. "Mannequins forever ominous after watching The Fox Hollow Murders doc," mentioned a viewer, evidently creeped out. Another said: "I have watched many true crime documentaries, including serial killer series. I have never heard of these murders. This docuseries was one of the most chilling I've seen." The enigma of Baumeister's murders lingers as the sole survivor, Mark Goodyear, has repeatedly altered his account of the events. He once admitted to fibbing about his relationship with the serial killer but has refuted any complicity in the killings. Baumeister's heinous acts came to light when Goodyear stepped forward alleging he escaped an assault by a man he encountered in a pub in August 1994, who whisked him away to a vast farm in the suburbs and tried to throttle him. The man at the centre of this sordid mystery was later confirmed to be Herb Baumeister. The cops have always harboured suspicions that Baumeister, a dad of three, might have covertly recorded his victims using a secret camera stashed in an air vent in his basement either before, during, or after the killings. After fleeing to Canada, it's thought Baumeister took this key footage with him. His missus reported his hefty trove of tapes vanished from their pad, and the Canadian coppers spotted a box full of tapes in his motor just before he topped himself. What happened to these so-called "snuff films" is still up in the air, including what dark secrets they might spill about Baumeister's murder spree. There's a question mark hanging over whether he dumped the tapes while bolting to Canada or if some dodgy accomplice helped stash them away before he slung his hook. Years on, and more victims of Baumeister are being pulled out of obscurity. This past May, a bloke by the name of Daniel Thomas Halloran was pegged as the 10th known casualty of the killer who's now gaining infamy as one of the Yanks' most evil murderers. Hamilton County's own coroner, Jeff Jellison, who's taken the charge in trying to ID all the Fox Hollow Farm victims, has declared that they've managed to put a name to Halloran using some clever investigative genetic genealogy work. Halloran clocks in as the second victim sussed out since Jellison's fresh probe kicked off in 2022 to pin names to all the bodies and unveil every one of Baumeister's unlucky targets.
Toronto Star
16-05-2025
- Science
- Toronto Star
There's a new questionnaire to determine if your cat is a psychopath — but let's get real, our cats are the ones keeping us sane
When will we stop slandering cats? I ask after a headline in Science Alert this week: 'Scientists Developed a Questionnaire To Find Out If Your Cat Is a Psychopath.' Other animals are not subjected to such scrutiny. Scientists aren't trying to find out if your hamster is a narcissist. Or if turtles are agoraphobic. Although, I did once ride a horse that was clearly bipolar. The research, which started in 2021, sets out to quantify a 'Model of Triarchic Psychopathy Factors' in domestic cats. The 46 queries are statements you grade on a six-point scale, from 'does not describe my cat' to 'describes my cat extremely well.' Samples: 'My cat does not appear to act guilty after misbehaving.' 'My cat needs constant stimulation.' 'My cat runs around the house for no apparent reason.' ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Question for science: Doesn't this describe all cats? What's next? A study to see if fish can swim? The people building the generative AI models that are going to kill us all often say they don't understand how these machines 'think.' Ditto for cat owners. Our four-legged pals are like AI. I never know what my cats are thinking. Sometimes they hallucinate while tracking invisible ghosts. Sometimes they are inexplicably hostile to gravity. Sometimes they knock over a vase and then glare at me with projected judgment, as if I am Diddy and they are the jury. Those are the rules of engagement. I feed them, shelter them, nurture them, play with them, love them and talk to them: 'Kitties, I'm so glad we defected from Leafs Nation!' In exchange, they remain indifferent to my existence. It's wonderful. What I'd like is if science stopped trying to plant seeds of doubt in my head. Dogs are glorified as 'man's best friend.' Cats are now compared to Jeffrey Dahmer. There is a book on Amazon titled, 'How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You.' Is this really necessary? Do I need longitudinal studies that find cats are serial killers at heart? Or that 'cats are incredibly lazy.' Or that cats are 'killing machines.' Or that cats are 'naturally apathetic.' Which is it? Would my two cats, 18-month-old Bengal rescues, hurt a fly? Absolutely. They will murder anything that moves. This is why they are indoor cats. I must protect my backyard birds and squirrels. I can override any Triarchic Psychopathy. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW When a much bigger raccoon wanders on the deck at night, my cats are ready to rumble behind those patio doors. Their ears go down. Their bodies tense up. The battle cry is a cute chirp. Tails start wagging back and forth like metronomes. Then the raccoon toddles off and Willow and Flynn snap out of the spell. If they were true psychopaths, they'd grab a meat cleaver out of the counter block and force me to unlock the door to help them rough up that raccoon for violating their territory. But they've never hurt me beyond attacking my wiggling toes under the duvet. One of the 46 queries: 'My cat disobeys house rules.' Psst, scientists. Cats don't speak English. How can you disobey if you don't understand? My wife has house rules. Sometimes I feel like a cat: That cheesecake was for Saturday's dinner party? You never told me. You did tell me? I'm sorry. Maybe you should just rub my belly? Dogs can be trained with verbal commands. You can say scream an emergency order to a cat and it will just stare through your soul or yawn and lick itself. My cats do like music. After a shower, I let them in and we have a concert. Well, I sing. They emit squeaks that imply they'd prefer if I stopped singing so we can go downstairs to watch the sparrows they yearn to kill. But would psychopaths tolerate my off-key ABBA? Here's the thing: all this feline pathologizing is undermining the spiritual joy of having fur babies in these anxious times. There was a global study this week of 30,000 pet owners. Some key findings: 58 per cent prefer to spend time with pets over loved ones when feeling stressed; 77 per cent are relaxed by talking to pets; and 'pets are even encouraging us to take breaks from activities that can fuel our stress — from doomscrolling, chores, work and other tasks.' Science should go back to studying the five-second rule or coming to a consensus on red wine. Is it good or bad for our health? Leave cats alone. We love them and they need our love. They are curious and goofy, demanding and easygoing. They purr in our laps and snooze on our pillows. They meow soothing sanity into this crazy world. Is my cat a psychopath? Science, I really don't care.
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE A collector bought the 'holy grail' of infamous glasses... and they could hold a clue to a horrific murder
A Long Island man who is the curator of murderabilia from some of America's most notorious serial killers just snatched up what he calls 'the holy grail of serial killer collecting.' The one-of-a-kind item is the metal gold rimmed glasses worn by Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, that he wore during his July 1991 arrest. Dahmer, 34, murdered and mutilated seventeen boys and men during the late 1970s' through the early 1990s'. Some of his prey were victims of necrophilia and cannibalism. In February 1992, less than a year after his capture, he was sentenced to 15 counts of murder in the first degree and life in prison. Two years later, he was bludgeoned to death by an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin. Last month, David Adamovich, owner of Serial Killer Murderabilia, acquired the vintage Titmus Z87 5-1/2 General style glasses, that Dahmer wore during his sick reign of terror. He explained the thrill to the D aily Mail when the seller, whom he did not identify but described as 'a very reliable source,' called him about the glasses. I said to her, 'you have what?' Then I told her 'I want those.' The rare item was bought by Adamovich for an undisclosed amount. 'These have not been passed through multiple hands. The providence is 100 percent airtight that those are Jeffrey Dahmer glasses,' he said almost giddy. 'They have been sitting in the case for over 30 years and through a series of lucky events I was able to purchase them.' The glasses are now part of Adamovich's treasure trove of serial killer memorabilia - that includes 9,000 letters and writing, artwork, hair samples, jailhouse interviews on audio from more than 100 murderers including Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, among others. On a sunny Wednesday afternoon at his Freeport home and location where Adamovich houses his vast collection, he held the glasses up to the light and shared what he saw. 'What is interesting about them is that if you look closely under the frame and the lens there is a reasonable amount of crud that is all around the glass,' he said. 'My guess is that it isn't chocolate from the chocolate factory - the Ambrosia Chocolate Factory - where Jeffrey Dahmer worked. It is probably a reasonable guess to say it was blood from his victims.' To determine what the grime and dirt on the spectacles are, the curator plans to have a toxicologist look at them. 'If it is blood and not chocolate,' he added, 'it does make interesting dinner conversation.' Interested to find out more about the glasses, he told that he went to a local eye glass shop merely 'out of curiosity.' 'I was wondering how blind Jeffrey was without his glasses,' he said. He appeared amused when he recalled how 'creeped' out the ophthalmologist was when he was told where the glasses were from and then showed him a photo of Dahmer's booking photo where he is pictured wearing the glasses. The ophthalmologist reaction, he recalled was: 'No way!' and Adamovich responded, 'Yes, way!' He later found out that Dahmer's right eye was minus five, minus one and 178 and his left eye was minus four, minus one and two.' 'For someone who understands eyeglasses those numbers mean something - how near or farsighted or how blind he is with or without them.' Studying the numbers, he said: 'This seems to imply that was he was nearsighted and used them for distance. A nearsighted prescription will feature a number with a minus symbol in the sphere box.' When asked if he ever tried on the glasses, Adamovich quipped. 'No. Do I intend to? No!' The question, he said, is one he often gets asked. 'I am not putting them on them. Could you imagine all the evil that was seen through them.' Adamovich explained that the glasses came with a certificate of authenticity. 'There are several other alleged pairs of Dahmer glasses that have been advertised as part of various collections, but most of it not all, have unproven authenticity,' he shared with that is also on his website. 'Very few items are as symbolic of a serial killer as these vintage Titmus General style glasses burned in history's mind as the iconic image of Dahmer,' he said. He referred to a pair of glasses on display at the Serial Killer Exhibit that claim to be Dahmer's, but Adamovich finds it questionable, which he explains further on his website. 'The pair in the Serial Killer Display are noticeably different than those shown in the Dahmer booking photo from July 24, 1991. The upper horizontal bar and nose bridge do not match the glasses worn by Dahmer in the photo.' He states that The Serial Killer Exhibition should provide adequate documentation to support the claims of authenticity if they wish to continue exhibiting the glasses as part of their collection.' Holding up the glasses, he said, 'look they are his. They are real. He was wearing them the night he was arrested. He was chopping someone apart in little pieces and who knows what those glasses saw.' For now, he doesn't plan on selling them to the highest bidder - instead he is adding it to his voluminous collection. 'I did not buy them to flip them. I bought them for the historical and educational value as it relates to Dahmer's case. I am in it to tell the story,' said the curator, 78. Part of that story is when Dahmer was sentenced and sent to the Wisconsin prison, he had to surrender his metal-framed glasses and was given plastic frames. The 6ft. tall blue-eyed blonde-haired Dahmer, who at a glance looked like the boy next door, was demonic. Over a 13-year-period, he lured men, one victim was as young as 14, back to his home with the promise of money if he could take nude photographs of them. Most of the men were young, gay African American men. Dahmer would drug his victims before strangling and dismemberng them. In some cases he would have have sex with their dead corpses and cannibalize their bodies. Tracy Edwards was one of Dahmer's victims, who managed to escape and later helped the police with his capture. On the night of July 22, 1991 Milwaukee Police Department patrol units saw a man that was partially clothed stumbling down the road near an apartment building on North 25th Street, according to the FBI. The young victim had a handcuff dangling from his wrist. He told police that he had been inside the apartment building and was threatened with a knife. When police went into the apartment they made the truly horrifying discovery when they found body parts in Dahmer's refrigerator. The FBI said there were remains of eleven victims. Dahmer was arrested on July 22, 1991. After his arrest, he confessed to committing more than a dozen murders that included the torture and mutilation of his victims and the abuse of their corpses. At his 1992 trial, he entered a plea of guilty but insane, jurors found him sane and he was sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences. Dahmer, who grew up in the Midwest and served in the U.S. Army was stationed in Germany. He had also had lived in Ohio, and Florida, and at one point investigators were trying to link him to other unsolved murders. In 1994, while serving his sentence in a Wisconsin prison, Dahmer was bludgeoned to death by a fellow inmate named Christopher Scarver, 55, who is serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. True crime fanatics continue to be fascinated with the cannibal killer. In 2022, Netflix launched the true crime drama, 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,' directed by Ryan Murphy. It was one of the most watched shows on the streaming platform. According to IndieWire, the show garnered a staggering 196.2 million only hours when it made its debut during its first week of availability.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix Has a New Contender for Most-Watched Show Ever
The teen killer at the center of Adolescence is giving Jeffrey Dahmer a scare. The hit new British series about a 13-year-old boy (Owen Cooper) who viciously murders his classmate has a lot of people talking—and watching. As TheWrap reports, Adolescence just knocked Ryan Murphy's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story out of the number three spot on Netflix's list of most-watched (original) TV series of all has been just over one month since the four-part drama arrived on Netflix on March 13, and it has already logged 124.2 million views. The only series standing in the way of Adolescence becoming the most-watched Netflix series ever are Stranger Things 4, which isn't too far ahead with just over 140 million views, and season 1 of Wednesday, which has been viewed a whopping 252.1 million times. Dahmer is now in fourth place, with 115.6 million views, while the first season of Bridgerton rounds out the top five with 113.3 million views. Adolescence, which was co-created by star Stephen Graham and writer/playwright Jack Thorne (who is also behind Netflix's new Toxic Town), has done more than just become a TV hit—it's also igniting national debates about social media and toxic masculinity. Shortly after the show dropped, it was mentioned in the House of Commons by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who watched it with his two children, and thought it should be used as a jumping off point for necessary changes by the Department of Education. That it's creating these conversations is thrilling to Thorne, who told The New York Times he would like to see social media banned for all children under the age of 16. While Adolescence was planned as a one-season miniseries, its unexpected success has Graham and his wife/producing partner Hannah Walters (who also has a small part in the series) thinking about how they could expand the series into an anthology. While Walters ruled out the idea of a prequel series, she remarked to Variety about how 'there's so much mileage in the one-shot and so much mileage in investing into human nature again and looking at something else.'
