Well there goes all my hard work.

NuggetBrain

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/05/man-nabbed-philippines-wifes-death-after-backyard-/

The guy in this story is one of the regulars on another message board I frequent (a Vegas-centric one).  Some of my friends from there have met up with him in Vegas for roulette and a beer in the past.  Everyone's a little freaked out, but I'm an idiot and so I mentioned this to Noodle as a "OMG this is so wierd".  And now all of my hard work on convincing him that internet friends aren't all crazy serial killing nutjobs who want to make skinsuits out of people is DOWN THE DRAIN.  I get a fail.

Stackeye210

AW NUGS!!!  Say it ain't so!?!?! 

missy68

Oh but that's a GUY.

Girls don't make skin suits. We like to accessorize.

musicalsunlight

Whoa, so you "knew" the guy that killed his wife? That is nuts.

But to be fair---though it is terrible--- he killed his wife & not an internet friend. AND YOU CAME BACK FROM THE SHOUTHOUSE WITH ONLY SOME SORE VOCAL CHORDS AND THAT IS ALL!

LDYGTR13

But you've met Knotties...and you're alive and have all of your vital organs. Knotties aren't creepy but people from Vegas? I can see the creepy factor being a bit higher on them.

slwager

i knew a guy in college (who lived with with one of my best friends) who killed his ex-girlfriend, chopped her up, threw her in my other friend's backyard, went to class, and then turned himself in.

prior to that he would have won a "nicest guy in the world" award.

the cliche "he seemed like such a nice young man" is so true

LDYGTR13

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[QUOTE]i knew a guy in college (who lived with with one of my best friends) who killed his ex-girlfriend, chopped her up, threw her in my other friend's backyard, went to class, and then turned himself in. prior to that he would have won a "nicest guy in the world" award. the cliche "he seemed like such a nice young man" is so true
Posted by slwager[/QUOTE]

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annakb8

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[QUOTE]i knew a guy in college (who lived with with one of my best friends) who killed his ex-girlfriend, chopped her up, threw her in my other friend's backyard, went to class, and then turned himself in. prior to that he would have won a "nicest guy in the world" award. the cliche "he seemed like such a nice young man" is so true
Posted by slwager[/QUOTE]

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annakb8

JINX LDY!

Bubbalub

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[QUOTE]i knew a guy in college (who lived with with one of my best friends) who killed his ex-girlfriend, chopped her up, threw her in my other friend's backyard, went to class, and then turned himself in. prior to that he would have won a "nicest guy in the world" award. the cliche "he seemed like such a nice young man" is so true
Posted by slwager[/QUOTE]

Holy Shiit. Did he have a mental snap or something? Was your friend living with him at the time?
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emilyinchile

Nuggs, we may have disagreed earlier, but I would never bury you in make backyard. And I promise it's not just because I don't have a backyard.

LDYGTR13

See that, Nuggs? Emily is trying to pull you into her "nicest girl in the world" trap. Don't fall for it. Who says she's actually in Chile?

slwager

he did have a mental snap.  he was raised in the projects of syracuse, ny.  no dad.  mom was literally (and i hate to use this term) a "crack-whore"

he was beating the system.  had a full ride to school, was a cheerleader, in a nice-guy frat.  all around good guy.  broke up fights at bars.  none of us knew he had a kid when he was 17.  his ex came looking for money and htey got in a fight and....


ick.

there's no excuse and he deserves his jail time.  but you feel like he had almost gotten away from his horrible past..but he never talked about it so it was still there.  so so sad.

brian t shaw was his name.  the story was all over the syracuse papers circa 2005

slwager

...and in no way comparing this to nuggs btw...

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]See that, Nuggs? Emily is trying to pull you into her "nicest girl in the world" trap. Don't fall for it. Who says she's actually in Chile?
Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]

<div>Effing House Hunters says so.  And I believe Sandra.  </div><div>
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</div><div>Nuggs I'm pretty sure my H would have had the same reaction.  Now he probably will insist on coming to any and all G2G's.</div>

Bubbalub

Beach, that's why I always bring my sis to meet people from online the first time or two. H would totally feel uncomfortable, even though it's all women that I've met, no guys, if I went alone.

How is the rest of the message board this guy was on handling the news, Nuggs? I imagine everyone is in shock.

Beachy730

Yeah Bubba I would probably bring someone the first time too.  Except Andy or KJB, because we have well evolved past just here and I know they aren't skin suiters.  

When I found my soccer team here it was on Craigslist.  I made my friend come with me for the first few games even though they were at like 8 or 9pm just in case it was an interent ploy.

emilyinchile

That's true. You all know what my apartment building looks like. The only thing keeping me from being made into a skinsuit is the long, expensive plane ride.

Nati05

Wow that's crazy! And the college guy too! I haven't even mentioned to FI the idea of potentially meeting knotties IRL, he would probably have the response as your H..

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]That's true. You all know what my apartment building looks like. The only thing keeping me from being made into a skinsuit is the long, expensive plane ride.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah if I wanted to go crazy on someone from here, it would definitely be someone in the continental US.  </div>

SirJuliusVonHaast

Someone from my grad program killed his wife. So, to be fair, it really isn't 'The Internet's' fault. 

missy68

The very first time I went to a "blind date" with someone I met through a personals ad in the paper, I'd asked a male friend to go along and sit nearby just in case. He'd agreed. When it came time for the date, I asked him to come on, and he said, "do you have your cell phone?" I said yes. He said, well, call me if he tosses you in his trunk and I'll come get you." Rat bastard.
But, the guy got me out there dating.  (PS - my date was harmless. And boring. The guy on the Harley was much scarier).

NuggetBrain

I TRIED explaning to Noodle that Knot women are not the same as Vegas men, but all I got was crazy eyes and "YOU DODGED A BULLET THEY SECRETLY WANTED TO KILL YOU".  I had even gotten him to agree to finally meeting Fischy & Scott next time they were in town.  *pouts*

Whatever Emily, YOU DON'T FOOL ME.  I'm onto you.  *Shifty eyes*

Bubba - yeah everyone is pretty much tweaked.  Like, people actually spent time with this dude.  And I think a few of them met his wife as well.  They were building a home in the Phillipines because his wife wanted to move closer to her family or something.  To be fair, he hasn't posted in a while but he was on there recently enough that people are all "WTF?!?!" about it.

Bubbalub

Omg, Nuggs.

Wiscisbliss

Agree - it isn't just the internet, but the internet can help with creating and maintaining a falsse persona.  I knew a girl murdered by someone she met on Craigslist.  It was awful.   

It has made me be more cautious not only of people on the internet, but everyone in general.  I think that the first few times you meet someone it should be in a well-lit public area... and you should not get in their car. 

missy68

Nuggs - just so you know. I'll be in your area over the weekend. Saturday's booked, but H is biking for a couple of hours in LaCrosse on Sunday.

I don't need a skin suit. I just wear his sweats.

mandapanda78

Guys... someone from the Internet is sleeping IN MY HOUSE tomorrow night. Thank goodness I have a panic button, eh?

smokeybailey

Geez...I'm marrying some guy I met on the internet.

Beachy730

And in Vegas Smokes.  Hmmm....

missy68

I married the guy I met on the internet in a chatroom in Vegas, too. And lived with him for a year first. Plusalso, he spent a week in my apartment when we first met, and we went on vacation together. And boy, did my mom hate him when I got hurt. Until she met him. Then, it was all my fault. J can do no wrong now.

jemmini6

Definitely not just the internet.  Last year some guy I worked with killed his wife and dumped her body in the desert.  He even showed up to work that day and the cops said he had her body in the trunk the whole time...parked next to me.  Then he left work early because "he wasn't feeling well" and drove about 3 hours south and just left her on the side of the road.  He even threw the whole pity party, tears and all when his wife "went missing" and how "worried he was".  He was actually a really nice guy and was personal friends with several of the other guys at work, none of them ever suspected he was capable of that.  I guess the official story is that he found out she was cheating on him and was planning to leave him, they got in a fight and he tried restraining her and 'accidentally' strangled her to death.

Although that's probably not the best story to tell your H either...otherwise he might never let you leave the house...